Happy Early Labor Day!
Jett, Krista and I are headed to Corpus for our baby shower. We are very excited!! Mainly because we get to see everyone but also because we get PRESENTS for the nursery.. it is looking so bare without decorations, so this will help make it more real.
I have had so many sweet stories from people who have seen the ultrasound. Isn't it so amazing?? I just keep watching it over and over and over again, that is our baby in there!!
I am feeling great, I have a ton of energy and am in that cleaning mode, the house can't be clean enough.. isn't that funny? Clutter is driving me insane and if I see any I just start going nuts. Guess that is a good thing!
Happy Birthday to (Aunt) Brittani!! I wish we were closer to ya where we could have helped you celebrate, that is what sucks about being so far away! Anyways, hope you had a great birthday and know that we were all thinking of you!!!
Well, that is it for now. Happy travels to everyone over the weekend and we will update with some great pictures on Monday!
Love,
Shauna, Jett, Krista and Bebe
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
DUH
I also forgot to add that Mary Claire and Joslyn are hosting a shower in Dallas for me and Mom Walker is doing one in Corpus. If you can attend either one, please shoot Joslyn an email at joslyn.west@gmail.com and her and Mary will get ya an invite!!
It's a BABY!
I am so sorry it has been a while. For some reason, I am not able to access this site at work, and I was used to updating it on my lunch break..
Well, on Wednesday Jett, Krista and I got to meet the baby....sort of. We did get to see the little cutie squirming around in my belly, waving his/her little fist and the sweetest of all, the ultrasound tech had a profile of the baby and we could see the little mouth open and close while baby was drinking!! It was very moving and yes, I did cry a little bit!! We did get some great pictures, I just have to figure out how to scan them.
The baby is healthy and right on track. She checked the spine to make sure everything looked good.. and it was perfect! The heart was beating normally, the kidneys were there, we got to see the feet and toes and arms and hands and nose and brain.. but we did not look at the pee pee HA HA When people ask "what are you having" I just keep responding with "a BABY!". I know that some people are a tad disappointed that we are not finding out, but we just want to be surprised. The doctor helps us keep this decision when he tells us that his favorite births are surprise births, because the moment that he looks up and tells the mom and dad "you have a son or you have a daughter is MAGICAL".. so I hope that everyone understands that Jett and I want that moment, and most likely we will want that moment with each of our future children too. My friend said "if we were supposed to find out what we were having, then God would have put a window in your stomach so you can see"... I also feel the same way about the blood work.. I think with our next baby, I will skip the tests. The results will not change any love or plans we have and there is no need to stress out.
The other thing the doctor told us is that I am actually 10 days or so ahead of what he had predicted. So, Kelli was right on the mark when she told me it was going to be a Christmas baby!! I just am so excited.. while all the other people are opening up their Ipods and Playstations and knitted sweaters, we are going to be meeting our first born child!! AMAZING!!
Well, here is a video that Krista took of the ultrasound. I hope it works and if you have volume, you can turn it up to hear what the ultrasound tech has to say.. just ignore my silly comments..
Love to all!
Shauna and Baby
(You have to use the little play arrow on the bottom of the box, the one in the middle of the screen does not seem to work)
Well, on Wednesday Jett, Krista and I got to meet the baby....sort of. We did get to see the little cutie squirming around in my belly, waving his/her little fist and the sweetest of all, the ultrasound tech had a profile of the baby and we could see the little mouth open and close while baby was drinking!! It was very moving and yes, I did cry a little bit!! We did get some great pictures, I just have to figure out how to scan them.
The baby is healthy and right on track. She checked the spine to make sure everything looked good.. and it was perfect! The heart was beating normally, the kidneys were there, we got to see the feet and toes and arms and hands and nose and brain.. but we did not look at the pee pee HA HA When people ask "what are you having" I just keep responding with "a BABY!". I know that some people are a tad disappointed that we are not finding out, but we just want to be surprised. The doctor helps us keep this decision when he tells us that his favorite births are surprise births, because the moment that he looks up and tells the mom and dad "you have a son or you have a daughter is MAGICAL".. so I hope that everyone understands that Jett and I want that moment, and most likely we will want that moment with each of our future children too. My friend said "if we were supposed to find out what we were having, then God would have put a window in your stomach so you can see"... I also feel the same way about the blood work.. I think with our next baby, I will skip the tests. The results will not change any love or plans we have and there is no need to stress out.
The other thing the doctor told us is that I am actually 10 days or so ahead of what he had predicted. So, Kelli was right on the mark when she told me it was going to be a Christmas baby!! I just am so excited.. while all the other people are opening up their Ipods and Playstations and knitted sweaters, we are going to be meeting our first born child!! AMAZING!!
Well, here is a video that Krista took of the ultrasound. I hope it works and if you have volume, you can turn it up to hear what the ultrasound tech has to say.. just ignore my silly comments..
Love to all!
Shauna and Baby
(You have to use the little play arrow on the bottom of the box, the one in the middle of the screen does not seem to work)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Test Results part 2
Dear Diary!
Well, on Friday (which was 7 days from when Jett had his blood work done) I finally called the doctor's office to see if they had the results. I had been telling myself "just make it until Friday, that is the 7 days they said it would take and there is no use worrying about it before hand". Friday around 1:00 I called and got the answering service, the doctor was out that day, and so the staff left at noon. I was HOT. I had been worried before and now I had to add the whole weekend to stew over it.
Well, today I called and left a message. The nurse just called me and let me know that Jett is NOT a carrier!! Praise the LORD!!!! Of course, blame it on the hormones, but I just started crying. I was so relieved!!
So now, I just get to worry about picking out a boy name in case it is a boy and trying to get up the energy to take a walk each night, it is hard when the temp is over 100!! Jett got our pool pretty again, so I can try to get some exercise in there I guess!!
Our ultrasound is on the 22nd! I am sure I will be posting some pictures then!!
Much love!
Shauna and Baby
Well, on Friday (which was 7 days from when Jett had his blood work done) I finally called the doctor's office to see if they had the results. I had been telling myself "just make it until Friday, that is the 7 days they said it would take and there is no use worrying about it before hand". Friday around 1:00 I called and got the answering service, the doctor was out that day, and so the staff left at noon. I was HOT. I had been worried before and now I had to add the whole weekend to stew over it.
Well, today I called and left a message. The nurse just called me and let me know that Jett is NOT a carrier!! Praise the LORD!!!! Of course, blame it on the hormones, but I just started crying. I was so relieved!!
So now, I just get to worry about picking out a boy name in case it is a boy and trying to get up the energy to take a walk each night, it is hard when the temp is over 100!! Jett got our pool pretty again, so I can try to get some exercise in there I guess!!
Our ultrasound is on the 22nd! I am sure I will be posting some pictures then!!
Much love!
Shauna and Baby
Monday, August 6, 2007
Test Results
Happy Monday!
Last time I went to the doctor, he wanted to run a triple screen blood test on me, since Spinabifida runs on the Walker side of the family. The nurse called me on Thursday to let me know that the results are back and that I am a carrier for cystic fibrosis. Well, of course, I freaked out. I did not understand what that meant. Jett had to have his blood work done and if he is a carrier, that is when the doctor will feel the need to be concerned. Both parents must be carriers for it to be a worry. So right now we are just waiting for those test results.
Other than that, things are great. The flutters are getting stronger and stronger. My appetite is coming back and I am continuing to feel great!
Jett and Darren changed my brakes on Saturday. Poor guys did not know what they were getting into. We thought it was just my break pads but after they got those off, they realized that the .. uhh, rotors (?) were messed up. About 8 hours later my truck was running fine. It was pretty comical from Kelli and my angle but.. not so much for them. The good thing is now Jett knows how to do it and it saved us about 300.00 (which I am sure to spend somewhere else). Thank goodness for great friends!!!
Our pool is kind of green so Sidney and I cooled off in her kiddy pool. I do have pictures, I am just not sure if I am brave enough to post them, HA!
We are still shocked about the bridge in Minnesota. Hopefully they can find the missing people and figure out what happened. All of our friends from up there are accounted for!
Hope the week goes smoothly for you guys!
Love
Shauna
Last time I went to the doctor, he wanted to run a triple screen blood test on me, since Spinabifida runs on the Walker side of the family. The nurse called me on Thursday to let me know that the results are back and that I am a carrier for cystic fibrosis. Well, of course, I freaked out. I did not understand what that meant. Jett had to have his blood work done and if he is a carrier, that is when the doctor will feel the need to be concerned. Both parents must be carriers for it to be a worry. So right now we are just waiting for those test results.
Other than that, things are great. The flutters are getting stronger and stronger. My appetite is coming back and I am continuing to feel great!
Jett and Darren changed my brakes on Saturday. Poor guys did not know what they were getting into. We thought it was just my break pads but after they got those off, they realized that the .. uhh, rotors (?) were messed up. About 8 hours later my truck was running fine. It was pretty comical from Kelli and my angle but.. not so much for them. The good thing is now Jett knows how to do it and it saved us about 300.00 (which I am sure to spend somewhere else). Thank goodness for great friends!!!
Our pool is kind of green so Sidney and I cooled off in her kiddy pool. I do have pictures, I am just not sure if I am brave enough to post them, HA!
We are still shocked about the bridge in Minnesota. Hopefully they can find the missing people and figure out what happened. All of our friends from up there are accounted for!
Hope the week goes smoothly for you guys!
Love
Shauna
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Flutters
I must say, I can't get over how amazing it is to feel the little flutters of the baby. I will just be sitting at my desk or laying in bed and I will feel the baby start to move. It is amazing.
I really can't wait until Jett and Krista can feel it too!!
Hope everyone is well!!
Love
Shauna and Bebe
I really can't wait until Jett and Krista can feel it too!!
Hope everyone is well!!
Love
Shauna and Bebe
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