Appointment – 26 weeks 2 days

BP: 120/71 Weight: 228 (+7)

Went back to the doctor today! We put the surgery “on the books,” so Baby Jake’s official due date is now January 25, 2007! We are SO excited!

The visit was pretty uneventful. I had to drink the gross orange stuff before I went in, and it was as gross as I expected! LOL! I shuttered every time I took a sip! But, when I got there, they took me to the lab (after my potty stop), and luckily she found a vein (in my hand) pretty easily. I hate it when they use my hand, but it’s better than poking my arm 100 times! And HOURS later, my hand still hurts! I don’t know the results of the gestational diabetes test – they will call me tomorrow.

We asked about the flu shot (I need to get one) and about traveling should our team make a bowl (I have the green light through the end of December), and the rest of the visit was routine. Everything is good! He measured my fundus, but we were so busy chatting, I forgot to even ask what he came up with! I wish I hadn’t missed that!

Keeping my fingers crossed for no Gestational Diabetes! I go back in 4 weeks.

Baby Jake in 3D/4D

We had our high tech ultrasound yesterday! It was really cool! Not QUITE as detailed as I had hoped, but it was FREE! LOL! And Baby Jake was not as cooperative as we had wanted. He was facing ALL the wrong ways! He moved around a lot, but never to the RIGHT spot! LOL! So, we got a few decent profile shots:

Then, we got two fun videos as well. One of them, he is kneeing himself in the FACE! It is just priceless! He sure is limber!

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And this one he is just hanging out in the womb - doing what babies do best:

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It was a really fun day. Britt and I were talking last night that we might pay to go have it done again a little later in the pregnancy. They like for you to be about 30-32 weeks, so I was a little early. We'll see!

As always, you can see bigger pictures on my Baby Bullet Photo Album. New pics are at the bottom of the page!

On a non-Jake related note...

We won! AGAIN!

"HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE"
Emma - The cow jumped over the moon; Lara - the cat and the fiddle

We had a great time - and the weather was FABULOUS! In the 70's when we got there, and just a nice evening. Until about 15 minutes before we left when the wind shifted, the temp started dropping, and gusts were like 20 mph! But, we hung in there until all the awards were announced. They always do groups last, so we had to stay! LOL! We won for funniest costume in groups. So, the tradition lives on - that's 4 years in a row that Emma and Lara have won in the groups category. More pressure for next year!!!!

Click here to see the rest of the pictures from our evening.

Just think, we have to wrangle them into those costumes and make-up again next week...