Dust off your 3-D glasses

Well, Mandy is finally letting me write to all of you. Just kidding, Mandy has been asking me to write to everyone the past couple of times and I finally caved in. On Wednesday we had our weekly doctor visit, but this time it was a little different. Mandy still had her normal activities, pee in a cup, get weighed, get her blood pressure taken; but we had a new experience in our ultrasound. We were in the ultrasound room looking at our baby when the technician asked if we ever had a 3-D ultrasound done. We both said no, so with a click of a couple switches and a new wand there our baby was – in 3-D!!! As you can see from the pictures, it looks like a baby not just some shadow outline. We sat for about 10 minutes just watching the baby move its arms, yawn, and just overall being active. We were all laughing at one point when it looked like Baby was dancing. I’m not bragging, but the technician and our doctor both said the baby looked like me! I said Baby still had Mandy’s chubby cheeks though. It was a good visit with the doctor and we will continue going to the clinic weekly to see how Baby is progressing and to see how Mandy is doing.



Back at home we are slowly but surely getting the house prepared, and are now just tying up some loose ends. I painted our bedroom last weekend and spent some time doing some long-needed filing. We’ve decorated our livingroom by finally hanging some of our wedding pictures. We’ve also finished the baby’s room. We hung some pictures and put our rocker/recliner in there. We think the room looks pretty good and Baby should really be happy in there. The house’s makeover is almost done, we just need gutters. The cat was really happy that the work was done; it got pretty noisy in the house with all the pounding. The street construction is still going on, but we did get a curb poured today.

Mandy and I have been having some fun too, in between all the work. We spent a Saturday afternoon at our church festival. I worked in the bingo tent and Mandy and our friend Erin Olberding (and baby Camryn) played bingo. Well it was Erin’s lucky day because she won the $50 coverall. With all the nice weather Mandy and I have been going for some walks around the neighborhood too. We went to the MN Twins game last night and watched a good game with the Twins winning 3-2. We also went to the MN Vikings home opener against Indianapolis. Even though we lost a heartbreaker, it was fun and I was able to wear my horns I received last Christmas from Uncle Jim (Mandy wasn’t embarrassed at all sitting next to me!)

Well, I think I did a pretty good job with my first ever blog. Maybe Mandy will let me write another one soon – November 3 will be here before we know it!