Just for you Jenelle!

To those who have been asking me to update, sorry it's taken so long! There is a good reason, I'm finally busy at work! My friend Ke'Ren (who is also an slp) who worked for the same company I did recently took a job in Lubbock, which means I now have to travel between Littlefield and Levelland everyday. So I don't get as much time to sit in front of my computer. Believe me I don't mind being busy in the slightest! I would've updated at home (Casey and I just bought a new laptop) but we are having problems finding high-speed internet out at the lake, so for now I'll have to stick with my work computer (although I am writing this from my mom's).

So it has been like, 2 weeks since I SAID I would update (the time of my last Dr.'s appointment). So how did it go you may ask? Rather well actually. The baby's heartbeat is 140 beats/minute (within the normal range). The big issue this appointment was whether we wanted prenatal testing done. We decided to pass on that. If the test came back with a high risk for Down syndrome, they could do a level II sonogram but that still wouldn't tell us for sure that our baby's ok. The only way to know 100% is an amniocentesis, which we are not willing to do. I'm so happy our Dr. was not pushing the tests at all. He basically said "So do ya'll want do these prenatal tests or what?" (Ok maybe not like that, but you get my drift). I wonder if we had a history of genetic disease or syndromes in either of our families if he would've pushed it more (I didn't think to ask). So we are happy with our decision.

Now I am looking forward to the end of July (the 25th to be exact!). We have our sonogram that day. Even though we aren't going to find out the sex, I am still so excited to see him/her. Hopefully he/she will cooperate and we'll some good picures! I promise to post them afterward. I need to get some poochy shots of me on here too. Maybe I can get Casey to take some. You can't really tell anything in my scrubs, but I definitely am showing in everything else!

I am also excited about the end of July because I get to take Casey to Babies R Us!! Yeah! Hopefully we will decide on a crib set and get that ordered. I can't wait to start setting up the nursery. I've already volunteered Casey to paint over the purple walls my mom and I worked so hard on last summer! Oh well we got to enjoy them for a little while at least.

Well I best be gettin' home. Hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th and hopefully will hear from you soon! (by the way, in case you were wondering,the baby is now the length of a large sweet potato!)