Announcing Pho-tos

I've started a new site for photos of Susan and me and our life. The first installment features our Saturday afternoon at Hagg Lake. Be sure to check it out http://refractiveerrorphotos.blogspot.com

Some new polls

Things seem to be progressing well, another ultrasound is scheduled for next week (Tuesday). The big addition to the blog is the presence of some on-line polls! Take a second and give us your opinion. We actually have our minds pretty well made up for names, but we're curious to see what comes of this. Susan is starting to bulge a bit. However, she's waiting for the day when she definately looks pregnant to everyone instead of just raising suspicion regarding her weight. I assure her she looks pregnant for sure.

A Landmark day

Susan and I felt our baby kick today! We had to convince ourselves that it wasn't something like a pulse or our imagination, but after a couple hard jabs from inside, we were sure that we were feeling our baby's first kicks!

Another Ultrasound

We had another exciting ultrasound session. The tech who drove the machine was less personable than our first time, but it was fun anyway. Baby has grown! Turns out baby is also a girl! Our first ultrasound made it look like a boy, but no outdoor plumbing was visible at this ultrasound. 17 weeks along! Things are exciting.

If you have a good imagination, you can see toes on this foot. 

Here's a front view of the baby face at 17 weeks.  

This is a profile picture of the little girl we're expecting, cute button nose and all.

A photo album into the future.

These are some pictures I fudged of me and my alien-like baby enjoying some typical father/son activities. They're suposed to be funny, not creepy.

My son/daughter-to-be and I on a fishing trip.

Here I am with my boy/girl at the big game!

a rainy afternoon

Most of our professors are doing some kind of review session before finals. Some of them are copies of the Jeopardy! game show, but we raise our hands to try to answer the question, (I mean phrase our responses in the form of a question). It's actually kind of a fun time. Our class is sort of competitive. I'm buckling down now to study for finals.

between classes

Finals are looming. Classes are winding down, and we're filling out evaluations of all our instructors. I'm trying to turn my brain back on since I let it have Thanksgiving break off. So far, I've tried to wake up the ol' cognative ability by watching too much television and playing video games. Stay tuned to this page for some funny pics coming.

The baby head is on the left you can see that this baby also comes with a neck and a straight back. That little nub coming from the torso is a hand. (the baby has arms too) 

you can see a face with eye sockets and hands (use your imagination) 

Last Tuesday Susan and I went to the hospital for an ultrasound. Turns out we'd brought a baby with us. The lady who ran the machine was very nice and Susan was very good at holding still. The baby was wiggling all over the place (well not ALL over the place of course) and we were able to see that it has two arms and two legs with hands and feet attached in all the right places and none of the wrong ones. It has a heart beat (158 pbm! that's fast!) and no twin sibling. The tech running the ultrasound and I think it's a boy. Susan does too, but technically it's a bit too early to tell. I've never understood why people got excited about fuzzy photos from ultrasounds but watching it in person is really cool! The pictures are below (it might help if you squint.)