More Ultrasounds

Hey everyone just a quick little update. Two weeks ago Danielle had an appointment with her Doc and she said that she was worried about the baby's positioning. So she ordered another round of ultrasounds well, so on Wednesday Danielle went in and the Baby is right were it should be, actually the head is a little further down than it should be at this time. They also did some measurements and they are thinking the baby is weighing right around 6 lbs 5 oz. So Danielle still has 4 weeks to go (if she goes the full 40 weeks) and that means we could have a little chunk of a baby on our hands. So everything is just great! Here are the latest pics from the ultrasounds.

The Crib

Today Danielle entered the third trimester, we have entered the final stretch! Also today we put together the crib, it didn't take us that long at all. We just love the look and the sturdiness of the design. We still haven't put the crib in its final place because we still have a full sized bed in the room (anyone want a bed?) Here are some pics.

911 whats your emergency?

So Yesterday proved to be quite a day. It didn't start out that way. We got up on time, taught Sunday School, went to big Church, had a great lunch at Pei Wei. We went home, watched a little CSI and some football before we had to go to church for youth group. It was on our drive home when things got a little scary...well take that back it was right when we were pulling into our driveway when things got really surreal.

Danielle and I were talking and I was driving our Mini-Cooper Clubman, as I pulled the car into our driveway, I stopped and asked Danielle, "Where is the Freestyle?" (Our other car is a 2007 Ford Freestyle). It should be parked on the street just after our townhome. But the Freestyle was no where to be seen. Both our hearts raced, I knew that the car should be there but it just wasn't, I looked up and down the street but it just wasn't there, I walked to where I parked it and although there was no sign of broken glass, but I was sure that my car just got stolen!

I pulled out my cell and called 911, the kind dispatch person asked me all kinds of questions and I answered them all and they said an officer will be coming out shortly to help us out. I was pleased they were so helpful but my heart was still racing, I started to take a mental inventory of what was in the car, the only things of value I could come up with were the TomTom and my cordless drill. Then I got to thinking, what would the replacement value of my car be? Then I thought WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD WANT TO STEAL A FORD FREESTYLE!!! I guess if you need to transport 7 of your criminal friends around...Don't get me wrong I love that car I think its a great car for us but sexy to criminals this car is not!

So I went inside and gathered my insurance information and other documents I could find before the officer showed up. That is when Danielle thought we should go to our neighbors and ask them if they saw anything...I knocked on a few doors and only one neighbor was home, she didn't see anything but she did ask me if "I had parked the wrong way on the street?" And I said as a matter of fact I did." Well she inormed me that she had gotten a few notes from a neighbor about parking the wrong way. That got me worried that maybe my car just got towed I thought there was a sign on one of our streets about towing and actually had the phone number so I started to walk down there and that is when my memory fully kicked in.

On Saturday Danielle had to work all day so I asked her if she wanted to meet me half way and go to Red Robin for Dinner and then do some Christmas Shopping. We had a great meal and then we both got in the Clubman to do our shopping. But the thing is...we never went back to get the Freestyle. We left it there in front of the Red Robin all Saturday night and all of Sunday.

I pulled out my phone again to call 911 and tried to explain again to the nice dispatch person that I need the searches pulled off for a 2007 Black and Gray Ford Freestyle. But as I started to tell the whole story the officer pulled up...I explained to him the whole story and I could see he was doing his best not to laugh right in my face, but he was also very kind, he asked me if "I had a way to get to my car?" and I said "yes I do" and he pulled away, I'm sure he was itching to get back to tell his cop buddies about the idiot he just ran into.

As we pulled into the Red Robin, and I saw my car I thought to myself...I know that husbands gain sympathy weight, and I know that sometimes when women are pregnant they can have more airhead moments that usual...but does that mean men can have sympathy airhead moments as well?!? If so we are in trouble people...BIG TIME!

The Little Bean is Getting Bigger!

Today we went in for another Ultrasound...everything went just great! The baby now weighs 1 lbs 3 oz. We aren't sure if the ultrasound tech could see the gender or not because she had us close our eyes when they were taking pictures in the bathing suit area. Anyways we hope you enjoy the pictures and feel free to comment!

Acapulco for Thanksgiving

Bill's parents were so wonderful to take us down to Acapulco for Thanksgiving this year along with the rest of the Shannon Family: Del (Bill's older brother), Beth, Alex, and Meghan; Christy (Bill's younger sister), Tim, Reagan, and Lincoln. It was so good the see the nieces and nephews, and how much they've grown- especially Alex and Meghan who are both teens now! It was good to spend sometime with the sisters and brothers-in-law as well. They were so wonderful and we had a little baby shower down there for the new baby Shannon. I'm finally starting to look really pregnant now (as you'll see in the pictures). The food was wonderful and it was so nice to have a lot of sleep time and relaxation. The only decision we had to make were what we were going to eat and whether we were going to the beach or pool.


Some of the highlights were being able to release baby sea turtles into the ocean. I thought were were just going to watch them be released, but when we got to the beach there was a female turtle laying her eggs. Then after she was done she turned to the ocean and headed out. The sea turtle conservation people then go and dig up the eggs, put them in an incubation hut. When they hatch they are put into tanks and eventually released into the ocean. Since there were only about 20 people on the beach for this, they let us each take a baby sea turtle in our hands and we all stood in a line facing the ocean and released the turtles. We spent a good hour herding the turtles in the right direction because they get confused with the resort lights. I think the adults had just as much fun as the kids.


We also got the opportunity to go into downtown Acapulco and do some shopping and see the famous cliff divers. We ate dinner at this restaurant called La Pearla that is built into the cliff side and every table has a view of the cliff divers. They were diving from 80-115 ft up and had to wait for the waves to bring the water up to at least 13 ft before they could jump. It was amazing. We got some great deals shopping as well.


We actually had a Thanksgiving dinner as well, with turkey and cranberries and mashed potatoes, there was definitely a tropical flair to it. It was wonderful to have everyone together. We had a very happy Thanksgiving.

Vote!

Hey Everyone...This is an important day today so please remember to vote. I know a lot has been said on both sides of this election but let us not forget that no matter who gets elected today, we should honor and respect them as our leaders. Its kinda Biblical you know?!

Well in light of the election I give you this little gem from our friends the Simpson Family:

Another Dr. Appointment Today

Danielle had her monthly Dr. Appointment today. Everything is just great, the Doctor today pulled out the Doppler to hear the heartbeat and it was right in normal range and the doc said it sounded really strong. Now according to Bill's Mother there is an old wives tale about the Baby's heart rate and the gender of the Baby. If you didn't know there are family members on both sides that aren't very happy about us not finding out the Baby's gender until its born. The old wives tale goes like this, if the Baby's heart rate is above 140 you are having a girl if your Baby's heart rate is below 140 you are having a boy...well guess where our Baby's heart rate was...you guessed it 140 on the nose. So even if you believe that stuff (which by the way is totally unproven) our Baby isn't giving anything away.

Not much else to report over here, we are just trucking along.

And because no post should be without picture, here is one from a wedding in Seattle that we went out to recently. That is our Brother-in-law Tim and his son Lincoln, instead of a wedding cake they had cupcakes, Lincoln was in heaven!