Good news!

We had our doctor appointment today, and praise the Lord everything looked fine! The heartbeat sounded good and from what they could tell, the structure looked great too. I say "from what they could tell" because the little stinker was facing my back and would NOT turn around for anything! She had me on the table for over an hour and he never did turn fully around. :o) Sooo, we go back in a month just to make sure and hopefully he'll be a little more cooperative this time. His heartbeat sounded great though, definitely a big difference from my last appointment. I asked the doctor about that and he said that when the heart is growing and developing a lot of times it will contract and can come out sounding like an arrhythmia if you happen to be listening to it at that moment. So it may just be that we so happened to be listening at one of those moments. While I'm reassured little Elias is fine, I'm glad we have one more appointment just to be sure! Plus, it's just so great to see him in the ultrasound!
I'll have to find a way to scan photos on here, she got a great profile shot of him today. At one point he turned his face fully to the screen and when the technician commented on it, his arm shot in front of his face so we couldn't see him anymore. Apparently, he's a shy one! We also got to see his mouth opening and closing, it was seriously amazing. One more thing, while I've been wondering for the past few weeks at why I don't feel him move that much, now I know for sure. He's a mellow one! This guy is seriously chill...

Birthday Party!

So, a week later I finally am putting up pictures and videos from the boys' birthday party (sorry for the delay!). We had a blast but now I know why I don't do this EVERY year! Whew! I was exhausted the second it was over. Of course, being preggo could have something to do with that... It was worth it all though, the boys really enjoyed it. So here's Daniel getting all Peter Pan'd up, their super cute cake (courtesy of Albertson's), the boys friend Noah, and the boys' blowing their candles out.

Appointment in San Diego

The peri's office called today (thank God!) and I have an appointment for Feb. 2 to get a fetal EKG. I guess the earliest they can do one is 23 weeks or they would have gotten me in this week. We're doing somewhat good on the "not worrying" part, although I'm sure it could be better. Actually, I was doing ok until the doctor office called and the nurse on the phone was SO nice, that it unnerved me. I'm sure it has nothing to do with anything, she could just be an extremely nice person! Right? And then when the peri's office called the nurse there proceeded to read the fax from my doctor OUT LOUD. When you hear the words "Urgent" and "please get her in as quickly as possible" it does a few things in your mind. So I just keep telling myself that maybe the office has a tendency to lag on making appointments? Ugh. This is definitely torture.
On the other hand, the Lord has been very sweet and keeps giving me just about every verse in the Bible about not worrying and trusting Him. I know no matter what happens it'll be ok. He's walked this road before me.

We decided on a name!!

Oh yes, I forgot to menton this important bit of information! The baby's name will be Elias Alexander. :) Cisco's been stuck on Elias for the last two pregnancies, so I finally gave in. I know.
I'm so nice. Just kidding. Actually, it's rather grown on me and now I pretty much love it.

Doctor Appt. 1/22

So I had another appointment today, just a routine check-up, and the doctor heard an arrhythmia in the baby's heartbeat. She's referring me to a perintologist (high-risk doctor) and they will do another ultrasound on the heart and check it out a little further to see if it's something of concern. I guess arrhthmia's are fairly common and most of them work themselves out before birth. So for now we're just waiting for the peri to call us and give us an appointment. After having two pregnancies where virtually NOTHING happened, I'll admit I'm a little nervous. I could even hear it on the dopplar, it was pretty noticeable that it wasn't a regular heartbeat. Anyway, please pray. Chances are it's nothing, but it's a little concerning nonetheless.

Ultrasound day!

We had our actual "doctor" ultrasound this morning and all went well. The baby looks very good and healthy, so that's a relief. He was so cute, he had his hands on his face again and even gave us a big yawn. I'll try to get my hands on a scanner so I can post the pictures we got. There was a PERFECT profile picture, as well as one of "the goods". The boy is proud, that's all I have to say! And so is his father...

Weekend in the Snow

So, unfortunately we couldn't find our camera before we left and I don't have any pictures to post. :( I was very sad. But I figured I'd tell you all about our "weekend in the snow" experience anyway. We went up to Twin Peaks, to the Conference Center, and they had like over 3 feet of snow. It was BEAUTIFUL, and this was the boys' first REAL time in the snow (Josiah was only 2 when we were in New Jersey and wasn't too into it). This time however, was a whole new experience for him. He LOVED it and was a crazy animal, rolling around in the snow! Daniel wasn't too sure, he was pretty much glued to Cisco's hip the entire time. He did go sledding a couple times and got a face full of snow, so after that he was done! Josiah kept getting stuck in snow drifts, he'd fall all the up to his chest it was so deep! Just to give you an idea of how deep, the volleyball court had snow all the way up to the net! Yes, crazy. Anyway, we had a great time, now I'm just hoping to be able to see some actual flakes fall this year... it's been so long...