Building & Growing

There was very little time for us to sit around and thing about all of the changes that were taking place in our lives.  The fight or flight kicked in and we decided to fight.  We fell head over heels for both the builder, Piedmont, and the neighborhood, Belvedere, and quickly signed a contract for the "Ja-ja-ja-ja-G-Unit." What! What!? (See Pic #1 & Pic #2 below).  

This house has been so much fun!  We have picked out everything from the crevices in the doors, to the placement of the lights, to the cabinetry.  We really hope that all of our selections don't clash once they are in place :)  We go by the house almost daily now, because it is so exciting to see the little or big progress that has been made each time.  We will continue to post our photos as it comes along!  Expected close date of 10 November.  With any luck at all, we will host our first Thanksgiving here! 

                                                                        House Pic #1

House Pic #2

While the builders were fast and furiously pouring cement and putting up 2x4's, my body was busy pumping twice as much blood as usual through my body (causing bathroom breaks to become MUCH more frequent) and creating thousands of cells which would become Baby Al (see Baby Al photo below).  We had our first ultrasound on 12 September, and that made everything a little more real for us!  The ultrasound put us at 10 weeks and 6 days. Al is quite the good dancer!  His favorite move that day was the break dancer arm roll (picture the wave starting at one hand and progressing through your right arm, into your left arm and ending at your left fingers). The Doc said all was well and as it should be, and we left feeling a little more like parents than we were before we went in.  

Baby Al (Short for Alien) at 10 wks 6 days

It wasn't until about the millionth look at the ultrasound, 4 hours after our appointment) that I decided Al's head protruded a little too much for my liking and decided to freak out, which I think actually might have had a small affect on Ron as well.  We decided not to have any testing done for Downs, etc. and now I was rethinking that decision.  As we showed more friends, and after my second follow-up appointment (when the Doctor all but laughed at my concern), we decided to calm down a bit, and just chalk it up to genetics (Ron's large bald head and my side of the family's neanderthal foreheads.  I say both with the utmost affection!  MUAH!!). 

So there ya' have it!  Our whole life in progress as of mid-September!