Big Movement in Week 30

Week 30 has been pretty exciting and we're only two days in! Peanut is more and more active every day, and his movements are so visible and so cool to feel. He'll kick or punch back now if you put just a little pressure on where he's moving around. You can actually feel little heels now. It's pretty amazing!!! Being so short-torsoed it's getting kind of uncomfortable, but he seems to find a lot of room to move around in!

It's hard to believe that he could be here in less than 10 weeks! I'll feel better when his furniture gets in and we've registered at the hospital!

Christmas pics 2009

We finally got around to taking our Christmas pictures and will send out our cards just (barely) before Christmas this year. These are our two favorites.

This is our card this year. There is a little Peanut belly, and although Sonya did not cooperate (we used the timer on the camera so there was no one to call her to look), we liked our smiles the best.







This one has a lot more Peanut belly, but didn't feel as genuine. We're definitely pleased with our new camera's performance!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Vist from Grandma Kath & 28 week appointment

Kathy came to visit us for a few days since I can't get home for the holidays. We had a wonderful visit - we did some shopping, baked cookies and went to Peanut's 28 week appointment. While we didn't get an ultrasound like we had hoped for for her visit, she did get to hear his heartbeat. That was pretty exciting! :)

She & John were so wonderful and got us our Peanut rocker. Joe took a morning to put it together - his first "Daddy" assembly. He did a mighty good job!

Of course Sonya was a huge help in the process!

And they really enjoyed the fruits of their labor! In all honesty, Sonya has decided she is not a big fan of the rocking!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Palmer house. I love decorating for Christmas. Although we got rid of most of our decorations when we moved out here, my parents were nice enough to loan us their small tree and give me all of my ornaments from my childhood (we had a tradition of getting an ornament each year. I have all of them from 1978 through 1996, and then 2003 - 2008). We need to get our ornament for this year and we'll be official.

Joe got some Peanut Christmas pics too. He's definitely starting to run out of room in there! :)

Thanksgiving 2009

Due to my fibroid, we were unable to attend the normal Palmer Thanksgiving / Christmas / anniversary weekend this year. It ended up that Ryan, Anna & Caroline couldn't go this weekend either, so the family (minus me) will celebrate the week between Christmas and New Year's instead. We got a new computer with webcam so hopefully we can figure out how to Skype me in for the festivities.

Instead of Indy, we spent a great Thanksgiving with my parents here in Colorado. Joe practiced his camera skills more and was amazed at the pics he could get of the flowers we brought over. We were going to get Doug the normal "inside the turkey" picture but the stuffing was in and the bird was cooking when we got to my parents'. Sorry Doug! :)



Miss Sonya enjoyed being with her grandpa again. He had been traveling so she'd been neglected for a while. Check out her happy smile!!

Of course she played so hard that she needed a little cat nap. Notice her bottle of "paw-lish".

Week 24 Update

I can't believe we're already to week 24! We had another appointment with Dr. Bozeman today. No ultrasound, but we did get to hear his heartbeat. It's so exciting to hear!!! Dr. Bozeman said I'm measuring just right and everything was looking good. I had lost a lot of weight in the first few weeks, but finally had a gain this time. I'm still down about a half pound from where I started, but I'm definitely showing now and Peanut is doing well. We got to talk a little more about the friboid. Chances of pre-term labor are low, but scary if it happens. The only other side effect we really discussed was what he called "excruciating" pain. He explained that both Peanut and the fibroid will continue to grow, and I will eventually run out of room. That's not something I'm looking forward to, but he did say that it won't hurt Peanut and that's really what matters!!! We're hoping for a new ultrasound picture at the next appointment in December. :)

New camera - let the bump pics begin!

As a partial birthday present to Joe from my parents and a Christmas gift to ourselves we finally got ourselves a new fancy camera. It has all kinds of cool features that we can't wait to use with Peanut. We're still learning to use it right, so hopefully we'll get better pictures soon, but at least we finally have some bump pics for all the askers! :)

It takes the most amazing zoom pictures - with a 20x zoom lense and 12.1 megapixels. We don't even know what we're doing and we're getting great pics.

And for a little while longer Sonya remains the focus of many of our pictures. :)

Dually Licensed

On October 26th I was (finally) sworn in to the Colorado State Bar. Our camera broke a while back so Dad got a few pictures for us. Some of them aren't great, so I won't share, but here's our first "family" picture. You can't really tell from this pic, but I'm sporting quite a bump these days. I'm so thankful to Joe and my parents for their support in this process. It took me a long time to finally get everything completed, but I can now say I'm licensened in the state I live in again. :)

Taking the oath of office.

My parents, Peanut & I

Boettcher Theater - so beautiful!

Movement for Daddy

Tonight Joe finally caught Peanut moving!! He was finally able to feel him move and it was one of the greatest things ever. Seeing the look on his face was amazing. He hadn't really grasped how exciting it is until he could feel the movement himself. He'll have to keep reading to him more at night and see if we can get the movement to happen more! :) And just in time to be an extra special early birthday gift for Daddy!

It's a BOY!!!

It's official - Peanut is a boy!!! We are so excited! I am now half way through my pregnancy too. Time has flown by and I just can't believe it! I felt that he would be a boy, so it's exciting to have confirmation. My mom, Joe & I went to the Level II ultrasound together on October 12th. It was a nice early birthday give for Joe and belated birthday gift for Mom. Dad was supposed to go, but ended up having to work. I think he was sad when we came home so excited and talking about everything we saw and only had these two pictures to show him.

This ultrasound was SO very cool. The ultrastenographer spent a lot of time with us and made a huge effort to ensure that we got good facial pictures. We got to see the chambers of the heart, many of his different organs, the little feet and hands and most importantly for dadddy, the boy parts. We love these pictures and are so excited to be able to share his gender with everyone.

Dr. Bozeman reviewed all the pictures and information and gave Peanut a glowing report. He said that Peanut is measuring just right and everything looks good. We did find out that I have a 5.3 cm fibroid on my right side. This was pretty scary at first, but after talking to some good friends and doing some research we feel better about things. One possible side effect is pre-term labor, so I am grounded from travel, but the chances are still low. And Peanut is just fine, so that's what's important

We love our Peanut and couldn't be prouder of him!!

More movement

As an early birthday present to Grandma, Peanut moved big enough for me to feel her/him with my hand on the outside. No one else has been able to feel him/her yet, but I can. I think since I'm feeling him/her from the inside too I'm more sensitive to it. We'll just have to keep trying for Daddy. :)

Week 16 Update

We had our 16 week appointment on September 14th. The big excitement for this appointment is that I had started to feel Peanut's flutters. This appointment was also the last one before the BIG level 2 ultrasound where we'll find out the gender. Peanut cooperated and moved around for the ultrasound. We couldn't get his/her lower half in a single ultrasound, and didn't get a peak at gender, but were amazed at how much s/he has grown. Peanut looks more like an alien now then a Peanut.

Here's another head shot. We love his/her little fists!

S/he MOVES

While watching college football on Saturday the 12th I finally felt Peanut move on the inside for the first time ever. I wasn't sure it was him/her at first, but I'm pretty sure that's what it was now. Daddy is thrilled because it was during the Michigan game. I was half asleep and tried to stay that way and as still as I could to try and feel it more and more. It so exciting!!!!!

Week 13 scare

I had some spotting the week of August 24th, so we were back at the doctor's within a week of our last appointment. We met with Pam (NP) who was so wonderful. She was so nice and understanding. She did an examination and another ultrasound and Peanut moved for her. Everything is fine and we are so relieved!

Week 12 with Dr. Bozeman

On August 17th we finally got to meet our OB, Dr. Bozeman. Dr. Faber (our RE) recommended him for his many years of private practice and strong patient following. We weren't supposed to get an ultrasound at this visit, but Peanut hid from the heartbeat monitor. It was a little scary for a while, but as soon as he found him/her with the monitor it was great! We didn't get to hear the heartbeat, but Peanut did some moving and shaking for the ultrasound, which was way exciting!!

Peanut doesn't look so much like a Peanut anymore! :) We especially love that it looks like s/he's sucking his/her thumb in this picture!

Week 8 with NP

On July 20 we went to our first OB appointment. Joe couldn't attend due to work, so my mom went with us and almost cried at the ultrasound. It was really special. We didn't expect another ultrasound since we'd just had one a week and a half ago, but we lucked out. Our appointment was with our fantastic Nurse Practitioner Pam Culig. I couldn't be happier with her. She is exactly what I want from an NP. She took a bunch of pictures since Joe couldn't be there. Peanut measured in at 1.44 cm and 7 weeks, 6 days. He was actually 8 weeks exactly, but that's okay.

And here's a close up of our little Peanut. It's amazing how different s/he looks already from the u/s a week and a half ago!! We're so proud and already so in love!

And Peanut Makes Three

On Saturday, June 20th - the day before Father's Day - after 1 1/2 years of trying, incuding 5 months of hard work with our wonderful Reproductive Endrochronologist, Dr. Faber, we found out we were expecting our first little Peanut. Joe was taking Sonya on her morning walk and I couldn't wait until our scheduled Monday test day, so I figured what the heck. The test turned positive while I was brushing my teeth and I went running through the house like a crazy woman, yelling off the balcony trying to track Joe down. I could just barely wait for him to get back home. Sonya thought we had finally really lost it! We took 6 tests over the next three days and still weren't convinced.

This is one of the few pictures we have of the Peanut belly until much later on as our camera died it's final death just after these pictures. This is the day we got our positive test, so just about 6 weeks along.

Later that week we had our last visit with Dr. Faber so that he too could confirm that we were finally expecting. These are the great first shots he got of our little Peanut (and how Peanut got his/her name). Peanut measured in at 0.48 cm and was pretty much right on schedule. Technology is AMAZING!!!

We couldn't be prouder of our Peanut!!