Due Date is either January 24th or the 26th of 2008!

This morning I went to see Doctor Baird and to have an ultrasound. This was the first visit that Christopher was able to sneak away from work long enough to come to. The ultrasound is always done first at this particular doctor's office and I was a bit nervous. I guess because of our previous miscarriage all I can think about before I go in for the ultrasound is, "does the baby have a heart beat?" Of course I asked today....and YES it did! In fact, the heart rate was 170 beats/minute. So you can imagine the relief we both felt.

The baby has gotten a lot bigger from my last ultrasound at 8 weeks. Today baby davis was bouncing around and stretching its legs. Cute legs I might add! :o) As of today, I am 11 weeks and 5 days pregnant - getting close to the 2nd trimester. I will post the ultrasound pictures as soon as I can.

So far this pregnancy has been good to me. Everett's was a breeze as far as symptoms go. So far I have had some crampy stomach issues and some heartburn. I really can't complain though. I find that compared to the pregnancy with Everett, ultrasounds can tell you a lot more now. The technician did a measurement of extra skin on the back of the neck...this skin on baby davis measured 1.3 (not sure if it is millimeters or what?) and if the skin on a baby measures over 3 then their is a much higher chance of down's syndrome. Isn't that wild? I couldn't believe it. Also, for fun - the tech tried to see if the baby was a boy or girl since the legs were in a good position to look - looks like a boy - but she said you can't tell for sure yet, so we shall see!

Christopher's parents came by the house tonight - just in from Florida - hoping to see Everett (he was at his friend Brandon's house swimming and enjoying a good hot dog for dinner!). Needless to say, they were very happy when they found out our good news. And Lauren - they were so happy for you and Josh, too! :o)