Whoa! Our First Diaper Explosion!

Roy and I decided we'd take the baby out today and run some errands. We looked at some apartments we're thinking of moving into later this year. Went to the store to pick up a few things. Then we found this new little bitty Thai restaurant we decided to try.

Janelle's bottle-fed now, and so we'd fed her, packed up a couple of bottles, and headed out. Our last stop - the quiet Thai restaurant. We're just about done. Janelle had been quietly sitting in her carrier drifting between dozing and quiet alertness. Suddenly she starts crying and I decide to go ahead and pick her up and try to calm her down. Well, she then wets all over her little outfit, which surprised me b/c so far we hadn't had any problems until then with her diapers leaking, and this was a *major* leak. So, I quickly grab the diaper bag and we run to the restroom. It was a pretty one-toilet restroom -- beautiful sink, fancy everything... absolutely no counter space. So I reach out into the hallway and grab an empty chair and drag it into the restroom to give me *something* to change my baby on.

And then I opened her onesie ... and *it* was *everywhere*. I could not believe our baby could make that big of a mess. And she was absolutely not pleased that I was angling her 21 1/4 inch body on a changing pad across the seat of this wooden chair trying desperately to undress/clean her without making things worse. I guess it was her incessant screams that brought Roy back to the restroom (thank God!) and he quietly knocked on the door, and when I opened it, he quickly stepped in and helped me.

Since that time, just a few hours ago, we've come home, given Janelle a bath. Daddy's taking a nap, and I'm still marveling at our first diaper explosion. I immediately think of the stories my Mom lovingly (and with a chuckle) tells of similar instances from when me or my sisters were babies. For me, I think the chuckle will come later. All I can think right now is "whoa".

As time goes by...

I don't know if I ever mentioned this before, but Roy has this page set up a family photographic timeline where he posts a picture of each of us from the beginning of each year. This way, after several years, you'll see us age (gracefully, hopefully), and you'll see additions to our family make their appearance(s). So far, we've done it officially for three years (with a few images we could find that have been added for previous years), and this year we were able to add Ms. Janelle to our timeline.

Click here to see our Family Photographic Timeline

Janelle Is Here!

Our gorgeous little girl was born at 6:30pm on Monday, Feb. 4, weighing 8 pounds, 3.5 ounces, and measuring 21 inches. It ended up being a c-section, so I'm having to heal up from that. (i'll write out the whole birth story some time when I have a little more time.) As expected, Roy and I have taken lots of pictures and a couple of videos - below are links to them.

Janelle Photo Set


Janelle's Wake Up Stretch


Dirty Diaper Dance

U23D!

The Baby Bump!

I figure I should post another picture of my baby bump that seems to be growing every day. This pic is of me at about a week ago (34.5 weeks along). Baby gal's still doing great -- she's kicking me right now as I type, in fact! Just a few more weeks to go!!

This picture is one Roy snapped while we were in San Angelo at his Grandmother's house.

Does this look like me?

Roy emailed me this picture earlier this week. "Not sure why, but this reminded me of you." :P

Joss Whedon's new tv series!!!!

YESSSSSSS!!!!! Joss Whedon spilled the beans today about a new tv series he's working on for Fox (fingers are crossed! please don't cancel them!) called "Dollhouse". And it's going to star Eliza Dushka (aka Faith the Vampire Slayer)! What *spectacular* news!!! (Read more about this here.) WOOHOO!

Roy gets his first kick from the baby!

Roy felt the baby for the first time Monday night. Li'l baby Janelle has been kicking me and moving around for several weeks now, but every time Roy put his hand on my stomach, she'd get very still. It was almost like a game with our little stinker! Finally, on Monday, Roy and I were talking and he had his hand on my stomach, and she decided then to give him a good kick! :D :D :D

Our 24 week sonogram

This video is amazing. Shortly after beginning, the tech zoomed in on the baby's face, and you can very clearly see our baby opening and closing her mouth. (Gives me goosebumps!) You also get a good view in the video of her feet, spine, and ribs. But the closeups of her face are just really amazing!!

Our little stinker is a...

… GIRL!! Roy and I went in this afternoon for our second try at seeing what this baby is (last time, baby’s legs were crossed and curled up), and it’s a girl!! Little stinker did still have her legs crossed again this time, but the tech managed to get a good look when she kicked a few times. Needless to say, Roy and I are really, really happy! :) :) :)

I'll post the video from the sonogram tomorrow. :D :D :D

Lizzie

I just have to post this... Look how beautiful Lizzie (my baby sister) is. I was going through her myspace pictures, and I totally stole these from her. These are a couple of my favorites.





Love ya *BABE*!!

My first preggo picture post

Well, I figure the time has come for me to post a preggo picture of myself. As you can tell in the picture below, I'm definitely showing. This picture was taken about two weeks ago when I was at 20 weeks. Today, I noticed that I can no longer see my toes when I look down. :P

More U2 Humor

In continuing with the U2-related humor, I found some funny U2-ish clips online. Thought I'd share with you guys. Enjoy!

Vertigo (U2) Spoof

A friend of mine sent this to me, and it just had me rolling!! HILARIOUS!!

Here's our li'l stinker

Below is the video from our sonogram yesterday. It's a nice, long video since the poor technician was trying to turn every which way to figure out if this baby's a boy or girl. :D Looks like this babe was just chillin' out!

It's a...

...BABY!!!! A very shy baby. A baby who kept its legs crossed at the ankles the entire sonogram. My new name for the baby? The Stinker! ;D

Ah well. My shopping spree will have to wait. We'll have another try on October 16th, when they do another sonogram to re-check the umbilical cord. This sonogram was amazing, though -- we saw a close-up of the baby's heart, the spine, the face, feet, its little rump, stomach, bladder, cute little button nose. It's a healthy, wonderful baby ... but still a stinker!!

We were able to record the sonogram again this time, so I'll digitize the video tomorrow if our studio is available, and I'll post it tomorrow evening.

So, we have a little less than four weeks to go before we get another chance to see what this baby is. Wish us luck!!

Project Playlist

Yet again, my 17-yr old sister Lizzie showed me another really cool site. (My apologies if you've known about this for years.) Project Playlist lets you build a playlist of songs for you to post on your myspace, facebook, or any other social network site. I've permanently added my "Pandora Favorites" playlist on my Facebook account. I've also posted it below so you can get a preview of the wonderful music I'm finding on Pandora. Thanks Lizzie!

Next sonogram (aka "the big one")...

Greetings guys and dolls. My apologies for the delay in posting anything. Things have just been busy this summer. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that the next big sonogram (aka "the big one") will be on Sept.20th at 2:30pm. We'll find out then what this baby is -- a boy or a girl. (!!!) We'll post when we find out! :D

Baby Super Model!

Roy and I just had our third sonogram this morning, so I figure I should get on the ball and post some pictures!! (No problems or anything -- I had my first at 5 weeks, which was too early, and my second was last week, and today's was part of some routine testing.) Baby Adams, fyi, is currently the size of a large lime ... at least according to the books and websites we've been reading. *grin*

Below are scans of the sonogram from last week. This morning's pictures still need to be scanned; however, we did get a dvd of the procedure so I captured it and uploaded it to Google Video. Enjoy!!

Click on the images below to see a larger view.

July 12 (10 weeks, 4 days)







July 17 (11 weeks, 2 days)

Baby Adams Blog Debut!

Hi Folks! Last week Roy and I went in for our first sonogram. At that time, the baby was the size of a small grain of rice. This week, the baby's about the size of a peppercorn. I've uploaded the picture from the sonogram. It's two shots side by side. If you click on the image and go to the flickr page, I have notes on the image explaining what you see. :D