Los Angeles

Here are some photo's from our trip to Los Angeles. The Beach photo is next to the Santa Monica Pier. Jordan and I walked down to ocean and wanted to just stick our feet in, but the ocean had other plans. We stood there and the wave came up to our knees! Thankfully Jordan had rolled up his pant legs and I had a skirt on. We both got wet. Then we walked the pier, and the cool breeze came through. It was nice, but got really cold.


And of course I had to get my photo taken with Dora!!! This was in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, where all the star's put their hand prints in the cement. We found Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy and Darth Vader. Harrison Ford, C-3PO and R2D2! We saw all this the last day we were there, so we didn't have very much time, and it was HOT! It was about 101 degrees. Crazy hot. But we didn't melt.

It was a great week in LA. I found a nice maternity store and bought some really nice things. Thank you to all who helped me with finding and buying the nice maternity clothes.

Mid-way Belly

As promised, here is the new belly picture. You can see we are making some progress. We're at about the half-way point in the pregnancy and still going strong.

We are planning on ordering furniture in the next few weeks, so we can get started on the baby's room soon. I'll post some pics of the set when we get there, but it might be a while as the furniture takes 10-12 weeks to arrive. In the meantime, we'll be preparing the room by moving my office out, painting and decorating. Expect picture of that progress over the next couple of months.

We love you guys and thanks your support.

Ultrasound Result: It's a...

great blessing technology is. (And you thought I was gonna tell you what the baby's sex is. I might later, so read on.) We went in for another ultrasound on Friday, this visit much more lengthy than the last. Instead of just having a "peanut" to measure, this time our baby was fully formed and there were lots of measurement to make.

The technician measure our baby's head, heart, arms, legs, spine, kidneys, stomach, umbilical cord etc. etc. It was amazing what all one could see and tell out of that grey fuzzy picture. In addition to that, the fancy machine was also able the bloodflow from mommy to baby. Everything the tech saw seemed normal to her, but it all will be formally reviewed by a doctor and discussed with us at our next visit. The machine also had a cool but creepy feature to be able to convert the ultrasound images into 3D.

So without further ado, I'll post the images. To view them in detail, simply click on the picture and you'll be linked to the full-size image.



Here's a profile shot of Baby Carnahan. Our favorite of the bunch.




Two legs, always a good thing. (°.°)b




Two Arms, which will be han...nevermind too corny.

So now we've come to the first of the 3D images. As you can see they make the baby look like a little alien, but it should be good enough for you grandparents to fight over who's side of the family the features best represent.

We think this picture shows the baby enjoys chewing on its arm.
Is that a family trait of anyone?



Here is a side view of the baby in 3D. Even though it may look like it's deformed, that's just how the pictures are, so don't worry. Just enjoy them for what they are. You can see the little arm up by the face, and the cute little leg and foot down below.



Here it looks like the baby is about to suck on its thumb. Well actually it is. During the ultrasound we were shocked at how much the baby actually moved. Just a few short seconds after this photo was snapped, Baby Carnahan had that thumb in mouth and not such a grumpy look. The dark line up on the head isn't necessarily the hairline, but if it is, we might have a little Eddy Munster on our hands.

And finally, I guess I owe it to you all to reveal the secret you've been patiently waiting for. Our baby is going to be... A BOY!!! And here is the pic to prove it.

And since some of you might have bad eyesight (or just doubt me), here's the blown up version.

He may have been shy about his face, but those last two photos are pretty conclusive in my book.

We should be putting up a new "belly pic" soon, so look forward to that.