Belly Shot!...either 21 or 23 weeks depending on which due date you use!

I'm going to allow myself to believe that I'm 23 weeks along. I feel very rotund!!  I don't think all of those Christmas cookies helped :-)

 

And...It's a GIRL!!! Miss Claire Elizabeth Beville

We had our big anatomy ultrasound on Dec 16th and go to see wonderful pictures and receive great news about our little one! First, and most importantly, everything looks wonderful. The ultrasonographer said that the heart, brain, kidneys, stomach, arms, legs and everything else looked perfect and baby is actually measuring ahead of schedule! She estimated the due date as April 29th based on the baby's current growth, so we'll see when she decides to make her debut.

The tech told us that the baby did not want to cooperate completely but she assured us that our little one is....A GIRL!!!! From what we could see, there did not seem to be any boy parts in any of the photos and Carolyn's uncle Mike, who is a physicist for GE and works specifically with the ultrasound machine that the clinic used for the scan!, verified that from our views that our little one is most certainly a girl. Pink, ribbons, and bows it is! We are SO excited and now can't wait to meet our little Claire Elizabeth Beville!!

 

Girl Shot!!

 There she is!!!

Presenting Dr. Carolyn Beville PT, DPT!

We had a fantastic few days back in Dallas celebrating Carolyn's graduation. Here are a few photos from the weekend!

 

The whole gang!

 

WooHoo!!! Finally!

 

Mom and Dad-To-Be!

 

Us with Courtney and Adam, two of our favorite Texans who we already miss like crazy!!

 

Bidding farewell to Stan's, one of our go-to bars in Dallas!

Baby Bump at 18 Weeks!

I just keep growing!

Sorry for the long break!

Well, we're here! The move to Virginia could not have gone any more smoothly and we are very happy and settled in to our new apartment in Herndon, VA. Sean is really enjoying his new job at the US Geological Survey (particularly having his own office and living only 1 1/2 miles away from work!!) and Carolyn has already completed two interviews for PT positions in the area. So far, we are very pleased with the Reston/Herndon area and have enjoyed the convenience of a short 2-3 hour drive home to family already. Also, Amanda has made her way down from Baltimore to visit for lunch and dinner last Tuesday and we're planning on having dinner with Lauren tomorrow evening- we LOVE that we're able to do these things with great friends that we rarely got to see now that we're so close!

Carolyn visited the new OB last Tuesday and overall was very impressed. The office was very welcoming and the nurse practitioner whom she met with was extremely friendly and helpful. Baby's heart rate measured at a strong 145bpm but unfortunately we have to wait until Dec 16th for the anatomy scan sonogram to find out if our little peanut is a baby boy or a baby girl. Sean is thinking girl and Carolyn thinks boy....either way, we just hope he or she is healthy and happy but we are anxiously looking forward to next Friday!


Carolyn leaves this Thursday and Sean this Saturday for Dallas for the big, highly anticipated, GRADUATION WEEKEND!!! I know we are all thinking the same thing..FINALLY! We, especially Carolyn, are really looking forward to Sunday at 2:00 when she will officially become  Dr. Carolyn Beville, PT DPT. We are also looking forward to seeing Carolyn's parents, both sets of her grandparents, as well as all of our Dallas friends again, many of whom we haven't seen in a while because they've been away on clinical rotations.

We'll update again soon after graduation, and then of course after the 16th when we learn a lot more about our peanut!

Moving Day!

Our new living room all decorated for Christmas!