Second Baby Ultrasound

On Monday we had our second ultrasound to check the babies heart. We had to go down to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines this time. I took the whole day off work since the appointment was at 1pm. Louis took off the first half of his shift, so he didn't have to be at work until 7pm. The ultasound went real well. We had a Sr. med student do the initial check and she couldn't stop saying what a beautiful baby we have! And so well behaved! She said it was a great way to start her afternoon! If you chose not to read the previous blog about the sex of the baby I will not give it away here. I am right at 18 weeks and the baby weighs 8 oz. and is 8 inches long! The babies legs are definately longer than they were a month ago at that ultrasound and it knows how to kick with them!! *smile* The babies favorite position seems to be with its head down in my pelvis and I can tell when it is there! During the ultrasound the baby was all stretched out and still had lots of room to grow into. Louis thought the coolest part was when we got to watch the baby swallow....seeing its tongue move and the opening and closing of the mouth.....it was kind of cool. During most of the ultrasound, the baby had the hiccups. I'm not looking forward to those when it gets bigger! Whenever Zach had the hiccups it made me naseaus! Caisha is very anxious for the baby to be born. It would have been cool for her to see the ultrasound. We do have a book that shows the baby at the different months in pregnancy, so she has a pretty good idea what it looks like. Zach doesn't talk much about the baby. I think he is still absorbing the information and seeing how things go once it is born.
On a different note, Caisha has a piano recital tonight. She will be playing two songs from heart and singing "Over the Rainbow" with her teacher accompaning. Great Grandma and Grandpa will be there, so she is super excited!

Dog Run Progress

Well, Louis thought he had the dog run all finished over 2 weeks ago when his dad, Jack, came down to help. It looks a lot better than I had thought it would (which is good!), but it didn't keep Bronx (the dog) in!! He jumped right over it! Of course, they had only built it about 5 feet tall, so it was a breeze for Bronx. Since then Louis came up with a way to increase the height to around 8 feet tall. He worked on it on his three days off and thought again, that he had it finished. Well, this time, it did keep Bronx in for a while, but he did eventually find a way to jump out! Louis hadn't quite finished raising the height above Bronx's shelter and had temporarily put a few boards on top that maybe came to about 7 feet. I figure that is where Bronx is jumping over. We are finding that Bronx is VERY athletic!! I don't have any pictures developed just yet, but when I do I will be posting them and explaining the different stages of building. Hopefully this last effort at "securing" the dog run will work, which will be around the 7th & 8th of this month (Louis' next days off). I will keep you posted!