Post Christmas

Wow...where to begin? It has been a hectic 2 weeks to say the least. It has come and gone, Christmas #1 has passed and boy was it crazy. Let's see how it went, Thursday December 18, Koda tore open his paw and needed 3 stitches, let the holiday fun begin. From there things progressed to worse, we got about 10 inches of snow on 12/19 and it stuck around long enough to make it a white Christmas. On the 19th he also had his first Jump-a-roo experiences (See video). December 24 we went to Ami's mom and dad (Gigi and Babcha, polish for grandma and grandpa) and made out like bandits, or at least little man did. Mom got clothes and dad got some new snow skis while little Zachary got tons of toys, Uncle Jarrett got him some musical keys, Aunt Dee and Justin got him a Moose for his car seat and just general play, and Cousin Aiden, Aunt Autumn and Uncle Ryan got him some bath toys, an outfit and a couple of other things that I can't remember right now. It's a drain trying to remember his haul. December 25 we were at grandma and grandpa Kipf's for Christmas day. There little man made out like a bandit too. Uncle Adam got him a build-a-bear Husky (ironic I know) made out to be a Red Wing named Champ...it's cute and uncle John got him a #1 Michigan Jersey to wear to track meats and some socks, let's just hope next football season goes a lot better and he can be proud of wearing the number 1. On the 26th, we went to the Peplinski Family Christmas where little Zach finally met all his 2nd cousins and great aunts and uncles on Ami's side (The day before he did it on Matt's side). We got another toy, and a picture of his 2nd cousins, the Shusteks. We also got a recipie for home made baby wipes which we are going to try out, supposedly the prevent diaper rash! The 27th was mom and dad's 5th wedding anniversary, holy cow, 5 years already! At least 45 more to go!!! They went to see Wicked the Musical at the Detroit Opera House with "Uncle Rob and Aunt Leah Jones"...it was a great show. From there we have been recovering slowly! Yesterday Koda had his stitches pulled and is now back to his old self, which makes Meg really happy. Oh yeah...yesterday, we were dogless (they escaped for the 1st and last time) for about an hour. It was very distracting. A special thank you goes out to Amber and Sam Maxwell, some friends of ours, who came and helped look for and actually found both our dogs, unharmed. They, the dogs, decided to take themselves for the "usual walk" route and that's how they got found! Well anyway, back to cleaning for now. Enjoy picture of Santa Zach! Happy New Year to all!!!

Lunchtime at Work

So here it is Tuesday and there a lot a new "happenings" if you will. As of today, we are both still employed in the Automotive industry, yay! Now on to the more exciting news, Friday night at Grandma and Grandpa Kipf's house, Zach rolled over for the first time. It was really exciting, Grandma and Dad got to see it, mom looked away about 3 seconds before it happened, she was miffed. Oh well, he has been trying dilligently to reaccomplish the task as it was both shocking and awing for him.

Saturday he went with his cousin Aiden to see Santa Claus for the first time. He did very well, the pictures will be posted later. He seemed a little uncertain, but gripping Santa's thumb really made him feel better. Sunday was another eventful day as we traveled to Ami's cousin Julie's new Condo for a house warming party. It was a fun time, Zach spilled my beer on the floor and spit up on the table at least 2 times. It's now officially a home, cause let's face it, a home isn't a home until something or someone has been baby baptized in it! Well back to the grind...I don't want to be at work anymore until after 1/1/09...Matt

Ok so it is later now and well I have just one minor update, double ear infection cleared up, clean bill of health. He also was 26.5 inches long and 14 lbs 11 oz. at the doctor today.

Here's some pictures with Aiden and Santa for your viewing pleasure...

Latest Update and Stupidity

So just wanted to let y'all know that little man "sat up" on his own at daycare yesterday, from a 45 degree angle. They were all impressed, but not mom and dad, we were shocked! It is crazy how fast he is growing and getting abilitites. If I had to bet, within the next week or two he will be rolling and then crawling and then...look out dogs!

So grad school will be interesting in the spring, just have to fund it now...all prior funding has been yanked!

Slacking with a capital "S"

Wow,

What do I say to all the fans of the Kipffamily blog other than I am sorry. It has now been way to long since my last entry and well, this one won't be great but shouldn't be to bad. It is a Monday night, about 3 weeks before Christmas and our house is a disaster, wrapping paper everywhere...

Things here are changing rapidly, little man is now so close to rolling over from his back to his belly everytime he starts, he gets the wave circling him from mommy and daddy. It funny to watch...his smile warms a room when it's out. Before Thanksgiving, he got to meet, Dee, Jim and Josh, that was an adventure too. I have never seen Dee shocked so much in my life, I think she expected a "normal" size baby, but not our Zach. To date, he is about 15 lbs and somewhere over 26 inches long. We have had to adjust the straps in the car carrier twice now.

The little guy is benefiting from some of Ami's GM coworkers as well. He is getting car loads of hand me down toys which are still in perfect shape, it's like Christmas has come early. Day care is going OK, we take him to a place called The Learning Experience about a 3 minute car ride from the house, with a red light. He has had a cold from day 1 and is finally getting over it. On the other hand, last Tuesday we were told it was a double ear infection. The trooper that he is showed no signs of infection at all until they looked in his ears. He acts like he feels a ton better today though.

Be advised that the Christmas cards are in the works, they will contain this website link in them somehow, I haven't figured that out yet. I start my last term of grad school, hopefully, in January and so far have a 3.21 GPA, that's right people, I know have the grades to back up the intelligence and great looks...:^) Ok so I am now punch happy from lack of sleep and well, a case of the Monday's...here's some "recent" snap shots of the little man. Look out world, and all Ladys...he melts the heart. Keep on keepin' on...Matt

Doctors and Hard Day

Ok so we went to the Doctor yesterday for our 2 month check up. Things were good. "Little" Zach was 25.5 inches long and weighed a wopping 13 lbs 8 oz. He is growing well and almost following the "curve" exactly. We also found out the results of his kidney/urinary tract testing. Turns out that he has grade 1, which other than no reflux, is the best you can have. There is no treatments for it, we just keep an eye on him and that's about it.

Now for the more heart wrenching stories. Today was the first day of work for Ami, Daycare for Zachary, and just plain is not fun. He is going to a placed called the Learning Experience. It is really nice. It is located around the corner from our house and doesn't take long to get to. Well I should get to work, I will write more later with updates on the "first day"...

Baptisms and the Like

Well where to begin, let me see. It has been another exciting week for us all in the Kipf house. Zachary got baptised yesterday on his grandma and grandpa's 35th wedding anniversary. It was pretty cool. His diaper rash has really started to clear up and he is officially off of his antibiotics from the stay in the hospital. That happened this past Thursday, the end of the medicine. As for everything else, things go smoothly. One of his favorite things to do is talk with mommy, that's right, he and Ami can have a whole conversation by "whooting" at each other. He absolutely loves it, he giggles, and smiles the whole time! He also has really started to notice his hands and feet even more, it's the greatest thing to watch, he floats his hand by his face and startles himself with it.

The dogs are starting to finally get more comfortable with him, meg actually snuggled up to him as he was sitting on our bed Saturday. Koda is still his protector though, yesterday he was sniffing anyone who touched Zachary just to make sure they were on the up and up.

Zach got to hang out with his older cousin Aiden yesterday to, yes there was lots of family around but the two of them did say hi at least. Aiden is now up to about 9 lbs and 8 oz and doing great! Well time to get back at the grind here at work...check back for details on the Halloween festivities a little later. Enjoy the tasty little pictures I have here of our "Little Monster"...

Bad Blogging

Wow...where do I start? It has been officially 6 weeks since my last blog entry (according to the "date" wheel). A lot has gone on since that time. We have taken Zachary to the doctor multiple times for shots (only Hep B) and other things, possible acid reflux, hospital stay follow up, diaper rash, the list goes on. Yes we are truly the paranoid first timer parents and it does show.

So for those of you who read the above closely, you saw hospital stay follow up. Here's the low down. Last Sunday, 10/12, Zach started throwing up, projectile vomitting. It got Ami concerned so we started dialog with the Pedes. They told us to monitor it and keep them updated. He was not himself that day at all, normally he eats and is awake for a while to "learn" during daytime, that day all he did was sleep and really didn't want to eat, which for him, is abnormal. As the day progressed he went for milk vomit to yellow vomit, which came from the Zantac he had been put on for his "Acid reflux" on 10/7, and then a milky yellow vomit. Needless to say, doctor said take him to the ER, something isn't right. The dialoge started about 11 am, and at 9 pm we were told take him in, nothing like dragging it out.

We got the the ER, he was running a temp of 100.5 rectally, yep that's right, in da butt! They told us a work up was required since they weren't sure what was going on, work up was to include, blood, urine and spinal tap. Luckily the blood draw and urine produced the issue. Little man had a Urinary Tract Infection so no spinal was required. He was admitted to Beaumont in Royal Oak Sunday night at 1 am and stayed there until Wednesday at noon. He was given IV anti-biotics and came home with Amoxicilin. He also, while there on IV anti-biotics, shat himself raw. Which is the diaper rash we are now dealing with...tons of fun let me tell you. Other than that...here's some of the vital stats:

Zachary Kipf as of 10/20/2008:
Weight: 12 lbs 14 oz (yes that translates to horse for all you non believers)
Length: Greater Than 24 inches (wasn't measured today)

Our little trooper is sure growing up fast and quickly. Hard to really believe he is over 6 weeks now.

This past weekend he met some of his 2nd and 3rd cousins. Ami's cousin Tina and her 3 girls came over and cooked dinner for us Saturday and Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle John Kipf all came over on Sunday, with John's Girlfriend Teddi joining the party too. It was the latest he has stayed up ever, 10 pm. He was a cranky tired guy.

This coming weekend is another big deal, he get's Baptized on Sunday 10/26 and Mom and Dad are hosting the families for a little part afterwards...man is he going to be tired. Well I am done for now. I promise to update more and more as we get a "groove" going! Have a great day!

A New Journey Begins

Well alrighty then. It is now Monday September 8, 2008 and man have we had an exciting few days. Well I apologize for the tardiness in this, but here goes:

On September 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM, A new son was born to Ami and Matt...

His name is Zachary Matthew Kipf, we tipped the scales at a whopping 9 lbs 5.2 oz and an amazing 22 inches long with a 37 cm diameter head. Mom and Zachary are doing great, dad is to.

We are now at home and still going through that learning curve but eh, it happens. So far, the only one who has been hosed is Dad but mom did get pee'd on cause dad's diaper skillz were not "mad enough" in the hopsital. Other than that, we are tired and haven't quite figured out that when he sleeps, we sleep, because he is currently out and I am blogging, why? Delrious lack of sleep. Here's some pictures for you to view. I will update more later.

Here's the link to more photos of the last few days.

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=246818843/a=24377504_24377504/fromupload=true/imagecount=33/videocount=0/t_=24377504

Due Date + 1 week

Ok folks...

Monday night, 9/1/08, the baby and I will now share a Birth Month...kinda cool actually! There is nothing to report as of right now. We are now scheduled for a "C-Section" on 9/4/08 (1 wk before my B-day) at 8:30 AM. So if nothing happens between now and then, we will finally, much to Ami's happiness, be parents by about 9AM. We head to the doctor tomorrow at 3:20 PM so look for more updates then...until tomorrow...

Due Date + 4

Ok,

Well here it is Friday and still no little bundle of joy! We met with the Dr. yesterday and discussed options to try and understand what is going on. But first an update...

We spent time on a monitor yesterday, good heart rate on the baby and good movement. Ami measured at 45 cm at the belly and baby heart rate was 142 bpm, so that was good.

We talked with the Dr. and asked to schedule a C-Section for Tuesday if possible, if not Wednesday or Thursday. We will find out around 9AM today what the plan is. So that is the latest and when more is know, it will be posted...

For now, Labor day doesn't look like it is going to be "Labor Day"...:^(

Due Date + 1

Well...nothing has happened yet! We are now due date plus 1 and counting. We go back to the doctor on Thrusday so we will see what happens on that. Other than that, not much else to report!

And the saga continues

Ok...let me see where I left off, oh yes, updates on the weekly doctor visits. As of the time of this post, we are now 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant, you would think that the baby would at least think about coming out, well it hasn't. Today we went to the doctor for the weekly check, as previously stated, we went last Thursday, and the Friday before that. Each time we went we got the "there is no dilation" report. I was hoping to hear something different today, but alas we didn't. So far we have tried spicy food, long walks at sunset, pina coladas and getting caught in the rain (ok...that song just popped into my head that's why this line is here). But seriously, we have done spicy Thai, Long walks, foot rubs, etc. nothing is working. The doctor did use the 'C-Section' phrase today, however for the first time. He said if we go 41 weeks (that would be September 1, 2008 - Labor Day, irony, me thinks not) and we are still "not dilated", we won't be inducing, we will be cutting. So we got that goin' for us...





Well other key bits of info, belly measurement - 45 cm (last time 44, and the time before that 41), baby heart rate - 163 ( last time 140 and the time before that 174). The heart rates were a little high a couple of times just based on the fact that our little acrobat was moving so much it was like he was watchin Richard Simmons "Sweatin' to the Oldies" or something...Crunch!, who knows...





Well back to fixing my grad school paper, since the prof. was nice enough to give me a 'D' and then let me fix the paper and re-submit by the end of August, it's time to kick it into overdrive! Talk at you all later...have a beer, enjoy the sun, and say a prayer for Labor! Oh yeah...for your viewing pleasure, here's a picture of the crib!

Brief Updates, More to Follow

Ok,

So it was a fun weekend. We started it off Friday with a trip to the Dr.'s office. Things are good. The baby is turned the right way, heart rate was 141 bpm and the tummy measure was 40". We (Ami more so) are ready for the little one to come. WE spent some time getting the nursery all set so...

I know there isn't much here, I will post more later. She goes back to the doctor this Friday at 2:30 PM...there will be a "launch" update after that appointment as well...

Long Time Coming

Wow, it is really hard to believe that June is almost over. It's even more hard to believe that shutdown week is finally here, YEAH! Well updates, lets see...we went to the Doctor on June 23, things were good for the most part. The baby's heart rate was in the 130s and Ami's was around 120...it was definitely an "issue" that the Doctor wanted to address. So...that's right, Ami earned herself 2 weeks of bed rest. Since that appointment, we have had some blood work done as well as a couple of other test to rule out preeclampsia. We also get to go back on 7/2 for updates and another check. I was instructed to check her pulse daily and I have been, she has been running about 90 bpm so things are calming down.

Now to the "funner" updates. We have been finishing off the nursery, we picked up the furniture this past Saturday and wow, does that really bring home the fact that the littlest kipf is only 2 months away. Well I must go for now, look for nursery picture updates later today. Back to cleaning...

Updates from MI

Evening Folks,

Hope all is going well for you. So a lot has happened since we last updated the blog here, so away we go. Lat Friday, 6/13/08, the hardwood floor was refinished in the baby's room and on Saturday 6/14 we had our first shower. We got lots of goodies for the baby so thank you to all of you who got something for us, it will all come in handy.

I am posting pictures of the nursery progress to this link:
http://community.webshots.com/album/563845198hWrddG
So go check it out and let us know what you think. Yesterday, 6/17/08, Ami spent about 4-5 hours on the Neonatal Triage floor at Beamont Hospital getting 1000 mL IV drip. It was tons of fun let me tell you! We go to the doctor for our last "month" check up on 6/23 so there should be news that comes from that too. After this visit we start getting more frequent visits, yeah! For those inquiring minds who want to know, the range of the baby's heart beat yesterday was about 130 bpm to 150 bpm, mostly around 140. My mom seems to think it is going to be a boy, she has her methods being a veteran OB Nurse, but we still don't and won't know definitively until little Kipf is born. Well I have rambled now and it's time for me to go work on my Wii golf skills before I won't have any free time. Look for the next update on 6/23.

Oh yeah one last thing, our nephew, Aiden, is now up to approximately 3 lbs and doing well. He is getting stronger and stronger. He cheered the Red Wings onto victory when the clinched the cup (working on getting the picture to post) and has had a couple of minor set backs, but that's to be expected. His mom and dad were told the earliest he might be able to go home is around July 10th or 15th but it will more than likely be August some time. I am looking forward to letting the 2 cousins meet and start playing. Now I am done for real so have a great night and a wonderful day!

Construction Pics

Ok,

As promised, a little late, but still here, the pictures of the start of nursery construction. The picture on the top here shows what happens when Koda accidently steps in the blue paint. We now call him 'ol blue paws. The picture on the bottom shows the color scheme. It was taken from a "Classic Pooh" set we found at Target and Babies 'R Us. It should turn out pretty cool looking. Well that's all for now, there is a game 6 to finish watching....GO WINGS! I apologize if the page looks screwed up, I am still figuring out how to post pictures on here. By the way, as you may have notice, the poll is closed and the "girl" has won! We will see what happens on 8/25!

Construction Begins

Ok,

Good morning and happy June! Well it has begun, this past weekend we officially moved out all of the "junk" in what is becoming the nursery. We did get our paint up on the walls and the chair rail will be going up this week. I also have to get the hardwood floor underneath the carpeting refinished. It is turning into a major project! I will be positing progress pictures later on this evening but man, the closer August comes, the crazier things are getting!

On a side note, as we were painting this weekend, thanks to Ami's mom for helping a lot, we had the dogs in and out of the room. There was something that Koda, the younger of the two, wanted to get to on the other side of the room. In his infinite wisdom, he took the shortest route, through the roller tray! We had painted paw prints everywhere on the carpeting. It was the funniest thing, he stepped in the paint, pulled out his paw and looked at it like, what the heck is this? Anyway, the picture of "old blue paw" will be posted too! Did you know paint doesn't come off of dog paws very well?

The Doctors Visit

Good day eh,

Ok so the yooper voice in my head told me that was a good way to start today's entry, not sure if it is or not. Last Thursday we went to the doctor for another monthly check up, 1 more of these and then we get to increase frequency, a sure sign that August 25th is coming sooner rather than later. The check up went well, everything was good the heart rate of the baby was 147 and nothing we out of the ordinary. Ami measured about 28 which is where she should be for how far along we are...our next doctor visit is June 22.

Now on to important things, last night we were sitting at home watching the Wings whoop Pittsburg and the baby was cheering right along. It was kicking and punching right with us. It was cool, we could actually she the belly physically move, it is amazing that something so tiny can make that much of an input. The baby is tending to be more active from around noon time until late evening, so kind of quite first thing in the morning. The not so wierd cravings are still coming, a lot of apple juice and Rocky Road ice cream. Other than that, no other cravings. I have finally started doing the baby's room, at least my brother and I moved out the armoire. I have approximately 2 weeks until that first baby shower it is going by way to quick. I need to have the room done before then. Oh well, lunch is over so back to the grind. Peace out and GO WINGS! Oh yeah...Beat Boston!

Latest Rounds of Updates

Well alrighty then...let's see what's new? Ah yes, our nephew is marching on like a trouper! So far he has now come off the oxygen push and is taking milk. His heart flap has closed on its own and he opened his eyes briefly to look at his mom and dad! It has been an exciting first week of life for him.

We have had some excitement as well. Ami has developed a pain in her right hip/groin area. Today we spent some time at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak to make sure everything was ok and it was. We weren't really sure what was going on so we spent 3 hours on a monitor for fetal heart rate and contractions. Everything was normal as were all other tests run. Our best guesses, until next Thursday when the OBGYN tells us what's going on, is that the baby is growing and pushing on a ligament in that region and causing her some pain. They did an ultrasound today as well and told us the baby was head down, which they said was good. The nurses could not tell what the sex was but were guessing boy as the baby was stubborn and ornery today. It didn't want to keep the heart monitor on at all, I think it was kicked off about every 5 minutes.

Oh well, time to watch the wings game. We will update later with further developments! Go Wings, Go Pistons...and for the Love of God WIN a GAME Tigers...

Amazing Events

Well it is Thursday and I am sitting here at work reliving the events of the last few days in my head. It has been one whirlwind of a journey. For those who may or may not have known, Ami's sister Autumn is pregnant at the same time and due around August 15th. This was going to make it one crazy month for the first time Grandma.

Last Friday, Ami's sister went into premature labor and yesterday she delivered a 2 lb 1 oz baby boy who was 14 inches long! Mom, Baby and Daddy are all doing very well. His name is Aiden Aubrey Bean. I wanted to take this chance to say thanks to you who have said prayers for them so that all would go well. He will be in the Hospital for at least 10 weeks before he gets to go home but all things look well!

It was quite the chore to try and keep Ami calm through the whole ordeal, but I am very proud of the way she handled it, she did great! We now have a list of questions to ask the doctor on May 22nd that is a mile long and we know we are going to get the, "Where did these come from, you two are off your rocker" look from the doctor but oh well. Also, in one of our name books, there was this Chinese Lunar Calendar thing. I ran the process and it turns out that this predicted me, my brothers, Ami and her sisters to all be what we are, boys and girls. It say that our nephew was supposed to be a boy and yes, guess what it says about what we are supposed to have, that's right, all the willing that I have been doing hoping it is a boy, may not be paying off! This predicts a girl. Again we DO NOT know what it is and won't until it is born so keep guessing on the poll and that's all I have for now. I will work on Ami to let me take a picture of her and post it, but it's a tough sell! Peace out and GO WINGS!

Visit to the Doctor

Well here it is, Saturday morning and I am just now posting the latest updates on the baby! Thursday we went to the doctor for the monthly check up. Everything was good. We had the first belly measurement and being 22 weeks along, it should measure 22 and it did! So that was good. The baby heart rate was approximately 147 bpm which is normal for this age. This was hopefully, going to be my clue as to what we are going to have. Next time we go, May 22, we will be doing the orange drink diabetes/glucose check. We have no indications that say anything will be bad, since Ami just had a diabetes check at work this week and all was normal. We also wanted you all to know that the little tyke has decided that it is going to start getting more and more active. I have finally really started to feel some kicking and it is amazing!

Other than that, I have 4 days left next week of the grad school semester and the dogs are doing well. Once grad school is done, look for updates on progress of the nursery too! Make sure to study the ultrasound pictures and vote for what you think we are going to have. Have a great weekend, and remember GO WINGS!

Felt it

OK so I finally felt the little one jumping around today. It was cool and freaky at the same time. I can't wait until it gets a little stronger. For those of you who don't know, meg likes to curl up on the bed next to us at night and when Ami is on the couch. She has a tendency to "freak" out if you move near her while she is sleeping. It will be interesting to see what happens that first time when the baby kicks and Meg is there...

That's all for now. More tomorrow.

Updates and Trips

Ok,

So it has been called to my attention that I haven't been updated as much as I should be, by both our loyal readers and well, Ami! So here it is, we went to the doctor, things were great and yes we had another ultrasound and the tech could tell what the baby was, I unfortunately could not. I must have blinked at that point. So Ami has felt the baby a couple of times, but me, not so much, need to spends some more time rubbing the belly I guess! Now we have a lot more stuff to do as I start to ramp down on the semester of Grad School...and it's getting tough to finish it off. We need to finish registering for the baby and start taking the Lamaze classes and how ot care for your newborn class. Should be tons of fun for us and we are looking forward to it.

We go back to the doctor this Thursday, so we will post (I promise) sometime that night with any updates we have! For now, have a great day and look for an update soon...Also...here's the latest ultrasound pictures!

The latest Doctor Visit

Well another week has clicked by and yes the progress is still good. We met with the Doctor this past Friday (March 28) and got the ok yet again. Most of the time was spent asking questions to him. We go Friday April 4 for the ultrasound, this one would tell us what we are having if we wanted to know, and we don't so we will get that surprise in August. The dogs are doing well as well as the both of us...take care and we'll post more later.

Updates

Well, well, well...it has been a week since the last entry and let me tell you, it has been an interesting week. Things are progressing great. We got the results of an "integrated screen" which checks to see if the little tyke is healthy and everything is ok. The results were great and we have no "issues" to be concerned with. Last Saturday morning, Ami felt the baby move inside and she said it was really wierd feeling. Her best description was as a "spasm". Next Friday, 3/28 we head to the doctor again for the monthly check and the following Friday is another ultrasound. I am looking forward to that one, thinking I might be able to sneak a peak and try and figure out what we are having...again, I will respect the desires of the wife and not follow through with it, but a guy can hope! Well have a good one for now as it is back to Grad School for me and pack for a work trip to Chicago...yay!

Big News

Well this is it. It has officially "gone public". As many of you may or may not know, the wife Ami and I are pregnant! It's an exciting time right now in the house to say the least. We have still got the 2 puppies, Meg and Koda, I should be graduating from grad school in December of 2008 and the little one Born in August 2008. It will be a rough fall!

So far we have been to the doctor about 4-5 times and have had 2 Ultrasounds down so far. The First was on our first Doctor visit and it was so cool to see the heart beating! The second ultrasound was, however, much more exciting. We could make out most of the details of our little bundle of joy (I am hoping boy, Ami is hoping girl) but we couldn't tell what it was. We are planning on NOT finding out until it is born in August, keeping it a surprise will make it that much more of an exciting day. The little one was extremely active the day of the second ultrasound as we could see it jumping, waving, and turning summer saults. I think my youngest brother may have some jumping competition! On February 29 th, 2008 was our last trip to the doctor. On this trip we got to hear the heartbeat and wow, it checked out about 150 BPM (which is normal for its age).

Well that's all I have as far as updates. We will keep you posted as the days go buy! Have a great one.

Updates

Wow,

Where to start? It has been a long, and I mean long time since I written, blogged, etc. So here goes, we have since adopted a second doggy, Koda. His picture will get added soon. We have also had trips to Houghton, Colorado, Minnesota and yes of course locally here in Michigan. We are both doing very well at our jobs and are looking forward to the upcoming months. Well this has been the brief synapsys so keep your eyes open for a more detailed blog to come in the next few days.