Today Allyson and I went to the doctor for a routine check-up. During our visit the doctor used a device that allowed us to hear the baby's heartbeat once again. What a wonderful sound that is. Everything checked out fine and we are scheduled to return in four weeks, then again in another four weeks. During the second appointment Allyson will be around 20 weeks pregnant and an ultrasound will be performed that will allow us to determine what the sex of the baby will be. We are very excited about that appointment. So until next time, everyone keep us in their thoughts and prayers and I'll post again soon.

Hey everyone. Time for a new update. Well we had a scary moment on Thursday evening, May 21st. Allyson and I were riding our bicycles in the Mayfair area and Allyson took a spill. While coming off a sidewalk she lost her balance and fell in the street. She fell on her right side and scraped her elbow and bruised her leg. Obviously we were concerned for the baby so we made an appointment the next morning to see her doctor. While at the doctor's office they performed an ultrasound to make sure everything was okay. Thank goodness the baby is fine. The ultrasound showed that the baby had grown quite a bit from the previous ultrasound which you can see on the posted picture titled "The baby's second photograph". I know it is hard to tell, but you can see the babies head, spine, feet and hand in the ultrasound picture. We were able to see it live on the monitor and the baby was just a kicking and moving around in there. It was an awesome sight. We have a check-up appointment this Wednesday. I will post a new entry after that appointment. Take care.