Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"Mo" - New photos and 15 week update



We went to the doctor again today and had another ultrasound--the baby looks great. It's amazing that the baby is so well developed already. Apparently, Mo is now a whopping 5 inches! It was really cool to see the baby's little head, arms, legs, feet and hands. You can clearly see them in the accompanying ultrasound pics (click on the picture to the left to see the labels). Unfortunately, we were just a week or two early to be able to determine who guessed correctly in our poll.

The nurse told us that Mo's heartrate is right where it's supposed to be - 151 beats per minute. Based on the measurements that weretaken today, they moved the due date up 3 days to Jan 16; however, I'm not putting much stock in that, especially since one of the key measurements is the size of the head!

Monday, July 21, 2008

NY Trip

As most of you know, Abby and I recently returned from the Savage Leadership Conference in New York City, NY. We had a great time. It was Abby's first time and my second time to NY. We both loved it, especially since someone else was paying for most of it! :)


While we were there, we jogged through Central Park, cruised the harbor while we ate dinner and saw the Statue of Liberty, attended the Broadway showing of Wicked, ate dinner atop Rockefeller Center, visited Chinatown and Little Italy, and attended a Yankees-Reds game in this, the final, year of Yankees Stadium. It was an incredible trip! We've posted a few of our favorite pictures from the trip.

"Mo" Update

Today is the completion of Abby's 14th week. Apparently, Mo is a whopping 4.1-4.5 inches from crown to rump, and is supposedly starting to grow hair. He/she may even be sucking a thumb right now!

We are down to six weeks before we find out the baby's gender. Once we find out if the baby is a boy or a girl, we will start a more serious name selection process. Until then, we'll just stick with "Mo."

If you'd like to follow along with the baby's progress, you can check out the following links:
http://www.webmd.com/solutions/sc/pregnancy-week-by-week/weeks13-16#Week15
http://pregnancy.about.com/od/pregnancycalendar/p/week15.htm