A True Heart Throb

It's been a busy past few days. On Friday, mommy put together announcements and sent an email out to friends about me and my expected appearance date. Yesterday, Sunday, she found a Munire crib on Craig's List. Today, Monday the 29th of September, mommy and daddy heard my heart beat for the first time. The doc said it sounded good. Mommy and daddy were so happy to hear my beating heart although Daddy wished every office visit included an ultrasound for a little peak at me. After the appointment, they drove all the way to Temecula to pick up the Munire Majestic crib they found on Craig's List. So my nursery is underway. Mommy and daddy will need to buy furniture pieces here and there over the next several months as I'm already expensive. Here's a picture of pretty crib. Tomorrow, mommy will send more announcements out.

Prayers

Yesterday, Sept. 24th was a long day. In the morning, mommy got a call from Dr. McKindsey saying her screening came back with too high of levels of THS. Although mommy didn't know what any of this meant, the doctor said she was to get a second opinion from an endocronogolist. Mommy's thyroid is off and is making her metabolism too high. Of course, you can only imagine how upset mommy was, especially after reading about it online. I know she is worried about me developing properly. She may have to go on medication to keep me safe. Poor mommy. She was so sad. The doctors appointment is in a couple of weeks so keep us in your prayers. St. Gerard, pray for us.

News is Slowly Getting Out

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, mommy and I met up with Grandpa and Grandma Taggart at Downtown Disney for lunch. Grandma and Grandpa are down in So. Cal for their anniversary and wanted to do Disneyland. Too bad I'm not tall enough to ride the rides just yet (hee hee). We had a yummy lunch at Rainforest Cafe. Sadly, grandpa couldn't find me in the ultrasound pictures. Maybe he needs to get his eye surgery again. I thought it was a nice picture of me but poor grandpa couldn't seem to understand what he was looking at.

After, mommy went to Miss Nicole's house to visit and see my future friend, Maysie. While there, mommy eventually showed Nicole my ultrasound pictures. Of course she was really happy. From the Brown household, we went to Miss Kristi's house to visit. Again, mommy waiting before telling Kristi the good news. To cheers, Joe gave mommy a glass of milk in a wine glass. That was really cute of him.

Mommy is now slowing getting the word out about me. Pretty soon you'll all know...in due time.

Picture Perfect!

Today Grandma Haven came out to go with mommy to her doctor's visit because daddy had school and couldn't be at mommy's 9:30am appointment. At the doctor's mommy did the first part of the sequential screening to test for down syndrome. She'll have to go back in a couple weeks to do part II of the test. While there, mommy and grandma watched me on the baby monitor. At first I was sound asleep (on my head like a hands stand). The nurse had to push on mommy's belly to get me moving. It took some time but I finally awoke and started moving around. I changed my position and moved my arms and legs around. I even waved to mommy and grandma (see picture). Mommy said it was so surreal to see me moving. I hope you like the pretty pictures of me.

After the doctors visit, grandma and mommy went to lunch and went to a baby store to show grandma all the cute things. Apparently mommy already knows how she wants to decorate the nursery for me if I'm a boy, or..if I'm a girl. Well, its too early to tell just yet and besides....it's a surprise remember! I can comfortably say it was a nice day for all. Love, Baby Berg

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