17 Weeks and 2 Days...

Hello everybody:
We decided with all of you spread around the country, this would be the easiest way to update. So welcome from Colorado, California, and everywhere else.

We got to hear baby b's heart beat on Thursday. Nice and strong and the doctor told Heather that she should start feeling movement any day now. Heather's tummy is pooching a little now so for those of you who know about "kiss the baby" thankfully that is a thing of the past.

We are anxiously awaiting January 7th since that's the big sonagram when we see if baby b stands for Brooklynn or Braeden. We'll be sure to update everyone. Hopefully she (or he) or she, is in the mood to pose. According to the Chinese gender calendar that our neighbor swears by we are having a boy (or girl)... so thanks for that Jana!

Morning sickness has been a big learning experience for both of us. Heather has learned just how much strain the human stomach can endure, and I've learned how fast I can go from a dead sleep to running blindly into the other room with a trashcan. Thank you to everyone that gave us the home remedies. We had an interesting time discovering what did and didn't work. By interesting I mean a lot of saying "well, that worked for one day, what's next?"

Crib shopping was also a lot of fun. We spent an entire afternoon driving around Kansas City visiting a lot of furniture stores only to discover that the crib we wanted was just like our neighbors crib and that it's available at our local Target. Man... do I love to shop! That's it for now (17 weeks and 2 days along). Check back often and see how things are going!

- Rob and Team Heather...