Now on to more important things...Joseph Robert. Last weekend, we went and did the 3d/4d ultrasound. Which at first we weren't sure if we wanted to do it since they sometimes look like little aliens but we did it anyway. And boy I am sure glad we did! I love these pictures. Matthew and I do make a beautiful baby. Of course the whole time Matt was saying that he is going to look just like him. Well Matt was right. (Please don't ever tell him I said that he was right!) Joey had the biggest cheeks and the cutest nose ever! He didn't feel like he needed to actually be awake for his picture taking experience. He slept the whole time. So he didn't really do anything amazing besides just being his adorable self :) Here are two of the adorable pictures:
We also had a doctor's appointment this week. Nothing super exciting. As the doctor said, "No news is good news." Basically nothing has changed. His ventricles in his brain did enlarge 2 mm. So now he is right at 20 mm. But they didn't seem too concerned. This also was the first time they could actually get a good look at his lesion and it looks like it's lower than they thought starting at T-12 instead of T-10. His opening is also smaller than we thought, only 6 cm long and 3 cm wide. All great news! He also moved head down. He is no longer breeched. Not that it matters much since we have a planned c-section. They also said it looked like his legs are still crossed so for him to turn himself with his legs crossed is pretty amazing. I mean could you imagine swimming and trying to move underwater with your legs crossed? Not as easy as it sounds. Joey also moves all around and I think he has the hiccups about 4 times a day. They tickle a bit! Its so funny. But for the most important news of the appointment was the date of our c-section. January 23, 2012. That will be Joey's birthday! For those that are counting that is 5 weeks or 34 days. AHH!! I can't believe that it is only 34 days away. Very very scary! But also very very exciting!
Well Christmas is only a few days away and I am super excited! My dad and his girlfriend are coming up for the WHOLE week! I am stoked! We are going to Philly and they will get to see CHOP and they are even coming to a doctor's appointment and will get to tour the NICU. We also have other fun activities planned so it will be so nice to have them up here. I haven't seen them since we left in September. I think I'm having withdraws!
On a more somber note, this past week was also a rough one for my family. My grandfather passed away on Thursday. Sadly, I was unable to make it to Georgia since I can't fly and the car ride would be too hard on me. So I had to be there in spirit. I really hate that I couldn't be there for my dad and brother. They did get to catch up with some long lost relatives that my dad hasn't seen in years. My grandfather was a great man and he really will be missed. I'm so grateful that he got to make it to my wedding this past June. Unfortunately, he won't get to meet his great grand son but like Matt said, "That just means that there is one more person in Heaven pulling strings for us." And you know when he says stuff like that it just melts my heart. Just one more reason I married him.This is the last picture that we took with my Papa Best:
Okay, well once everything settles down after the holidays I will update again. Maybe I will have some pictures of our adventures while my dad is here!
Merry Christmas from The Moores!
