Sleepy at 37 Weeks

Today we had a 37 week check up and a surprise sonogram. The doctor ordered a sonogram to check on Gigi's size. The sonographer estimates that Gigi weighs 7 lbs 3 ounces...and also says that she's perfectly healthy. As you can see from the 3D photos, it appears we caught Gigi in the middle of a nap...



Check out that little chubby wrist...

Special Delivery

Jim spent a couple hours on Christmas Eve doing his part to make sure the world (or at least the people that drive down Crestwood Drive) knows when Gigi arrives. As you can see from the pictures, he created a 6'0" tall stork (aka Stephen the Stork) to announce Gigi's arrival. Stephen the Stork will take a prominent position in our front yard, displaying all of Gigi's vitals. Stephen is now in Pennsylvania, as Christina uses her artist talents to give him color (and some clothes). She will also be responsible for filling in the vitals when we are at the hospital.




Jim working hard to bring Stephen the Stork to Life







Gotta love power tools



"Naked" Stephen the Stork in our back yard. Once Gigi is born, Stephen will display Gigi's vitals from a bundle that he carries with his beak.

36 Weeks and Counting!

We had our 36 week checkup earlier in the week.
Mom to be and Gigi are doing well, and Gigi is right on schedule.
The doctor could feel Gigi's head, but he is still predicting that she will be "on time" with her due date. He said there was a 20% chance she would come before the
18th, we shall see what they say when we go in a few days for week 37.
We believe we have an over achiever on our hands... so Donna is thinking this baby will be an eager beaver and come out sooner, however, whenever she comes it is her decision and we are happy with that! Our Princess is healthy and that is what matters!

Packing the Bags

Over the past week, Donna started having Braxton-Hicks contraction pains, which spurred our realization that Gigi is arriving relatively soon. Therefore, we spent most of the weekend cleaning and organizing the house, and packing the hospital bags. We also installed her car seat bases and her new car seat(thanks Nanna and Big Paw) in both of our cars. She's going to be riding in style. However, Lola was not too happy that she spent most of her Sunday afternoon sitting in our cars testing out Gigi's new car seat.

Name Clue Alert: Gigi shares both of her names (first name and middle name) with Saints.

34 Weeks and Counting...

Posts have been few and far between over the past couple weeks, in part because there has been little to report, Donna has been unable to sleep, and Jim has been preparing for final exams (two exams down, two more to go). Since things are likely to get much more interesting soon, and since Jim finishes the fall semester on Thursday, you can expect more frequent posts in the very near future.

We had another routine check-up this morning and all is going well. At home we are continuing to prepare and organize for Gigi's arrival.

Happy Birthday!!!

To the world's most wonderful husband and father-to-be!!!

Giving thanks for another great check-up

This morning Donna and Gigi had their 32nd week doctor visit and all is going well. We learned that the sonogram that was performed at 29 weeks indicated that Gigi was in the 70th percentile for size, which the doctor said was fine. No other baby news to report. We hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.