5 weeks left :)

Yup, just over a month to go!  We are getting so excited.  We went to labor and delivery class and good thing we had lots of fun baby showers for little w (mom was a little scared after the labor videos)…you’ll be cute, cuddled and have so much fun with what everyone gave you:)

Mom, is having lots of back pain and braxton hicks (i think) owey!!  We had another ultra sound because mom slipped and fell.  You kicked me right away when I got to work, so I wasn’t too worried, but just to be sure..the Dr/Nurse at the hospital said they wish all the babies looked so good and cute.  You opened your eyes during the ultra sound and the tech said she had never seen that before, you are amazing!  She also said you were hairy, sometime I feel like you are a little monkey in there;)  We also just went to our 35 week check up and Dr Vu says you feel long and you have a good heart beat.  Not that I’m keeping track;) but we have gained 28 pounds so far, right on track.  Few appointsments ago, Dr Vu thought you’d be 7 lbs. something:)  Oh and guess what?! I am already dilated 1 cm!!  I thought I was, feels like pressure down there, also I think I am experiencing lightening, which feels like a shock down low, that if I wasn’t careful, could wet myself!;)

Daddy is getting mommy’s closet ready so we can get your nursery together, even though everyone says you’ll sleep with us the first few months.  Daddy should be done traveling until after you come and mommy’s trying to get him in lock down, so we are all ready when you come:)

I just can’t wait for you to meet the people that you have been hearing all the “she looks so cute” and “just wait, she’ll be bigger” and all those that wondering how it’s going, everyone is just so excited!

Belly Update


Just a quick update and a belly shot. About 3 months to go and Beth is really starting to show now. You can tell the baby is really starting to grow now too because she is kicking up a storm. Beth had been able to feel her for quite a while, but the first time I was able to feel her kicking was on 8/8/08 during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games. Apparently she likes the Vikings because both games so far she’s been quite active at kick off time. She already has her Viking’s onesie so she’ll be good to go once she’s born.

I’m A Girl

So to get right to it, we’re having a girl!  Here is a great picture of her sucking her thumb.  I had seen a lot of baby pictures of Beth sucking her thumb, so I knew right when I saw this it must be a girl…of course Beth has known that for weeks now so I’m just catching up.  The appointment went good, all hands and feet and she was really moving around.  She’s still slightly less than a pound and the due date is now December 17th.  So now that the grandparents know she’s a girl they are already plotting how to spoil her silly.

Almost Half Way

7-20-08 I was 19 weeks as of last Friday:)  Can’t believe I’ll be half way this week.  I started feeling little taps a couple weeks ago and it was quite amazing…During ‘Last Comic Standing’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dance’…some of my favorite “loves” Funny and Hopping around:)

I think Derrick is realizing we are really having a baby, I’ve caught him looking at my belly a few times with a look of “Wow, it’s really getting bigger?!”  I remember in the beginning trying to make myself look bigger…and asking if I looked bigger….and now I can’t even hold any of it in or fit in my pants;) too funny.  And I’m experiencing a little heart burn and having to take it easy a little more.

The Grand Parents are getting excited, Grandma Elaine loves to touch my belly and call you vegetable names:) Grandma Joyce has some ‘name’ ideas for you.Grandpa Denis is already thinking of baby sitting during softball. Grandpa Bill already has boat ideas for you at Trauts.

We’ll find out if the little one is a boy or a girl in a few more weeks.  We are thinking of names, man that’s hard.  We are also going to get started on the nursery and moving my closet to the laundry room in August when Summer slows down a little:) 🙂

New Addition to the Watrud Family

It’s now official. Beth and I are expecting!!! We just had our first ultrasound last week.  Based on it’s size(6cm) the doctor told us the due date is December 18th!!  All the tests went great.  The next ultrasound will be towards the end of July or early August and that’s when we’ll find out if it’s a boy or a girl.  So now the preparations begin. Time to clean out what will be the baby’s room and start getting ready.

Welcome to the New Watrud.com

The time has come for a new approach to watrud.com.  For those who have been here before, I had PHP based Content Management System(CMS).  It had some bells and whistles…you know the bulletin board, news, faqs and what not, but it was a little over kill.  After some thought I realized that the most I did was post some news and mainly the site was for photos.  If you didn’t know, I’m using Lunarpages to do my hosting and they had a pretty good selection of weBLOG software so I decided to go with WordPress.  So here’s to more knews and less misc. junk 😉