here you go...

here you go...  not the best quality but it was what i could do.  =)  so the second one is the shot where we knew it was a boy...  it's shot from below if that helps you decipher it...  =)  but the top one (the twofer) is the one where we really knew it was our kid, he definitely takes after matt.  =)

It's a ....

canteloupe!  no, not really.  =)  but that's about how big jack is right now!  that's right, i said "jack".  right around august 27, 2008 we will be having a boy!  we went to the doctor yesterday and saw him in all his glory.  at first he didn't want to give us the "money shot" but soon enough we got it...  along with some other interesting pictures.  he certainly is matt's kid.  i'll try to get those pictures up soon (have to find a scanner).  anyway, we are super excited and can't wait to start getting his stuff ready!  =)

week 21 - the knee slapper

chippy is now about 7 inches in length and almost 11 oz. (roughly the size of a large banana), and practices swallowing.  i guess the amniotic fluid tastes different depending on what i eat and this helps chippy to develop taste for different foods.  i'm sure chippy will be absolutely crazy about ben and jerry's, guacamole, and burgers...  maybe we should just name the baby "wimpy".  =) 

chippy is supposed to be sleeping 12-14 hours per day, but i suspect he/she (we'll find out on friday!) has been staying up past curfew watching turner classic movies and late night television with pepe.  i get poked every once in a while from one or the other of them at night - i'm assuming it's kind of like when i laugh at something and have to smack my knee (or someone nearby) for dramatic effect.  must run in the family....  =)

sorry everyone

i guess i'm not as computer literate as i had hoped. some people told me they were having trouble posting comments. i think i've resolved the issue... apparently i needed to check a box for you all to post... he he he. sorry. it's done now. go for it! =)

it begins.

so....  matt's been bugging me to start up one of these for a while now.  i suppose it's time.   i'm pregnant and due at the end of august.  perfect timing for a teacher....  it's how we roll.  i'll get some pictures up in here soon.  

i'm right around week 20.  chippy should be about 10.5 inches long and 10.5 ounces.  and apparently the chip looks like a proportionate small child now instead of a sea monkey.  no more big headed alien.

 we find out next week if chippy is a boy or a girl so i'm more than a little stoked.  i have to admit, i was totally against it for a long time.  but i finally caved and i'm really more excited to just see the chip moving around in there.  

i've started feeling little pokings in the belly but it all feels different all the time.  sometimes it's a little flutter, sometimes pokings, sometimes like a fish...  is that possible?  maybe chip is a fish/butterfly/blind person stick combination.  nice.

by the way...  i added some of chippy's first pictures at the top there...  =)