Attack of the Stomach Bug!

So the past 24-36 hours have been a tale of two totally different days for Amanda!  Yesterday (Jan 18th) we went to the doctor for our next Pre-natal OB appointment.  Everything went great.  We got to hear Baby MacColl's heartbeat again, this time on a Doppler Device.  The heartbeat was a strong 168 bpm this time.  The appointment was not very eventful other than that to be honest.  We go back on Wednesday Feb 2nd for our next ultrasound as part of the 13 week screening process for various genetic disorders.  This is fairly routine these days, and hopefully we will get some more ultrasound pics of the baby!

Last night however was a different story for Amanda.  She was up all night long with a wicked stomach bug!  Poor thing was so sick, and barely got out of bed until later this afternoon.  She is doing a little better now, and we are getting her re-hydrated, but she is still feeling pretty weak.  Hopefully tonight will be a better night for her and she can get some sleep.  Eli has been amazing, and he will hardly leave her side.  He is such a good boy and sure does love his momma!  Oddly, every time Amanda has a stomach bug and throws up, Eli throws up at least once or twice as well...dont know if that's out of sympathy for his mom, or what the reason would be, but he certainly knows Amanda doesn't feel good at all!

Well, thats about all that has happened in the past 24-36 hours.  Hopefully Amanda will be better in the morning.  We both hope so since she has clients coming in to work for the next 2-3 days!  Stay tuned for more updates in the days ahead!

Babies R Us = Greatest place on earth!

Ok, so I am not at all ashamed to admit it, but my new favorite place to shop is NOT Lowe's, Home Depot, Dick's Sporting Goods or anywhere like that.  Instead, I have found a new haven for shopping fun, and it's called Babies R Us!  Amanda and I went there today, and all I can say is WOW!!!  It was so much fun!  We test drove all kinds of strollers, looked at a dozen or so Pack-n-plays, and everything else from High Chairs to passy's to child safety locks, not to mention all the clothes and nursery decor!  I cant wait to go back really soon!

Time for some Toofies!

Hi Everyone!  Baby MacColl here!  I gotta tell you, its been a busy week for me.  I've been spending all my time growing and growing.  I am over and inch and a half long these days, nearly double what I was when Mom and Dad first heard my heart beat 2 weeks ago!  It wont be long and I will bump up from the "Prune" weight class to the "Kiwi Fruit" weight class...and I cant wait!

This week I have been hard at work with my bones and ligaments.  In fact, my knees and ankles are in the works, and my arms have elbows and I can now flex my arms and put my little hands together.  But it's still a little early to buy me a baseball bat or an interior design book, because my arm is actually about the size of this number 1.  Something else that is really exciting is that the Tooth Bud Fairy visited this week, and helped me work on the buds for my Toofies that will come in sometime around Jan-Feb 2012!  My kidneys are also working overdrive this week, kinda like my moms, and even though I wont be able to tell you for another 8 weeks if I am a boy or a girl, I am starting to work on that "plumbing" as well!

Stay tuned next week for some other really cool updates.  Next week some really really awesome things happen, and I cant wait to tell you all about them!

I love you all, and I cant wait to meet everyone in about 7 months!

Welcome Family and Friends!

Hello Family and Friends, and welcome to our new family Blog!  I have never done one of these before, but I figured we are in a "high-tech" age, so why not get with the program, right?  I hope each of you will have some fun with this, and will enjoy the updates in the weeks and months to come about all 4 of us...Amanda, Doug, Eli and Baby MacColl of course!

I hope everyone is having a great new year so far!  Some of you may have seen the recent hype about how the Zodiac calendar has changed thanks to some cosmic shift in the Earth's alignment.  Now before you all become hysterical and start running through the streets, I wanted to offer a simple explanation for this change.  After extensive and exhausting research, I can tell you all that this change is not due to some cosmic shift or due to some error in some obscure Aztec calendar, but is in fact due to the pending arrival of Baby MacColl on August 14th-ish, 2011!!!  Okay, so maybe the whole world wont change in mid August, but I think we will all agree that each of our lives will change dramatically in about 7 months!!!  BRING ON THE DIAPERS, BRING ON THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT FEEDINGS, BRING ON THE CRYING AND GOODBYE 8 HOURS OF SLEEP!!!!  


So, check back regularly for updates from all of us, and I hope that our ramblings and "blogging" wont be too boring!