Baby Girl Update!

Here are some great pics of Carson that my good friend Sarah Oliver took last Friday when they watched Carson for us. She has an amazing camera!

I had a great appointment on Tuesday with my perinatologist and our baby girl has been given an excellent report! She weighs about 2 lbs, 3 oz right now at 27 weeks and all of her body parts and organs are developing normally and growing right on target for her due date. We are still planning the c-section for 39 weeks, which is about November 3rd give or take a day or so. We are beyond thrilled that everything has continued to go so well. I can never get sick of those ultrasound images showing those little baby body parts, working away as hard as they can. We also got a 3D image of our baby's little face, which was awesome. I cannot post it because our scanner isn't working right now, but she is very, very beautiful....ladies, hold onto your gentlemen! We are getting more and more excited for the arrival of the Stinky Fish's "Stinky Sis" as we affectionately call her. Carson loves to kiss and hug my belly when I ask him "Where is the baby?" Unfortunately, we all know that he has no idea that his life is about to be turned upside down in a couple of months. But he is going to be a super fabulous big bro and we cannot wait to see him in that role.

Carson is up to his usual antics...every day is special and fun because he is learning so much at once. He is trying his hand at getting his way in a few different ways...namely tantrums...at the library.....during storytime.....when it's completely quiet there and his yells echo through the halls...At any rate, he is learning his boundaries and limits and he is a great boy. We are not quite ready for structured activities like music class and storytime but we are trying them anyway.
He loves being outside and hates to be in the house for more than a couple of hours at a time....we go out at least once every day and still go to the park despite the 100 degree temps...he doesn't seem to care much about the weather as long as we are out there where he can slide and swing and see "bow wows" whenever possible. New words are "bat" and "gorilla" and he says "hi" to me everytime I open the car door to get him out of his carseat. He has the whole charade to "Five little monkeys jumping on the bed" going on and he has about 20 signs that he can do on command. He is getting so smart and independent and we love our little Stinky Fish more than ever!