Click here to see our Elf Greeting Card!!
Well, the best news first... Ryan has been offered a position with Townsend Analytics. He did interview with them a few months ago, but they have been on a hiring freeze and unable to commit to him. They stayed in touch and as soon as the approval came through, they made the official offer. He is scheduled to start January 2nd and is very excited. It is the type of position he has been waiting for. It is back in his realm of expertise, FIX Trading, and it is management. Two of our former co-workers from Sungard are there and are excited to be working with him again.
We enjoyed a great Christmas in Swansea with Ryan's Parents, Heather, Dale and the nephews.
We will celebrate another Christmas in late January when we visit Paris to see my parents, lots of family, and attend my baby shower being given to me by Anne and Erika, both of my Matron's of Honor from our wedding. I'm very excited!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
29 week check in...
Another good doctor visit today. Everything continues to go smoothly. Another 4 weeks until next dr. visit, then I am in the home stretch and start going to see the doctors every other week!
The baby has been doing less punches and more rolling and wiggling lately, guess things are getting a little tighter in there. Baby weighs around two and half pounds!!
Next dr visit is Jan 3rd, which is also the same day as our first Lamaze class!!!!
The baby has been doing less punches and more rolling and wiggling lately, guess things are getting a little tighter in there. Baby weighs around two and half pounds!!
Next dr visit is Jan 3rd, which is also the same day as our first Lamaze class!!!!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Baby Pool Contest
Hi Everyone.. we are starting the baby pool!!!
Entries will be $10 each and you can enter as many entries as you wish. You will guess Date, Sex, and Weight. We won't accept duplicate entries so if you want the same sex and date as some one else, you have to guess a different weight. We will not change guesses after they have been locked in.
First place will get 50%, Second place will get 25% and Baby Dunn will get the last 25% (We would say for tuition.. but it will probably go to diapers)
How do I win?
The player with the highest score wins the pool. Each player starts the pool with 1,000 points.
Incorrect Sex: -15 points.
Incorrect Date: -1 point per day.
Incorrect Weight: -0.5 point per ounce.
In the event of a tie, the player with the highest score who entered their guess first will be declared the winner of the pool.
How do I enter?
You can submit your guess to either Ryan or Jessica, Grandpa or Grandma Litton in Paris or Grandpa or Grandma Dunn in Swansea. (They will tell us of your entry) Your entry can not be locked in until we have your $10 per guess. We will take guesses as long as possible until the baby arrives.
Ryan: ryedunn@hotmail.com
Jessica: jscajil@hotmail.com (will also accept via paypal)
Ryan and Jessica will make sure the Blog is constantly updated with the entries. If you have any questions, please email jscajil@hotmail.com
Entries will be $10 each and you can enter as many entries as you wish. You will guess Date, Sex, and Weight. We won't accept duplicate entries so if you want the same sex and date as some one else, you have to guess a different weight. We will not change guesses after they have been locked in.
First place will get 50%, Second place will get 25% and Baby Dunn will get the last 25% (We would say for tuition.. but it will probably go to diapers)
How do I win?
The player with the highest score wins the pool. Each player starts the pool with 1,000 points.
Incorrect Sex: -15 points.
Incorrect Date: -1 point per day.
Incorrect Weight: -0.5 point per ounce.
In the event of a tie, the player with the highest score who entered their guess first will be declared the winner of the pool.
How do I enter?
You can submit your guess to either Ryan or Jessica, Grandpa or Grandma Litton in Paris or Grandpa or Grandma Dunn in Swansea. (They will tell us of your entry) Your entry can not be locked in until we have your $10 per guess. We will take guesses as long as possible until the baby arrives.
Ryan: ryedunn@hotmail.com
Jessica: jscajil@hotmail.com (will also accept via paypal)
Ryan and Jessica will make sure the Blog is constantly updated with the entries. If you have any questions, please email jscajil@hotmail.com
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The next Rocky.....
We have quite the kickboxer in the womb, Baby Dunn has been very active. One of the biggest kicks was aimed right at Ryan!! The minute he put his hand on my stomach, the baby gave his biggest 1-2 punch to date. Luckily, the kicks are not waking me. A co-worker of mine who is due in January says her baby girl's kicks wake her up about every 3am...
We had our 25 week check in today at the dr. It was short and sweet... everything continues to go smoothly. I'll be in my 3rd trimester in 2 weeks!!! We have now met all three of the dr's in the practice. Whoever is on call when I go into labor will be the one to deliver. I would be comfortable with any of them.
The next months will go very fast with the upcoming holidays. We are all registerd for Lamaze in January!! By February, we will be all set...
Next dr. appointment is December 4th!
We had our 25 week check in today at the dr. It was short and sweet... everything continues to go smoothly. I'll be in my 3rd trimester in 2 weeks!!! We have now met all three of the dr's in the practice. Whoever is on call when I go into labor will be the one to deliver. I would be comfortable with any of them.
The next months will go very fast with the upcoming holidays. We are all registerd for Lamaze in January!! By February, we will be all set...
Next dr. appointment is December 4th!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Baby got the hiccups!!
Happy Halloween!! Ryan and I had a great Pumpkin day. We made some yummy pumpkin cookies and even tried a pumpkin pasta.. The pasta was ok, but not something we plan to make again. We stayed in and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. We had a good crowd. I'm sharing some of our pictures with you. We had fun carving pumpkins on Sunday and Ryan got lots of compliments on his Pumpkin eating a pumpkin carving.
Click Here: www.thedunnfamilyphotos.shutterfly.com
The password is: cincodemayo
As I was posting the pictures to our album, I started to feel the baby moving. Then I started noticing a clear rhythm. Baby got the hiccups, even Ryan could feel them!! I had heard about feeling hiccups but didn't think it would be something I could tell, but I'm sure that is what it was.
Hope everyone had a great Halloween!! Ryan and I are already gearing up for next year!!
Click Here: www.thedunnfamilyphotos.shutterfly.com
The password is: cincodemayo
As I was posting the pictures to our album, I started to feel the baby moving. Then I started noticing a clear rhythm. Baby got the hiccups, even Ryan could feel them!! I had heard about feeling hiccups but didn't think it would be something I could tell, but I'm sure that is what it was.
Hope everyone had a great Halloween!! Ryan and I are already gearing up for next year!!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ryan felt the baby kick!!
I have been feeling it for a couple of weeks now more and more. Last night I had joked that the baby was awake and had him put his hand on my stomach and sure enough the baby kicked hard enough for him to feel.
We completed 23 weeks so far…
Lanugo (baby hair) now covers the fetus’s entire body. The fetus is beginning to have the look of a newborn infant as the skin becomes less transparent while fat begins to develop. All the components of the eyes are developed. The liver and pancreas are working hard to develop completely. The fetus has reached about 10-11 inches in length and weighs about 1 - 1 ¼ lbs.
Next Dr appointment is November 7th.
We completed 23 weeks so far…
Lanugo (baby hair) now covers the fetus’s entire body. The fetus is beginning to have the look of a newborn infant as the skin becomes less transparent while fat begins to develop. All the components of the eyes are developed. The liver and pancreas are working hard to develop completely. The fetus has reached about 10-11 inches in length and weighs about 1 - 1 ¼ lbs.
Next Dr appointment is November 7th.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Alaska Pictures
Hi Everyone... I finally got through the Alaska Pictures... I uploaded a few of the highlights for you.
Click Here: www.thedunnfamilyphotos.shutterfly.com
The password is: cincodemayo
Hope you enjoy!!
Click Here: www.thedunnfamilyphotos.shutterfly.com
The password is: cincodemayo
Hope you enjoy!!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
21 Week Check-in.
Baby Dunn had another healthy check up this month. The Ultrasound Technician was very nice and showed us everything there was to see. We got to see the brain, face outline, bladder, kidneys, heart (including a view of all 4 chambers at once), hand, legs, feet and toes!
I felt the baby move last week. It was very brief and very gentle. It will be a few more weeks before Ryan will feel the kicks. Grandma Litton bought us a heartbeat microphone to listen to the heartbeats, but right now all we can hear is the baby moving around. Hopefully in a month we will be able to make out the heartbeat better when the baby has less room to move.
Here is baby’s profile…
Here is baby’s foot. Baby was actually kicking a lot during this picture so it’s a little fuzzy, but the other lighter circle behind it is the other foot that was kicking around.
By now the eyebrows and eyelashes grow in and tiny nails have begun to grow on the fingers and toes!! The bad news is that since everything is going so smoothly… the Dr. does not have a reason to do any more ultrasounds. (so maybe I can talk Ryan into going to one of those 4D places to see another sneak peak).
Oh.. and I finally got my new laptop this week so I can finally finish my Alaska pictures.
I felt the baby move last week. It was very brief and very gentle. It will be a few more weeks before Ryan will feel the kicks. Grandma Litton bought us a heartbeat microphone to listen to the heartbeats, but right now all we can hear is the baby moving around. Hopefully in a month we will be able to make out the heartbeat better when the baby has less room to move.
Here is baby’s profile…
Here is baby’s foot. Baby was actually kicking a lot during this picture so it’s a little fuzzy, but the other lighter circle behind it is the other foot that was kicking around.
By now the eyebrows and eyelashes grow in and tiny nails have begun to grow on the fingers and toes!! The bad news is that since everything is going so smoothly… the Dr. does not have a reason to do any more ultrasounds. (so maybe I can talk Ryan into going to one of those 4D places to see another sneak peak).
Oh.. and I finally got my new laptop this week so I can finally finish my Alaska pictures.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Wanna hear the baby's heartbeat???
Today was Baby Dunn's 16 week doctor's appointment. Everything is going smoothly and we scheduled the next ultrasound (and possibly last if everything keeps looking good) for October 10th. We were able to record a clipping of the baby's heartbeat to keep in the scrapbook and share with everyone.
Click here to hear baby Dunn
Next milestone will be to feel the baby moving. It could happen anytime from 2 - 7 weeks (usually later for 1st time pregnancy's).
We got back from Alaska on Sunday. It was awesome and very relaxing. Even though Ryan and I were the minority (since the average age on the cruise was probably 70.. ) I would highly recommend it. Ryan and I went crazy taking pictures and we are still working on getting it down to a reasonable number of "keeper" pictures. I'll post some when we've narrowed it down.
We saw pretty much everything.. Just didn't always have the camera ready... Humpback whales, Orca's, Moose, Sea Otters, Seals, Porpois, Salmon, one Bear very far away and lots of Bald Eagles!! We also saw lots of other animals at a wildlife preserve maintained by Steve Kroshel, who films wildlife for PBS and the Discovery Channel.
Click here to hear baby Dunn
Next milestone will be to feel the baby moving. It could happen anytime from 2 - 7 weeks (usually later for 1st time pregnancy's).
We got back from Alaska on Sunday. It was awesome and very relaxing. Even though Ryan and I were the minority (since the average age on the cruise was probably 70.. ) I would highly recommend it. Ryan and I went crazy taking pictures and we are still working on getting it down to a reasonable number of "keeper" pictures. I'll post some when we've narrowed it down.
We saw pretty much everything.. Just didn't always have the camera ready... Humpback whales, Orca's, Moose, Sea Otters, Seals, Porpois, Salmon, one Bear very far away and lots of Bald Eagles!! We also saw lots of other animals at a wildlife preserve maintained by Steve Kroshel, who films wildlife for PBS and the Discovery Channel.
Monday, August 27, 2007
11 Week Ultrasound Pictures
We're Pregnant!!!
I found out I was pregnant on the 1 year anniversary of the day Ryan Proposed.. I was able to tell Ryan the next day when he came home from St. Louis. I had planned out a website that was going to tell him was full of wedding pictures to share with our friends but it would secretly be an announcement page to him with a picture of the pregnancy test stick with 2 pink lines.
But, super sneaky Ryan was being nosey and saw a picture that I had saved on my laptop desktop before I had a chance to bring up the website. He saw the picture... paused... asked if that was mine... and then got super excited once it sank it. So.. either way, he was surprised.
I'm in my second trimester now and doing great. No morning sickness!!!
Here are the first ultrasounds pictures that were taken at 11 weeks. Baby Dunn loves the camera, which is great because Ryan got me a Professional Digital Camera as a wedding present and Moto is tired of having her picture taken.
I found out I was pregnant on the 1 year anniversary of the day Ryan Proposed.. I was able to tell Ryan the next day when he came home from St. Louis. I had planned out a website that was going to tell him was full of wedding pictures to share with our friends but it would secretly be an announcement page to him with a picture of the pregnancy test stick with 2 pink lines.
But, super sneaky Ryan was being nosey and saw a picture that I had saved on my laptop desktop before I had a chance to bring up the website. He saw the picture... paused... asked if that was mine... and then got super excited once it sank it. So.. either way, he was surprised.
I'm in my second trimester now and doing great. No morning sickness!!!
Here are the first ultrasounds pictures that were taken at 11 weeks. Baby Dunn loves the camera, which is great because Ryan got me a Professional Digital Camera as a wedding present and Moto is tired of having her picture taken.
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