Born July 14th at 4:57pm, 6lbs 12oz and 20in Margot's Granny and Gramps uploaded a big photo set and I have more photos on my Flickr account.

Went to the doctor this morning.  About 2.5 cm dilated.  If she doesn't come before the 15th, then we'll go in on the 16th for induction.  Let's hope she comes on her own!

We had our weekly doctor's appointment on Wednesday. We were told that I was 1 cm dilated and 60% effaced. It's exciting to know that things are starting to happen, but we also know I can walk around like this for weeks.  The doctor thinks the baby is about 6.5 pounds or so now, and should be around 7 when she's born (of course, we know they can be way off on those things, but it's cool to hear their estimate). We'll let you know how the next appointment goes. Update: Now 2cm dialted, but nothing much else new to report after today's appointment.

Tomorrow I'll be 26 weeks.  It's pretty crazy to think that we only have approximately 14 weeks left to go!  The munchkin is still growing, and boy have I felt it this last week.  I haven't had any pains, but I can definitely they belly and baby are gaining some weight.  Apparently she's still got plenty of room in there, because she has been kicking up a storm and moving all over.  It'd really be neat to have a camera in there to see what she was doing.  Of course, I'd never get anything done if that were the case. I have a doctors appointment on Thursday to get the standard glucose screening done.  It consists of drinking some super sugary substance and then waiting an hour and getting blood taken so they can evaluate how efficiently my body processes sugar. Robbie and I went and picked up some paint samples last weekend, and it looks like we'll end up with either a green or yellow nursery.  Now we have to figure out what Blik wall decals we want to use for decoration as well as picking out some sort of bedding.  Our first baby shower is in May, so we'll be able to start setting up everything after that.  It'll be exciting to see it all come together.   So that's all for now.  Thanks to the Biggest Loser, I now want a bowl of cereal, so I need to go do something to get my mind off of it!

Today is the beginning of my 24th week of pregnancy.  The baby is growing and so is the belly.  Up to this point, the pregnancy has been great.  There was no morning sickness in the first trimester, only a little bit of nausea if I didn't eat, but as long as I kept the food coming, I was a-ok.  The second trimester has been pretty uneventful too, which we're very thankful for.  We've had two ultrasounds and everything looks good.  The doctors think our little munchkin is going to be a girl, but they couldn't say 100%.  Apparently she's a little camera shy and had her legs tightly crossed and even had a hand blocking the view part of the time.  They did say they thought they saw "girl parts" though.  The picture below is from our 12 week ultrasound.  It's the best picture of her that we've received. I've been able to feel her moving since about 19 weeks.  It's such an amazingly strange feeling.  I'm looking forward to Robbie getting to feel her move around a bunch too.   We've still got to do the nursery, pick out a name, attend a few classes and get things ready around the house for our July arrival.  So exciting. So that's the update on where we stand.  We'll (I'll) try to do a better job of keeping this updated in the future so you can all enjoy the last three months of the pregnancy with us.