New Videos!

Here are links to some recent videos of Cora I've posted on YouTube.  Enjoy!

Cora and the Goats

Cora and cousin Lucy, part 1

Cora and Lucy, part 2

Making a bracelet

Singing

"You're cute!"

Excited

Pushover Daddy

Ultrasound!

It's a girl!  The doctor said she looks healthy, and weighs 500 grams, which is a pound and a few ounces.  She is so cute!  Here are the ultrasound pictures.

Here she is, kicking me.  She kicks a LOT!  We've been surprised at how strong she already is.  I can see my belly bulging sometimes.  We saw her push both feet against the ultrasound wand, as though she were saying, "I'm already cramped enough in here!!"  The doctor didn't get a snapshot of that, though.

Proof that she is a she.

The top of her head, with the brain visible.  It was kind of odd that we could see inside her body. We could see her heartbeat, too.  She seemed to be asleep at first; she wasn't really moving, at least, but she moved once the doctor got started!  She's healthy and I'm feeling great, aside from occasional aches in my lower back, knees, and feet.  But they're usually short-lived.

Cora is excited about her baby sister.  She kept on saying "Cora have a baby sister" after we left the doctor's.  It was adorable!  She'll have her jealous stage(s), but I think she's going to be a wonderful big sister.  I'm excited to have another little girl.  

Now that we've had the ultrasound, the only thing to look forward to is the birth!  Baby-wise, that is.  We actually have a very busy month ahead of us.  I'm planning three Halloween parties.  I'm in charge of our church playgroup, so I'm doing one for that; we're going to host one for friends at our house; and I'm going to plan one for the whole 4th grade at Josh's school.  I'll be able to reuse games and stuff for all of them, though.  And I volunteered for all of this because I love Halloween!  I love just being crazy and getting to dress up. I haven't decided on costumes yet.  We wanted to go with the theme of fairy tales and reuse Josh's wolf costume from last year and do "The Three Little Pigs," but we were planning on already having a baby by Halloween of this year.  Since that's still in the works, we're not sure.  We may still do that, and just draw a picture of a little pig on my stomach, or do something else.  I suggested Cinderella or Beauty and the Beast, but Josh doesn't want to dress up as a prince.  We'll come up with something, and it'll be good, by golly!