Meet "Peanut": The Newest Member of Our Family!

Yesterday we had our first appointment with our baby doctor. The appointment (plus blood-work done at the hospital's lab) took about 2 hours but it was all well worth it! The first half hour was talking with the nurse about my medical history and our family's medical history, along with questions on how I've been feeling. After that, the nurse took my blood pressure and got out the Doppler to listen for the baby's heartbeat. She warned us that the heartbeat can be difficult to detect through the Doppler at 10 weeks and that we may not be able to hear it today. But to our delight, our baby cooperated and we heard the heartbeat almost immediately: that soothing, swooshing noise that is music to any parent's ears. The heartbeat was a healthy 160 beats per minute. Next, the doctor gave me my exam which only took a few minutes...she said that everything looked great. Then came the next big surprise: the doctor told us she would do an ultrasound! We got to see the little baby that we've been loving so much already! He/she was moving quite a bit and I kept thinking "Oh no, not another Jack!!!" Jack moved 24/7 during the pregnancy and still does to this day. We were thrilled with our appointment and we'll head back in another 4 weeks. After the appointment we went to the hospital's lab where they took about 8 vials of blood from me. They test you for EVERYTHING when you are pregnant. After we left the hospital we picked up Jack from Cathy and Ron's and then we headed to Shane's grandparents house for a delicious dinner and some nice conversation. Thanks so much for inviting us June and Roy, we had a great time. And thank you to Cathy and Ron for watching Jack for us and thanks again to Ron for washing our car while we were gone--what a nice surprise! I hope you're all having a great week... it's almost Friday! Oh by the way, I thought I'd let you all know that the "Bathtub Bomber" struck again last night. What a nice mess for poor Daddy to clean up!