finally a date

well...we went to dr. m on monday...and finally we set a date for the c-section...unless there are anymore problems with my eye (that is a pretty big unless) the date will be Jan. 21. So we have 3 weeks from today!!! Yikes...I feel like now I have alot left to do. I am debating if I should take down all of my Christmas stuff or just the really Christmasy things (like the tree, manger etc.) I have alot of Snowmen just for that reason...but it might be nice just to have it all put away. We'll see.

We had a really nice Christmas...I actually got off of work on Christmas eve...the hospital has been really slow, so they were overstaffed. So I only worked on Christmas day and the day after. I did get out and buy some wrapping paper/bows on Monday after the doctor's appt. That is my annual stocking up tradition...Hobby Lobby has some great deals and really nice stuff!

I haven't had a chance to get through all the photos from Christmas yet...but I am working on it...then I will post. We had a wonderful time with family and got way too much stuff! Now I really need to organize and clean my house as it has been a pit stop for the last week or so. Tomorrow cleaning is on the agenda! As for today...we are heading to Perham for a couple of birthday parties. We will come home tonight and have a quite New Years Eve at home...who knows...I will probably sleep through it! :)

baby's room is done

we picked up the crib & the 3 drawer dresser yesterday...the 5 drawer dresser is still on it's way as is the changing pad. The furniture looks black in these pictures, but it is really very dark stained wood. I really am happy with how things came out. I decided that the green dots were a bit much, so I just went with chocolate brown & white. We got the bedding as a birthday gift from my whole family. It is becoming very real :)







even Bella got to check it out :) Of course she gave it 2 paws up!

100 posts!

Evidently this is my 100th post...how exciting...I wonder if I win some sort of prize!?!

I finished my work week...those 12 hour shifts just aren't getting any easier. I had a little bit of a sad evening last night...a couple of sad things happened at work. Then when I got home, we watched Dances with Wolves...I just sobbed and sobbed when they shot the wolf. Even now...I am a little teary thinking about it. How horrible!!! Ok...so I am a little over emotional. :) I am preggers give me a break.

So it's my birthday on Sunday...I don't really know if it is good etiquette to advertise your own birthday, but I don't care. I have always loved birthdays...not only mine ;)~ I am turning 31...wow! that seems kinda old. I remember when I was younger...anything over 21 was ancient. I just don't feel that old :) I am now going to go with...you are only as old as you feel. Just don't ask me how old I am after a 12 hour shift!!!

My friend Dawn borrowed me a hotslings baby carrier. I am really excited about this contraption! The directions are 3 pages long, and it comes with a instruction DVD to give you an idea of how complicated this simple tube of fabric could be. It is really cute though!
THANKS DAWN!

Today I am going to do some shopping with my dad for my mom...our annual trip! Hopefully we will get it all done before the snow hits. Yes we are having yet another winter snow storm...but apparently this one isn't supposed to be as bad!

hope you don't mind Sarah...

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here's a link to some of the photos from the baby shower...it was seriously very fun! The turn out was great partly due to the storm...people ended up canceling their travel plans, so they came to the shower. We had awesome food, and great games, and 2 awesome hosts! I couldn't have asked for more!!!

Dean made it home from hunting before the big storm hit so that was good too. It was a "dig-out" day day today.

I had an appointment with Dr. Jordan this morning, my eye is basically the same as it was last week, so I guess, no news is good news :)

Dr. Mickelson was later this afternoon...she had nothing but good to say too. Everything is as it should be as far as the baby goes.

I have to work Tuesday-Thursday this week...ugh! Those 12 hr shifts are really starting to wear me down!

To make the evening interesting...it was literally raining in our basement bathroom tonight. Something with condensation around a vent that goes outside or something. Dean says it can be fixed with more insulation, so thank goodness it isn't a broken pipe or something awful like that!

thank you Lord for friends!

As I sit here right now, I am reflecting upon just how greatly friends can impact your life. I am humbled by my friends. Truly humbled. They are throwing me a baby shower today...even before I get there I know that there has been soooo much work and planning that has gone into this. I am overwhelmed with gratitude. It just amazes me how great all of my friends and family have been. How they have held me up during my pregnancy. Whether it has been a kind word, helping me to do something, advice, or just talking things out...I really don't think I could have done it without my girlfriends. So to those near and far...from the bottom of my heart...THANK YOU, I could not have done this without you!

(just think...the baby isn't even here yet!!! I am in big trouble! :)

what was he thinking???

don't let this very sweet, innocent looking face fool you. he is a cold hearted murderer! today, I let the dogs out and literally 2 minutes later, I went to let them in and Dan had a frozen little birdy that was missing a head and some legs, in his mouth...chomping happily. poor frozen little birdy! :( it just wasn't his day.

otherwise...things here are status quo. I got all my Christmas decorations out last weekend, and actually am sitting next to all the Christmas presents that are awaiting wrapping paper. That's next on my never ending list of things to do.

Oh, also on my list is to figure out how I want to paint the baby's room. I am open to ideas...our bedding is chocolate brown & white with a little bit of light blue in it. So I am not sure what I want to do. grrrr!

Thanksgiving

Here are a TON of shots from our family Thanksgiving. Matt flew home, so it was really great to see him. It was nice to spend the whole day with my family instead of just showing up after getting done working...so I was really thankful for that! :)


Dean and I were getting a few last things ready.




Amanda and Dan bonded on the couch before we ate :)




"Dean the chef" was in charge of watching the things in the oven :)





but pretty soon we had everybody helping




Dad did the lefse as he is Norweigan




Jon kept Dan from "helping" too much ;)




Amanda was practicing her baby holding skills on a less than cooperative Bella :)




Jon & Amanda




After dinner Dad did the dishes...don't worry though...we pitched in as soon as this photo was taken!




look out...this could happen to you...if you eat too much turkey & drink too much beer!!!




see...we didn't just goof off...we helped too!




mom, dad, and me :)




The next few photos depict the famous "TURKEY COMA"














after the turkey coma wore off...we all went in the hot tub...Don't worry, I only stayed in for 10 minutes!!!

It was a great day of family time...just too bad Heidi & Aaron couldn't have been here too!

29 weeks

I missed this posting, but here is the 29 week photo.


We had an appointment with Dr. Mickleson (OB) on Friday last week. I told her that accd. to Dr. Jordan...my eye is a little worse. However he is not planning to change his plans as far as treatment, and not treating me while I am still pregnant. I reminded her that when we went to the perinatologist he said that I could have an injection, but if we could get to 35 weeks, he would recommend early delivery and then treatment of my eye. So she was going to call over to Dr. Jordan and discuss what to do. She did say that she recommended that I get some steroids to help develop the baby's lungs, just in case we need to go early. My next apt is in a week, so we'll see what the verdict is.

we "pulled the trigger"

Wow! baby Meyer is going to be sleeping in style. we have not spent money on furniture in a while, in fact our bedroom set is the one I got in highschool. So we have been thinking alot about this purchase. It is just a lot of money to spend at one time. So after multiple visits to many different places, and much hemming and hawwing...we picked this set. We actually ordered the crib, a 3 drawer dresser (that will serve as the changing table, and a 5 drawer tall dresser. Of course, there are always extras...the mattress, the changing pad, and the adult conversion kit.



this is how it looks as a toddler bed, however we didn't get the toddler rail.


this is a convertible crib so it changes to a full sized bed for when our little one is a bit bigger.



the color in these photos is called paprika, but ours is actually "espresso." It is almost black, but you can still see the grain of the wood. I am so glad to be done with this decision...and we actually got a pretty good deal on it. So thanks to my mom & dad that are responsible for the crib and the 3 drawer dresser. We look forward to enjoying them for years to come! :)

Halloween and beyond

Bella and Dan love to dress up for Halloween (ok, maybe more like Bella & I love it and Dan tolerates it). This year Bella was a pink piglet, and Dan was a purple monkey. They both loved to see all the kids dressed up and coming to the door.





this weeknend Dean is deer hunting...as of last night they had not had great luck...GO DEER! :) I was supposed to go to St. Cloud to see Sarah, but I just didn't feel up to it. The long drive, combined with the possible deer on the road, and that I have just been feeling more tired than usual these days, I bailed out...I AM SOOOO SORRY SARAH!!!

If you note my photo on the left, my belly is definately getting bigger...and I gained 10 POUNDS in one month!!! HELLO! TEN POUNDS! What the heck!?! I passed my gestational diabetes test, no problem...109. But, my hemaglobin and hematocrit are both a little low. Not sure if they will up my iron or not yet. My doctor also told me she would like me to switch to 8 hour shifts. I am not sure how that will work...I need to talk to my manager and see what we can come up with. I really don't want to increase the # of days per week that I am working...so we'll just have to see.

My mom came over yesterday and we cleaned out 2 closets in preparation to work on the baby's room. They look great! Thanks MOM! I love cleaned out rooms/closets...it just amazes me how much better it makes me feel when I open that closet door! LOVE IT!

pics from co

here are some of the photos from Colorado. Dean was off hunting wild animals (pheasants), so it was just my mom, dad, bella, and me that drove out there. We drove through South Dakota's Badlands. The buffalo is at Wall Drug, Bella was super scared of it! To see a caption of the photo, just rest the cursor on the photo.

almost November!

Wow-
I can hardly believe it is almost November! Our leaves have thinned out on our trees, except the ones in the back yard...they are really still holding on :)

We had a great time in Colorado...I will post photos in the next post. It was beautiful weather, and although it was a really long drive, it was worth it. We drove straight through on the way there and on the way back! Long trip...but great to spend time with my mom & dad...Matt, and Heidi & Aaron! H&A got a puppy while we were out there...a Bernese mountain dog...Story. Very cute little (big) girl.

I finally posted a new bump picture...it is definitely getting bigger. I am starting to feel somewhat uncomfortable, but I know it will just get worse, so I try not to think about it too much!

I should be doing laundry right now, but I am really trying to find just about anything else to do but that! What a procrastinator.

sorry...

I am in a big rush, and don't have time to do a 24 week baby bump photo...we are packing up and heading out to Colorado for a much needed vacation to visit Heidi, Aaron, and Matt. I am super excited and hopefully will have lots of photos to share when we get back. In the mean time...just imagine my belly a bit bigger than last week! :) Have a great week/weekend!

I know...I know...

My bump picture is late...I was working on photos on Tuesday, and got soooooo tired, I was just a total zombie. I went to bed at 8pm. Then I worked 12's on Wednesday and Thursday. So, there's my excuse :)

I had an appointment with Dr. Mickelson...the OB doc this am. Everything looks good...baby's heartrate was 150...and I am measuring right on schedule. I have gained a total of 12 lbs. That has me nervous...seems like alot! I am trying to be really careful about what I eat, and not to overeat. I don't want have tons of weight to loose after we are done with this whole thing.
I do think my belly has "popped out" over the last couple weeks. People have started asking when I am due at work...like patients and people that don't already know that I am pregnant. I still pretty much just feel fat :)

I got a comment from a girl named tricia that also has choroidal osteoma on my blog...I would like to chat about stuff, but you didn't leave your email address. My email is kellyjmeyer@msn.com so if you want to email me that would be cool. I never have really talked to anyone else with C.O. either. It would be very interesting to hear what your experiences have been. :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend...stay warm! It is rainy and cold here!

back to work

I have had the last week off of work and it has been awesome! I am thinking that it would be so cool to take "early retirement"...30 isn't too young is it? :) but I suppose I have to go back to work tomorrow. I am going to be working 4 12's in a row. Now, before I was prego that was really no big deal. In fact, I requested them all in a row so I could have more days off in a row. But last week after working only 3 days in a row I was ready for a 2 day long nap! I just don't have the same level of energy that I used to. Depending on how this weekend goes, I am going to ask my OB about it. At the beginning of the pregnancy, she made some kind of comment about oh, you work 12 hour shifts huh? I asked if it was a problem...she said not yet, but it may later. So I need to check into that.

not too much else going on here, just laundry, taxes, and one more photo shoot this week.

no more "full frontal" :)

Ok...this is for my dad. from now on, the belly shots will be done with my shirt covering my belly. My dad asked me, when I first started putting the belly shots on my blog if I would be doing that through the whole pregnancy. The look on his face told me he didn't think it would be quite as cool as some people think it is. So dad...I will do the rest of them "covered" up. :)

So in my last post I said I was going to the perinatologist on Friday...my appointment was actually today. No, I didn't forget it today, I just had the days mixed up on my last post. So we went bright and early this morning. I had another, longer ultrasound (thank goodness my bladder didn't have to be full for this one!) basically to check the baby's anatomy, etc. Every thing looks great, and right on schedule. (side note...nothing 'fell' off, so I guess we are officially having a boy ;)

So the first thing the doctor said is that he 100% recomended a c-section. This, I was already planning for, so I am really ok with that. He told me that he takes care of many moms that have other serious health problems. (like brain tumors, head bleeds, breast cancer, etc.) He said that it would be his recomendation that I do whatever I need to, to preserve my eye/vision. He said that he didn't think it would be such a problem (at least in this stage of my pregnancy) to get an injection/have surgery if it ment keeping more of my vision. He said that the baby would not be harmed by the medication, and he recommends that I get the shot if I need it. He also said, if we were further along, say 34,35 weeks...it would be a different story and they would probably just deliver the baby and then do the injection.

He is going to send his opinion to the OB doc, and Dr. Jordan (eye doc) and let them both know what he thinks. Now, I am not sure that Dr. Jordan would risk it, in fact, I think he would be VERY hesitant to do it. But just knowing that it would be ok if things got worse, or started affecting my left eye...I do have some options other than just letting my vision go. So all in all, a very good visit!

Totally O.T. we got our car seat/stroller. Man, it's a good thing we both have college degrees, those things are so stinkin hard to put together/figure out. Still haven't figured out the cup holder. Oh well! :)

1/2 way done!

well...I have reached the 1/2 way point in my pregnancy. I have been feeling better this last week, only mild reflux, and only a small amount of nausea with that. I have been going to see Dr. Jordan (the retina doc) almost every week. This Monday, he said that my eye looked "different" the membrane where the bleed came from is getting bigger, but it seems to be heading north (and my macula is south east). So that is somewhat acceptable, and we won't be heading into surgery this week at least.

I have an appointment with a "perinatologist" next Friday. I asked my doctor if she thought that I was high risk, and she said...no, I am just more 'special needs.' HA! Well...I think she is just getting a second opinion from a specialist, and I guess that makes me feel good about things. I do get to have another ultrasound prior to my appointment with the specialist. I think this will be much more of a bonding experience. So for that I am grateful.

As far as the whole boy issue...I have been talking to people, and reading online, and evidently this is not an uncommon thing to be sad about not having a girl. I am just being honest. I had so many ideas about how parenting would be, and I realized that most of those revolved around the baby being a girl. So it is taking some time, and some realignment of my thinking. I went shopping today, just to look at the boy stuff out there. I am sorry, but boy stuff just isn't as cute. I love hair bows, and flowers, and pretty much most girly stuff (with the exception of lace...yuk!) But I have managed to find some cute stuff. I can tell that I am going to be far pickier about boy clothes than I ever would have been for girl clothes (and for those that know me, know that was already pretty picky.) I guess we will just have to spend more time browsing.

As far as the nursery goes, we got our rocking chair, but I think we may put it in the living room. It is a chocolate brown velvet fully upholstered chair with matching ottoman. I LOVE it. It is so comfortable.

We also ordered the carseat and stroller...after much research and time spent on ebay searching here is what we came up with...


these are not the exact ones, ours are new, not used but you get the idea. I am really excited about them! Now to move on to cribs/bedding/furniture for the baby's room.

dont get me wrong

i have been working through this all day, and here's what I've got...i am not sad that this baby is a boy. I am just sad that it isn't a girl. does that make sense? also I am very grateful for a healthy baby, so don't get me wrong.

results are in...

Here are the ultrasound pictures. The baby is a .........





boy. I was really thinking/hoping it was a girl...so I was really shocked when I heard her say boy. I did cry. In fact, I am taking today to be sad, and "mourn" that we won't have a girl...and tomorrow, I am going to get my "big girl panties on" (as Sarah says).

tomorrow is...

the big day. We have our "big" ultra sound tomorrow. We are really hoping to find out the gender of our little one, so that we can really start the preparing.
well...I haven't blogged in a little while (sorry Dawn!) but we have been a little bit busy. I have had since last Friday off of work, so we have been working on some stuff around the house. We are currently transforming the 2 closets in our bedroom so that they are way more functional. the extra room upstairs that was functioning as our closet is slowly getting cleared out and that will become the baby's room. Dean is working on that closet tonight. My dad helped design them, my mom painted the interior walls of the closets, and I moved all the clothes. What a mess! I have been going through things, I love when I go...Oh yeah, this I forgot about this...those things go in the goodwill box, because if I forgot about them, surely someone else can use them more than I do. We should get a nice tax deduction this year :)

I bought a swing for the baby, and an activity center/jumping chair. They were both on a great sale, so they were too tough to pass up. Plus, spreading out the expenses over the next few months will make it a lot easier on us. Next will be the rocking chair. I have a chocolate brown one picked out. I just need to figure out a time when Dean will be able to come with to get it in his truck. (that too is on a good sale) :)

I have been feeling the baby kick for the last few weeks, it started out maybe 2-3 times a week, now it is everyday, but usually just for a couple minutes. That is a weird feeling. feeling something move inside you. I think you can probably feel it on the outside, but it is usually just one single kick...so Dean hasn't felt it yet.

Well...wish me luck on my U/S tomorrow...and watch the blog for the results! :)

answered prayers

well...I had my followup appt with Dr. Jordan this am (my retina doc), and great news...the blood that had been there last week in full force threatening the need for laser surgery last week, has started to reabsorb. It is still there, but much less. The membrane is a bit smaller too he thought. Also the general edema (swelling) in the back of my eye seemed to be less too. Plus I could read the line that had four large letters on it, this is a big improvement from not being able to see the "E" at the top of the chart a little over a week ago. He acutally thinks that some of this could have been caused by all the vomiting...so I am trying to stay on top of the zofran & zantac to help with the nausea and reflux. So thanks to everyone that has been praying for my eye, vision, baby, nausea, etc. Your prayers have been heard and there has been some healing. YEAH!

4 out of 10 ain't too bad for today.

well...I would say today was a 4 out of 10. I got my hair cut this morning and then I picked up my friend to go for lunch. on the way to the resturant, I got really nauseated, and told Dawn to grab the garbage can from the back seat and dump out any garbage. So I made it to the next off ramp and started the upchucking while driving. I will spare all the details, but lets say that I nearly ran over a very frightened looking pedestrian and honked my horn with the garbage can. Yuk! I think I just let myself get too hungry. But this was a pretty bad all time low.

The other major news of the week (not that the previous paragraph would qualify as news)...I went to Dr. Jordan, and got some bad news. My right eye is bad again. It is different than before. He can't treat me with the medicine because it can't be used on pregnant women. At least there isn't any research that it would be ok, and it could harm the baby. So the only option presented to us would be laser surgery or leave it. But he wanted to get a second opinion from collegues. So I am waiting for that till Sept. 5th. I go back that morning to find out what the plan will be. I knew that things had changed, but I also knew that I couldn't really do much about it with the pregnancy.

what this means: we knew this could happen, and we were as ready as we could be. I am greatful for a physician that I really trust, and a very supportive family and husband. I am also very greatful that my left eye has remained healthy. we are of course praying for healing for my right eye, but acknowledging that God has a plan, and if that includes not healing my right eye, we are praying for acceptance of that possibility as well.

Hmm...well that's alot, but I think that's enough for now.

pix from the lake

we went down to the lake on saturday of last week. it was a perfect day!!! we had a great time on the boat, swimming, and had a fire and roasted marshmallows. Bella went swimming off the boat. She isn't the biggest fan of swimming, but she cooled off with Amanda & I. I forgot to bring my camera on the boat, so no snaps of the swimming adventure. My favorite is the pic of Dean and Bella wrestling in the front yard. :)

today's doctor's appt

I had my second dr. appt with my ob doc this am. I gained 2.5 lbs since last month...that seems like alot, especially since eating has been a bit of a challenge this last month. My blood pressure was good, the baby's heartrate was 143-151. And I now have a name for the horrible feeling at night where the food seems to just sit in my stomach for hours, and occasionally travel back up my esophagus. it is REFLUX...it doesn't burn so not heartburn. Well...its good to have a name anyways.

We made it back from the cities. on the way down, we hit traffic a couple different times and we got to the twins game during the 4th inning. I personally think all baseball games should start in the 4th inning. HA! After the game we went to the hotel with the Meyer crew and watched water sports (aka...the kids swimming). I didn't bring my camera in due to the humidity etc.

After a dinner of your choice of pizza (pizza hut/dominoes), we took off and stopped at Babies r us. Dean and I narrowed the stroller/carseat option to either peg perego or chicco. Now were checking into ebay options before we pay retail.

On thursdaY am, Dean helped my Aunt Chelle with some projects that needed to be done around the backyard. We went out to lunch and then we were off to the MOA. I got a couple of Maternity items, and then we went to IKEA. THe closet systems there, while very cool, were all made for free standing wardrobes, not builtin closets. So we just got some good ideas.

It was a good couple of days, but it doesn't feel like friday, it feels like Monday now. Hmmm.

This weekend will be photos tomorrow am, and then to the lake to pontoon for the day with my family.

super bad blogger

ok...I know that I have been a super bad blogger, but I just have not had the energy to spend on this. argh! I have a week off of work now, and I think I will try to get back on track. Those of you that are waiting for your passwords for photos, thank you for your patience. We are heading down to the cities to go to a twins game with dean's family. For those of you that don't really know me, this is something that I really do for him, as I could care less about baseball. I do think I will bring my camera book to really learn the ins/outs of my new equipment. Is that rude??? oh well.

I am now 15 weeks pregnant. The nausea/vomiting has NOT stopped as most people assured me it would by the beginning of the 1st trimester. I am getting really sick of being sick! ok...enough complaining.

I ended up returning my carseat that I previously mentioned in my blog. I noticed a clip that wasn't a buckle where I had thought it was, so back to square one. Now after much research and asking around, I think I have one chosen...but I would like to see it in person...so we are going to stop at Babies R Us on the way home from the cities and cross our fingers that it will be there.

We are also going to "stop" (HA!) at Ikea on Thursday. Since the baby will have our "closet" we need to get some new closet organizers and we are going to check their's out. Dean has always said that their closet organizers were cool since the 1st time he was there.

Well, I think that is it for what is going on other than a lot of laundry, and some major packing that I should have started hours ago. I just love procrastination. :)

Aaron's show

ok...Aaron's show was a few weeks ago (can't remember the exact date) and it was at the "Winery". It is in the old "boppa's bagels" by Cashwise. The setting was nice, but as far as a musical gig...it was lacking. There was no sound system. And there wasn't a cover charge...so people were there just out to eat/drink...so they just talked over the music a little bit. Next time he has a show in Fargo (hopefully!!!) will be a better gig.

pix from Aaron's Fargo show

here are the pix of Aaron's most recent show in Fargo. It was great to hear his music live again...especially since the release of his new album.

preggo details

ok...for those that are dying to know...
I am now 13 weeks pregnant, and the last about 6-7 weeks have been rough. I toughed it out the first few weeks with anti-nausea wrist bands (they didn't help, plus I broke out in a rash so I think I might just be allergic to them ha!), and homeopathic remedies (that didn't work either!). I tried eating every 2 hours...gag! I always felt like all I was doing was grazing all day long. I layed on the couch every waking moment that I wasn't at work. (let's just say that I watched a ton of pretty worthless tv). I felt so lazy. I was SOOOOOOO tired that I could have slept 20 out of the 24 hours of the day.
I went to the doctor when I thought I was about 10 weeks along. According to her I was 11 weeks along instead...yeah!!! She also gave me a prescription for an anti-nausea medication called Zofran. This really seemed to help, when one of the side-effects caught me by suprise. there is just no delicate way to put this...I was sooooo "stoped up" so to speak I thought I might die...I tried everything short of calling 911. Finally Dean & I took a trip to the "geriatric" area of the grocery store and got a product to help with these sorts of problems. Well...without getting graphic (more than I already have), things are much better now. I have cut back on my Zofran use and only use it when I think I could possibly die from the nausea. I have only vomited 2 times, but there have been MANY that I could have. It kindof ticks me off that they don't warn you about this possible side-effect when they dole out this medication. It says it right on the pharmacy info page, but I was so despirate for relief of the nausea I didn't even really read it. HMM...note to self, read the info next time.

well anyways, now that I feel like I have a little more energy, my mom and I went to target and I purchased a car seat. It was on clearance the brand is Britax. I am not really sure about it...it wasn't exactly the one I had been eyeing, but the price was pretty good, and it is very safe. If anyone in blogging land reading this knows about this seat/the strollers that can go with it, I am really open to that (hint-hint!)

baby pix

ok...here is the u/s picture. I had to take a photo of it with my camera. BTW, I used my new flash to make this photo possible, and...I love it! Plus, my often forgotten macro filters. I love those guys, but I always forget about them! grrrr.
So I will post more photos later, not of the baby though. I am working on some right now. I have 2 sessions this week, and 2 the next. So I really need to get these done! Yikes!

ok, bets...here's a pic for you

a picture is worth a thousand words...



alright blog readers, this will explain my lack of posts/pictures.
I am about 11.5 weeks along, which makes our due date Feb. 2nd. I have been feeling super sick and just really tired. We had the first ultrasound this week, but my scanner isn't working so I can get it to scan the photo in.

So yeah!!! we are going to have a baby! This is very complicated with all my eye problems but we are just trusting that this is what God's plan is and that we are ment to have this child.

CHRISTMAS in July

My camera came, yippie!


my lunch!


sleepy girl!


fuscia


clematis


bleeding heart

My new camera has arrived. The battery has charged and I was off to play. I just took some photos of stuff around the house...as it turns out, I will definitely need to do some serious practicing. It is incredible though. It is really heavy, like, really heavy! So here are some photos with various settings but all taken with my new D300, and my 50mm 1.4 lens. I ran them through lightroom to convert them from RAW to JPEG format. Did I say I was in love???