We are Certified!

Hello everyone, Sorry about the length of time between the last post. We've been so busy with the holiday's that we've been neglecting this site a bit. Any way's I'll start off with recent stuff and then go back to the unanswered questions.

Sarah's last appointment with her OB was the 17th, it was supposed to be the 14th but with my grandfathers passing earlier that week we postponed so we could go be with my grandmother. Everything is fine, Morgan's heart rate was 142bpm which is good and the baby and mommy are in overall good health. Sarah has to start counting Morgan's movements as well, if she isn't moving allot that indicates that Sarah's stressing herself and may have to go on bed rest or a shorter work schedule. Sarah's starting to really feel the effects of being pregnant now, she's tired allot and achy all over especially after work. so I'm sure it's just a matter of time before she has to start cutting back her hours. Her next appointment is New Years Eve, and we have been asked to pre-register at the hospital at that time. I also have to meet with my work HR department to get some paperwork completed for paternity leave and insurance for Morgan, i guess the time is nearing.

Morgans been very active, she moves around allot, i still have trouble feeling her move some times when Sarah says i shouldn't but as long as Sarah feels her moving around I'm happy. You can definitely tell she's in there though and she's so big now she goes across both sides of Sarah's tummy now.

As far as the birthing classes, we have completed them even though we only went to 2 classes, our second class was postponed due to weather, and the third class we were in Branson. But we did attend the final class, which was very informative. We went on a tour of the hospital, although it's not the one we will deliver at the equipment and procedures are the same so it was nice to become familiarized with the room. Our first class was packed with 15+ couples, the last class had about 8 people total in it. Which Sarah and I thought was interesting seeing as people paid for these classes. But on the flip side we didn't learn a whole lot, it's mostly stuff you learn from watching baby story or reading expecting parents books/magazines. We received a diaper bag which is cool it's got allot of free samples and a cold storage compartment in it. Also since there were only 8 people and the instructor had allot of free goodies we got several bottles, nipples and pacifiers as well. Free stuff is always good! After the class the teach stayed with Sarah and I and we discussed some of the items we had missed then she gave us a certificate that we are now certified to have a child! :)

The Nursery is almost complete, Sarah's mother Joyce a.k.a G-Ma did an outline of the mural for Morgans room. And also started painting the mural, about 75% of the palm tree is done but the monkey and parakeet are not started yet. You can see the progress she made in the pictures I've uploaded.

The baby shower is set for the 19th of January and the invitations were sent out last week. I created the invitations myself which I'm really proud of. My sister Jennifer and her two youngest assisted Sarah and I in folding, packing and labeling the invitations which made it go so much faster. My oldest sister Jennifer is really looking forward to finally becoming an Aunt, as she's been a mother for 13 years now with no nieces or nephews. My younger sister Vicky will be an aunt 4 times over when Morgan comes, and I'm sure she's excited also.

We have a 3d/4d ultrasound on the 29th that we are very excited about we have not "seen" Morgan since about 22 weeks and that was a standard ultrasound. She will be just 3 days shy of 34 weeks when we have the next one. We spoke with a woman during our last birthing class who showed us pictures of her son taken with the 4D ultrasound at the same place we are going and they are amazing! We cannot wait! Being a guy couldn't decipher what i was looking at in the regular ultrasounds so hopefully I'll fair a bit well this time around. We are allowed 6 guests so both of my sisters will be there, Sarah's Parents and Sarah's best friend Amanda. As soon as we have pictures they will be online i promise!

Lastly we did chose my childhood pediatrician for Morgan, our meeting with him went very well and Sarah liked him allot. Plus he has Saturday hours and is less then 5 minutes from our house and knows my family history.

Anyways that's all the news that is news for now, have a Merry Christmas!

-James/Sarah/Morgan