Baby Shower

This past weekend was the Baby Shower, hosted by Katharine's Mom and Sister Kim. Lots of friends and family were in attendance. It was really wonderful to see everyone. Thanks to all of you again for the amazing gifts. We would also like to say a special thank you to the anonymous individual that placed the monetary gift in our camera bag. We asked and no one claimed any knowledge. It was said to us that maybe they did not want to be known, but we wanted to say thank you, whoever you are. It was appreciated, and put towards something wonderful for the baby.

We are working on getting the pictures processed on the computer, sorted and uploaded online. We will post a link when they are up. There are some really funny shots (think diaper contest) and it is evident that everyone had a wonderful time.

It was nice to kind of get away from everything and get a little relaxation. This morning we were back in the doctors routine. The sonogram went about the same. Still no clear identification of whether he has thumbs or not, they have really focused on that the last few weeks. He just doesn't want to give us a good shot. There was a little humor in his antics this morning. As the Sonographer was following his hands, hoping to get a glimpse, he kept putting out his pinkie finger, as if to tell her "this is all you get babe!!" hahaha (insert villain laugh effect). It's nice that they are able to follow our sense of humor and contribute, it helps us get through the rough patches. The fluid is still high, but stayed about the same compared to last week's measurements. However, we are now going for the fetal monitoring twice a week. This is only a precaution since the fluid is coming near the highest levels they really like to see. It is simply to monitor and ensure that contractions and baby's position are as they should be to not cause preterm labor. This prompted us to ask the question about induction. The answer was vague and he apologized for being such. However, we got a much better sense of their intentions. Essentially, the ideal scenario in their book would be for baby to come naturally. The next step will be to do a procedure to remove some of the fluid. This will help with the baby's positioning (he is swimming around in the deep end of the pool if you will)and encourage "natural child birth." This will be done next week more than likely. It seems as of now the plan would be to schedule induction only if we reach week 39 (Week of April 27th) and he has not yet been born. The doctors suspect we will deliver before then. Until then we are going to wrap up work on the nursery this week and get all the last minute items. Talk to everyone soon!!