The Family Is All Here

August. The warmest month of the year, Broncos Training Camp is in full swing and another wellness check up here and gone for Amber and Baby Peanut. Just like David Bowie said..."Ch, ch, ch changes..." are showing up more and more every day in our lives.

For her most recent appointment, Amber was accompanied by her Mom Sharon or Gamma as she's becoming known. This appointment was a standard wellness check up, and the first time "Gamma" had the chance to hear Baby Peanuts' heartbeat. Peanut played the same game this time and was a little hard to find. Still sitting a bit lower than expected Baby Peanut has a strong heartbeat at 150 beats per minute. From what Amber tells me the, "swish, swish, swish" of the heartbeat overtook Gamma and the tears of joy were flowing!

Our next appointment is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th. This will be a landmark appointment as we'll finally find out if we're going to have a little boy or a little girl. We're hoping for a 4D ultrasound that will not only give us the gender, but will also show features within the baby not seen when using a normal ultrasound.

That reminds me, please be sure to cast your vote for either a boy or a girl in the poll to the right. As of tonight we're at 50% for a boy and 50% for a girl based on 14 votes. Once we find out Baby Peanuts gender, we'll start a countdown to the due date or something else fun to add to the blog! Stay tuned!

This week from BabyCenter.com - "Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his/her weight and add inches to his/her length. Right now, your baby is about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces. The legs are much more developed, your baby's head is more erect than it has been, and his/her eyes have moved closer to the front of his/her head. His/her ears are close to their final position, too."

On a final note, Amber keeps telling me that all of the photos have been about her and I needed to put something about me up. So tonight Amber was behind the camera and took a few shots of me writing the blog. I'm not nearly as beautiful or glowing as much as she is, but what you see is what you get. Let's just hope this kid looks more like her and doesn't come with the standard Hernandez double chin. :-)

Good night for now and please keep your comments coming! If there is anything we can include in the blog for you, please feel free to let us know!