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Lola Jean Rust

We got through the entire sonogram and the tech wasn't going to tell us the sex of our baby. She said she doesn't even look unless asked because some people don't want to know. So, she put more jelly on and took another look. It appears we are having a baby girl!

The tech really had a hard time getting her to move around for the sonogram so she could get the perfect pictures, which I find odd because I feel her moving around almost constantly now. She was not being very cooperative, but everything worked out in the end.

I got the call from my doctor today - everything looks perfectly normal and the new projected due date is May 6th: Isobel's birthday...

16 Weeks

Nothing too exciting this week. The doctor's appointment was extremely short and sweet. Izzy got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time (162 this week from 155 at 12 weeks) and I got some Sudafed to hopefully get rid of this cold once and for all.
Also, we made our appointment for our formal ultrasound; December 7th!

12 Weeks

Here are the first two pictures of our tiny new addition. On the top you can see the baby's whole body from the back, and on the bottom you can see the face, hands and legs. It had it's hands and feet crossed almost the whole ultrasound. Then my OB started pushing and it flipped over and looked like it was trying to crawl away. The cutest and most amazing thing I have ever experienced.
Everything looks good. The baby was about 5-7 days bigger at the first appointment than it should have been, but it doesn't sound like that means much. The tentative due date is May 11th, 2011.
My next appointment is on the 23rd of November (this Tuesday). After this appointment we will be able to make the appointment for our formal ultrasound two weeks out, where we will find out what it is and stop calling it "it".

Pumpkin Patch - We're Gonna Get Some Pumpkins! (To the tune of Diego)

To go, or not to go; that was the question of the day. It had rained the day before, and although it wasn't too bad that morning, the weather channels weren't promising a spectacular change for the better. We decided we had nothing better to do, and really, it's Oregon; it was doubtful the weather was going to get any better before Halloween. SO, we went.
Isobel had some interesting conversations with the girl working at the Pumpkin Patch. They talked about the weather, the mud, the tractors and when Izzy mentioned the birds and got no response, she yelled "She's not listening to me, Daddy!"


Here's a picture of my two sweeties on the hay ride.
Izzy stomping in the mud...again. She couldn't find the "Perfect Pumpkin." They were all big and she wanted a "leetle teenie pumpkin." When it started to rain hard, James picked a pumpkin for her and said "This one's perfect, let's go."
CHEESE!
This was supposed to be a picture of us with our pumpkins. I guess James missed the pumpkins...
Izzy took this one of James and I. Not bad for a two year old.
And the aftermath: Izzy stripped of all muddy and wet clothing and back in her carseat for the ride home.
We had a successful day. We each got a pumpkin, fresh corn on the cob and kettle corn, and a nice nap afterward. Although we had to battle the rain, going early in October seemed to give us more of a choice of pumpkins.

The Zoo

Christmas - Take Two/New Year

Playing Scrabble Slam

Izzy in front of Dave and Emily's tree. She wants to pull the ornaments off. You can see it in her eyes...

Humbug showing her how to undo all the locks...








That's my boy, hiding away from the festivities



Mark and Isobel watching Gummy