3d Ultrasound

We got to see Rylan again today at our 3d ultrasound. The pictures came out great, although Rylan tried to keep his hands in front of his face most of the time. We were interrupting his nap though :-). It was wonderful to see him again, he is now one ounce shy of two pounds and the tech said everything looks great.

Just a few days over three months till he is here, I can't believe time has gone by so quickly. I am so excited to meet him in person and can't wait to hold him, but at times I am overwhelmed by all that needs to be done in the next three months. James is steadily working on the nursery, and right now it is a work in progress but it looks great. I can't wait till the painting is done and we can put together the furniture.

One of the pictures, the others can be seen here http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20035&id=1667568938&l=4404cb4696

New Arrivals

Rylan's cousin Sam was born on June 1st at 12:10 am and my best friend, Jessica, had her little girl, Caitlyn on May 30th at 12:59 pm. Both little ones and families are doing very well. Of course having spent time with both of them and seeing Amanda and Jess take care of them makes me want Rylan here. I did get a small taste of what life is like with a one month old when I stayed with Jess for the weekend which was very nice. Now I can't wait till we are able to finish converting the office into Rylan's nursery. James has some really great ideas for painting the room and I can't wait to see it all put together!

Sam and the happy family

Caitlyn

It's a.....

BOY! On 5/21/09 we found out that we are having a little boy. We were so excited to find this out and it was amazing to get to see him again. There was one small concern on the ultrasound, they found a cyst on his brain which they explained is usually nothing, but it can be a marker for chromosomal diseases. Because of this they set us up for a follow up ultrasound 4 weeks later at a high tech center.

On 6/16 we went to the level 2 ultrasound and the detail was incredible. We are so thankful for everyone’s prayers; the ultrasound showed the cyst was completely gone. Also, the ultrasound checked everything; his brain, heart stomach, everything, and the doctor said it all looked wonderful. We have a healthy little boy growing inside. We had decided shortly after finding out about the cyst to leave it in God’s hands and it was a wonderful sense of relief knowing that everything is ok. Now to start working on little Rylan’s nursery.

5/21 ultrasound

6/16 ultrasound

Mother's Day 5/10/09

I celebrated my first Mother's day morning with James. He gave me a very sweet card when he got home. Then it was off to church and lunch with mom and dad Hughes and John and Amanda who was also celebrating her first mother's day. The picture is of her and I after lunch. It was such a nice day and I can't believe that by this time next year our child will be here and be about 6 months old. It is just so amazing.

first peak

Here is the first ultrasound picture that was done on 3/20/2009 8 weeks and 2 days. We couldn't believe that there was a little person growing.