Shawn's heading back to Kosovo

We were surprised to learn that our great friend Shawn Jones was stationed in Indiana at Camp Atterbury for part of December and January. We weren't able to see him while he was in training but we were able to make it down for the deployment ceremony yesterday afternoon. He headed off to Germany early this morning and will head to Kosovo after that. He told us that he hopes they'll be home by Thanksgiving with another layover here in Indiana. So hopefully we'll get to see him again when he comes back to the states. We wish him, and the rest of the soldiers heading over, all the best!

28 Weeks-11 more to go

We had another doctor's appointment and ultrasound yesterday. The spot in the heart looks a lot better and we're pretty sure it's nothing, so we're happy. During the ultrasound we were able to see the baby moving his lips and yawn. The ultrasound was picking up on our excitement and decided to switch the ultrasound machine to 3D. It was so neat to actually "see" the baby. He's weighing in at 2 lbs. 7 oz. and his heart rate is a whopping 154 bpm. We're now down to appointments every 2 weeks. We're going to have a plain old boring checkup at 30 weeks and then two weeks after that we'll have another ultrasound (they said we'd do the 3D again).
I was told that the major growth spurt will happen in the next two weeks, so I need to start watching what I eat and start walking on the treadmill, I don't need to help out the weight gain. :)

Hanging out at Jam Fest cheerleading comp.

Our friends from southern Indiana were up this past weekend for their daughter's cheerleading competition. Rory wanted to watch so we hooked up on Sunday to watch Maddie. Rory loved it and has now stated that she wants to be a cheerleader. Maddie's squad placed 4th in their division, they were great!