Tuesday, December 23, 2003

It's A ........

My December appointment was when we found out the sex of the baby.  Nate only attended the appointments for the first heartbeat and the ultrasound that would answer that big question.  I remember laying on that table while Dr. Nord was doing his thing.  Finally, he said, "It's a.....GIRL!"  I looked over at Nate and he was sitting there in a slight state of shock.  What I liked about Dr. Nord was he pointed out what told him the baby was a girl.  It wasn't a process of elimination because of what was lacking.  He pointed out 3 white lines that told him it was a girl.  So I went ahead and planned for a girl with no second thoughts of, "what if he was wrong?"  Dr. Nord left the room and Nate finally spoke.  He said, "What am I going to do with a girl?"  I couldn't think of a better Christmas present myself.

Shelby's First Picture

Monday, December 15, 2003

4 Months....

Once I started to "show", I had Nate take my picture the same day I had a doctor's appointment.  If memory serves me right (and the Christmas decorations in the picture), December was the first picture.  That put me at 4 months.  No longer have any idea the number of weeks that was.