Baby Hands and Feet!

Hi all,

We had another ultrasound just to check and make sure that everything was going well with the baby. They tried to get us some 4D pictures of the baby's face, but she was not cooperating. Looks like our little darling is going to have a mind of her own.

Failing to get a picture of the face, we did get pictures of her hands and feet, which look perfect. She currently weighs in at 3 pounds 9 ounces and has lots of hair! She's right on the 50th percentile for everything, and looks great.

Baby Fingers!

Baby Toes!

27 Weeks!

Here are the promised 27 week pictures. I am starting to feel huge and I can't believe I have three more months of growing to do :-) Everything is still going well, though, and I have nothing to complain about. Baby girl and I are both healthy!

26 Week Ultrasound

We had another ultrasound at 26 weeks to check the position of the placenta. The ultrasound tech was also nice enough to give us another peek at our little girl and even a couple of pictures! The good news is that the placenta has moved to where it is supposed to be so no more worries about that. Also, baby girl looks very healthy and is growing right on track!

She moves constantly now and is especially good at giving good, swift kicks to my bladder ;-) Jon is convinced she will be a soccer player but I think she must have gymnastics in her future with the way she tumbles around in there !These past couple of weeks Jon and I have even started being able to see the baby's movements from the outside which is kind of weird and cool at the same time.

Here are the pictures from the ultrasound:

Oh, we also forgot to take a picture of my belly at 26 weeks but we did get one at 27 weeks so I'll be sure to post that soon!

24 Weeks

Hey all,

We're at 25 weeks now. These pictures are from 24 weeks. Starting to get big! Everything is going well with the pregnancy. We have another ultrasound this week, so we'll put more pictures up soon.

Kristin had a baby shower at work, thanks to everyone who came and who gave presents. Kristin has 10 days of work left before she retires (at least temporarily). We're packing up to move- two weeks and we'll be in Columbia. We'll keep you posted with new pictures soon!

-Jon

Jonathan Virkler, M.D.

He did it!! Jon graduated this past weekend and is now officially a doctor. We had a very busy but very fun weekend of graduation events and loved having a lot of our family here to celebrate with us! I think the baby had a great time too and she definitely enjoyed meeting so much of her extended family :-) Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Awards Ceremony 5/15/09

Hooding Ceremony 5/17/09

Commencement 5/18/09

Dr. Jon with his degree and new class ring:

Graduation Party 5/18/09

22 weeks

We're at 22 weeks! Baby's just growing, all the major parts are formed already. Everything's going well, baby kicks pretty hard now!

In other news, we found a place in Columbia! Jon graduates this weekend and everyone's coming up for the party. We'll be moving in about a month so Jon can start residency.

Also, this week an awkward situation came up. Tybalt (our brilliant fur-son) realized that his mommy was growing quite a belly (yeah, not the brightest, that one). He asked what was going on, so we explained to him that he was going to get a baby sister. He did not appreciate that news one bit. This is what he looked like

Whoa Baby! Halfway Cooked!

So we're halfway there! We've hit 20 weeks and everything's going well. Kristin feels okay, but it's definitely getting a little harder to get around. She can feel the baby most of the time now, and the baby is definitely kicking hard! I can feel her moving around at least once a day or so. I heard the baby's heartbeat with a stethoscope a couple of days ago. Nice to know that everything's going okay. We'll keep you posted. Enjoy the pictures!