Living, Loving, Learning

Although, we are still deep into our winter hibernation, I figured I should poke my head out of the cave and catch y'all up a bit. We are doing great, really enjoying getting to know our new home. We have made great use of the big kitchen, the fireplace and the claw foot bathtubs. We have spent most of our evenings hanging out at home, trying some new recipes, playing games with Griffin (he LOVES the Diego game, thanks Webbers!!) and watching DVDs. I have gotten Bruce all caught up on Lost so he can watch with me this season. I have joined an Internet based quilting club that has a monthly project and I am really enjoying getting crafty again...I have even pulled out the embroidery floss and started working on some onesies for Sprout. Sprout is fantastic. The Dr. is always impressed/aggravated by the flips she does when they are trying to listen to her heartbeat. I would love to say that she is in there practicing twirls with the grace of a ballerina but it really feels more like a...

Thank you to everyone who has sent us warm wishes! We were so eager to share our exciting news but decided to wait until we passed the first trimester mark and had the AOK from the Doc. So first off, Baby, a.k.a. Sprout, is looking great. Even before I was certain I was pregnant I felt a strange buzzing in my uterus. It was if there was a very strong electrical current running through me. This feeling continued for weeks although in the last month it has diminished to an extent that I hardly feel that strange sensation and I kind of miss it. The doctor was unable to pick up a heartbeat with a fetal heart monitor on Tuesday so she brought in a portable ultrasound machine and we were unexpectedly granted a peek at Sprout. He/She was waving his/her arms all around - it was incredible. The Dr.remarked "Wow, this is an active baby!" which is word for word the same phrase that was spoken at Griffin's first ultrasound...guess that's how I grow 'em. Griffin was so stunned...