Lulu Update!

2nd ultrasound today, to check progress after a "little too low" heartbeat of 117 the last time. Although I started out postive after seeing the heartbeat last time, as time passed I became more and more nervous...what does a "little too low" mean? How bad is that?

Luckily our AWESOME nurse fit us in before the holidays so we could make sure that all was on track. We quickly found that Lulu is growing just as planned...her little heart is now beating at 173 bpm and she grow 2 weeks worth, just as she should've! Yea!! I couldn't be happier and feel much more secure that all is well.

Lu is now the size of a raspberry and even looked baby shaped on the ultrasound. Hopefully I will find a way to put the u/s pix up on here soon!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone...This year I am truly thankful for our newest family member, for all my wonderful friends, my supportive and loving family, and for my handsome and much too amazing husband and my lovely, sweet, stubborn little munchkin! Ah, life is good!

Announcing...LuLu!!!!!!

It comes with great pleasure that Steve, Alix, and I announce our little blueberry sized (for now) love, LuLu (or Lu if it's a boy...Alix is hoping LuLu though). Although it is stil early in the process we figured that we'd make our news available in sneak preview fashion to anyone who might wander by our site. Everyone else who is not so lucky to check out our happenings on a regular basis will be stuck waiting until our paths cross to hear about our new addition...If you still don't get it, Yes our family hopes to welcome another child into our home come the end of June! It depends on who you ask (the Dr. or me), but we are somewhere around week 8 and all seems to be going well (minus the tiredness, nausea and onset of full fledged m/s). I was able to see a heartbeat last week and little LuLu is measuring right where I'd expect her to be (about the size of a blueberry). We will go back in a couple of weeks to make sure she is progressing as she should...we know it is still early, but were extremely relieved to see that flicker on the screen as her heart was fluttering away! We look forward to sharing more news as it comes, so check back often.

Week Eight
Cartilage and bones begin to form - At the end of this week your baby will have already completed 1/5th of the journey 'til his birthday!
The basic structure of the eye is well underway - The position is more "newborn" like already!
The tongue begins to develop
Intestines move out of the umbilical cord into the abdomen.
Body grows and makes room - Two months along and this little one is growing inside and out by leaps and bounds!
The fingers and toes have appeared but are webbed and short
Baby's length (crown to rump) is 0.61 inch (1.6cm) and weight is 0.04 ounce (1gm)