Thursday, July 24, 2008

The First Post!

Hello everyone!  I set this blog up months ago, but haven't posted until now.  I think I was intimidated by the first post, and felt like I needed something amazing to start it off!  So, I have finally decided to just start, and I have chosen an image that many of you have already seen, but it is the most important thing going on for Phil and I right now, so I thought it was appropriate.  Baby Boy Swenson is due December 3rd.  I am 21 weeks pregnant now and his kicks are getting stronger and stronger!  I can see my belly move a bit sometimes, and it always makes me smile.  Daddy has been in Russia for three weeks, and Baby and I are excited to welcome him back.    

This was the ultrasound from our very first doctor visit at about 6 weeks.  It doesn't look very exciting, but you could see the heart beating, which was amazing!  It also was relieving to see that there WAS a baby in there.  Part of me was nervous that I was just wrong about the whole thing!  How embarrassing would that be???
These pictures - I call them the teddy bear phase - were taken at 10 weeks.  This one was cool because you could see him moving around.  It made me realize that he is a real person alive in there.
Here he is at 20 weeks.  This is when I learned he is a boy.  Totally amazing to see his little foot, leg, face, and hand!  

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