Good news on bebeh Autumn!

Well Sharaze just called me to let me know how this weeks doctor visit and ultrasound went. And so far, everything's cool!

Autumn is now up to 2 pounds and 11 ounces so she's still about 2 weeks behind the growth scale, but that's no big deal they say. The technician remarked that she's got short legs right now. I'll just go ahead and say that I'm shocked that Autumn would have short little legs! Now where in the world would she have gotten those???

I really wish we had been able to get a video or picture of today's visit because Sharaze said you could see Autumn sucking her thumb! How crazy is that? She said you could see her little cheeks just workin' on that thing! Man, I wish I could have seen it, but noooo!! I have to go to work and be all responsible and stuff. Ah well...

Other than that, things are just rolling right along. The doctor said Sharaze needs to rest a little bit more than she has been, but otherwise both momma and baby are doing fine.

But I think Autumn is getting a little antsy in there because she's been really active lately. Sharaze said Autumn is trying to kick her way out and doing all kinds of rolls and dances. It's pretty cool because now I can really feel her moving and bumping around in there if I put my hand on the belly. It's kinda weird thinking that just a little bit beneath that skin lurks a tiny human being waiting to be unleased on the world...

I can't wait to meet her!!!

Super important announcement!!! (not really)

So if you look a couple of posts down you'll see that the bedding poll has been closed and the votes tallied. And it appears that the most popular choice was the Ribbon Nursery Bedding from Pottery Barn Kids. We'll just go ahead and assume that "yellow cat, brown cat, and old cat" didn't vote thus skewing the results...

So, in accordance with the wishes of the humans who voted, Sharaze has gone ahead and placed an order for this merchandise. It better be good, or I'm going to find out who voted for it and make you pay for return shipping!

I'd like to take a final moment here to thank the two brave souls who voted with me for my personal favorite, Sweet Vanilla Baby Crib Bedding. We may not have one this battle today, but we will continue on, fighting the good fight against the unwashed masses who dare to think differently than us.

And for you two who voted for the big loser of "Pink Patchwork Stars Nursery Bedding", what's wrong with you?!

Gotta watch what you say around the kids

Nothing bad here at all. Just a cute kid telling her mom how she's going to handle the monsters if they come after her. Now to clean up my language a little bit...

I love her little "ohhhhh..." at the end of the tape. Great stuff!

Ok folks, need your help on nursery bedding.

Well last weekend we finally purchased the furniture for the nursery. It'll be delivered in about 3 or 4 weeks time and all we need to pick out now is the bedding stuff for it. So we've narrowed it down to 4 choices we like so let's get some input from everyone.

As a starter, here's a picture of the crib.


Alright, here are your choices: (click on the view larger images links)

MiGi Sweet 6pc Crib Bedding Set

Ribbon Nursery Bedding

Pink Patchwork Stars Nursery Bedding

Sweet Vanilla Baby Crib Bedding

And now that you've seen the contestants, please cast your vote below here. Remember to use the comments section to talk about your choice and reasons why you like or don't like something.


Thanks for your help guys. It's much appreciated!

Little update on little Autumn

Hey guys, I just wanted to give everyone a quick update on Sharaze and Autumn's status as of week 28! As some of you know, things are going mostly fine but there are a couple of issues we're watching right now.

The first thing is that Autumn is growing, but a little too slowly due to a 2 vessel umbilical cord. Normally there are 2 arterys and one vein in an umbilical cord, but we've got one artery and one vein. So Autumn is getting a little less blood than is normal. What this means is that she's growing, just kinda slowly. She probably wasn't going to be a big baby in the first place considering Sharaze's size, but now she's almost certainly going to be on the small side of things. Which is just fine by Sharaze. No 8 or 10 pound babies here!

The other thing is that after coming back from our trip to Colorado, we found out that Sharaze's amniotic fluid is getting a bit low for some reason. So because of this, the doctors are monitoring her weekly now since this is a bit more serious issue. If the fluid gets too low it will put Autumn in danger. It's not to that point yet, but they've got Sharaze on a serious hydration regimen and she's having to take it pretty easy from here on. We'll find out this Friday when she goes in again how the fluid level is doing. So everyone should be praying that things will stabilize or that the fluid levels will rise back to normal. We want Autumn to stay in that tummy for as long as she can and grow as much as she can!

All these issues basically boil down to an increased chance of Autumn being born early. Her proper due date is June 4, but we're hoping that she'll at least stay in there until May at the earliest. If we can just make it through March and April that would be great.

And just so things don't sound too serious or dire, I will tell you that she is a kicking and moving little girl so far! In fact, she's so active lately that Sharaze sometimes is in a little bit of pain due to her kicks and rolls. So that's very good!

And as for that picture up there, that was from a week ago. Sorry it's pretty blurry, but you can make out her face pretty well. And we're hoping that stuff on top of her head is hair. That would rock!

Best ultrasound video EVER!

Alright guys, for your viewing pleasure I have finally put together a video we got for one of Autumn's ultrasound exams. So step up to get your first glimpse of her moving around! Oh and make sure you've got your sound turned up and that you watch it till the bitter end.

Out of the vacation and into the fire

Sorry I haven't updated in a week or so. We went on vacation this past week to visit Brian & Andi and to also enjoy the beautiful Colorado scenery.

Man, it was a totally awesome trip! When we flew into Denver it was actually snowing. Like real snow, not the sissy stuff we get in Memphis. And you know what? It was not nearly as cold as I though it would be up there. I mean it was cold, but it didn't feel any colder that it was here in Memphis. Supposedly the difference between the humid air here and the relatively dry air up there.

Anyway, for the first couple of days, Andi graciously toured us around the Boulder area taking us to all kinds of neat little shops, restaurants, and areas. We stayed up in a very cool bed & breakfast called The Alps Inn. When we go back up there in the nearish future (which we will certainly do) we'll be staying there again. The lodge was super cool. I believe it was originally built in the mid 1800's as a stagecoach stop, then became a bordello, then a private lodge, and now a little inn. The folks who own it now were all as nice and accommodating as could be. We got to choose our room since the front of the building was going to be noisy due to the snowplows running during the night. We ate awesome breakfasts and had wonderful little desserts at the end of the day. We both loved it!

Well, then Friday rolled around and we went to stay over at the Johnson's house for the rest of our stay. Much fun was had and lots of cool food eaten! Brian and I went snowboarding on Saturday for about 7 hours. I only almost killed myself one time, so that was good! But I tell you what... That is some EXHAUSTING fun and I was stupid sore for the next two days. Then we all played a bunch of Wii games where we looked goofy but had a blast! Oh, and a fun food thing: while we were in downtown Denver, we stopped at a hotdog vendor on a street there. But his hotdogs were a bit different. Sharaze at a reindeer meat hotdog with cream cheese and I had a jalapeño elk hotdog. There were actually very good. So yeah, a whole lotta fun in an extremely beautiful area with our good friends!

And then I walk back into work in order to deal with all this crazy Daylight Savings Time junk. What a freaking mess! I think I'd rather go and torque my knee again snowboarding...

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