90 Days to Go

The pregnancy has entered its third trimester. Amy and Baby are still doing extremely well. At the last doctor's appointment on Monday, they did the glucose test and everything came back perfect...Great News for Amy & Baby. We also moved into the next chapter of doctor's visits...we have moved from every 4 weeks to every 2 weeks. All of this combines to add to our excitement and also increases the anxiety level.
I woke up last night looking for our little boy...What you may ask, your little boy is still in the womb. You are correct, but I dreamed of him all last night and these dreams were so life-like that I woke up and found myself looking around like he was there. I won't give you all of the details, but what I saw in the dream makes me even more excited about the arrival of our little boy. He was as gorgeous as his mom. He also had a name. Will it be the name we use? Only time will tell.
Did you know that Dads begin dreaming about their children early in the pregnancy, but in most cases the baby is represented by a symbol and not an actual baby? Moms on the other hand begin dreaming early of the baby, represented by a baby and not a symbol. I learned this from a book that was given to me by a neighbor. The book is "The Expectant Father". I highly recommend this book to all fathers-to-be.
As for our little boy, he is growing even more active as each day passes. He is very long and very strong. We sit around in the evenings just watching him move around. Today we thought we may have seen him with the hiccups. They were a long series of perfectly spaced movements, not like the kicks, rolls, and punches that we are used to. I am not sure if it is too early for his hiccups to be noticed, but it was very neat. Now that you read all of this, here are some pictures of Amy from today.




Isn't she beautiful?

Happy Valentine's Day Amy

Just a little note I want to share with Amy:



I love you Amy Riley!

Congratulations Andria & Dave

Congratulations to Dave & Andria on the arrival of Soren.



So adorable! We are glad to hear that Mom, Dad & Nora are doing well and are excited about the new addition to the family.

Week 24--60% complete, 40% to go

Amy has reached Week 24, 60% complete, 40% to go.



We cannot believe how fast time is moving. Everything is going well. Our 23 week checkup went well. Everything looks perfect. It was actually a little scary as we started to talk to the doctor about birthing classes, the hospital & the pediatrician. Our little boy will be here before we know it. He continues to get stronger and more active. Saturday was Kevin's 30th Birthday. We had a surprise party at his mom & dad's house...it was a great time. As you can see from his birthday cake, our little boy already has a sweet tooth.


For Kevin's birthday, we started looking around Babies R Us to get ready to register...it was so overwhelming, we had to leave and go to Barnes & Noble to buy "Baby Bargains" to do some research. We also went to a local store to look at a crib we found online. We saw the crib and absolutely love it. It is all coming together and each day we get more and more excited (and nervous).

The Lawrensons, Nathan, Tricia & Gwyneth

Meg introduced me to the most amazing blog weeks ago and I have been addicted ever since, checking for updates several times every day. I have placed the link to the Lawrensons' blog on the left side of this page, under links to sites we like, in hopes that everyone will take a chance to visit their blog, read about their journey and be amazed like I am every day I read Nathan's blog or any of the family member's blogs. After reading through their blog (make sure you start at the beginning to understand the past), I hope you will consider adding a link to their blog on your page as well or tell your friends/family about it. Their blog is truly contagious and as you can see from the map, it has spread around the world.

Our Strong Little Baby Boy

Amy and I are sitting around catching up on our blogging and relaxing this evening and it happens to be the most popular active time for our little baby. I went to lock up the house for the night and when I got back to our rental house, Amy had this surprised look on her face and said, "You just missed the strangest thing". I was thinking she saw something on t.v. or got a phone call from someone, but it was our little baby boy showing how strong he was. He did a super somersault...by this Amy tells me it must have been a double flip with a half turn. She said it was the strangest thing she has ever felt. She is used to him moving around, but this was huge. We have now been sitting here for the past 20 minutes watching him move around and kick. You can actually see the kicks and punches, rather than just feel them. He has now settled down into his favorite position, low in Amy's belly. All of that activity must have worn him out.
I am adding to this post from last night. About an hour after I reported that our baby boy was exhausted, he started back with about 20 more minutes of punching and kicking. I grabbed the video camera to record this event as you could again see it in the belly, but I think he is shy and he stopped moving as soon as I pressed the record button. There will be many more chances to video this so as soon as I get video, I will post it.

Welcome Baby Sullivan!

Our friends from UNCW, Amanda & Drew Sullivan recently announced the arrival of their first child. We are so happy for them and wish them the best with their little girl.

What a precious little baby girl.





Congratulations Sullivans!