6 Week Update

Hey everyone, just wanted to post again to keep those interested updated on Cameron and to post some pictures too.  Cameron has topped the 9lb mark already and seems to be growing fast every day.  He had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and along with his parents, welcomed the grandparents and great grandparents to the estate on Raven Hills Road for Thanksgiving Dinner (I will put up a post on that later).  For now, here are a few pictures of him and his daddy watching football.  Got to start early huh.

Watching the Buckeyes beat Michigan for yet another year.  this was at halftime of that game and you can say he had the right idea.

Watching the Bengals throw another one away late....with good company at least (picture by Mom)

Take care all.

Tom, Molly, Cameron, Carson, and Maeby

Welcome Cameron Andrew

I know, I know.  It has been almost two weeks now that we have had this wonderful boy in our lives and I am now just getting around to updating the blog with the announcement. Anyway, here it is:

On October 26th at 4:29pm Molly and I welcomed Cameron Andrew into our family.  He weighed 6lbs 9ozs and was 19" long.  The labor was a long and difficult one but everything worked out in the end and mom is doing well.

Cameron did spend 36 hours in the NICU (left) to correct his over-active insulin production and has been eating and gaining weight beautifully since.  He did manage to get in some Wii bowling while he was there too:)

He has had a few doctors visits already and has been exceeding his goal weights.  He has been sleeping well and allowing Molly and I some rest, but still does not care to have his diaper wet or changed so that creates some loud moments every few hours.

Molly and I would like to thank all that shared their joy and love over the past few weeks and would especially like to thanks Nana Neesie for her help and support in the past two weeks while we came to grips with our new schedule.  We are looking forward to having everyone out for the coming holidays and wish everyone the best.

Sincerely,
Tom and Molly Walters

Here are a few more pictures too:

LEFT:
His first Halloween outfit (thanks to Nana Neesie)

RIGHT:

Taking in some Sunday afternoon football with Dad

Ultrasound at 32 Weeks

Our little boy is growing really fast. He weighs approximately 4 lbs 10 oz, which is in the 75th percentile. If you're paying attention, that should be a surprise because he was in the 61st percentile 3.5 weeks ago.
My gestational diabetes is mostly under control, so that's good news.
The amniotic fluid level was a little too high-- I just thought it was because he's a little big, he just needs more room to swim-- but I'm not a doctor. The next ultrasound is 1 October. After that, I'll have weekly ultrasounds and non-stress tests up until delivery because of this amniotic fluid issue.
There weren't good ultrasound pictures to take home today; we have a couple pictures of a blurry profile. If you really want to see them, let us know.

TomMolly's Weight

Nursery Update

The baby's room is painted and the ceiling fan is going in! It's coming together very well.

Painting the nursery

We have started to paint! We decided to paint two walls smoky blue, two walls light yellow, and the ceiling light blue. All three can be seen in the picture where Tom is on the ladder. Tom wrote "Tom" and "Molly" on one of the yellow walls before painting over it. We kind of have a tradition of painting weird things on the walls before a first coat goes on. Maeby, our lazy cat can be seen in the picture, too. The other picture is of "the mama" looking tired and chubby while taping, along with the uncertain dog, Carson. Regarding the size of my belly (with ten weeks still to go!) I like to think of the quote from the movie, Juno, "That shirt's working pretty hard, isn't it?"

The belly's blooming!

My tummy is getting way bigger. My dad and I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens while he was visiting, where this picture was taken.

The decorating can now begin!

I bought this crib bumper for inspiration for the nursery. It was originally $100 at Pottery Barn Kids (what a rip off!) but I got it for $30. It's very cute. Now I will let myself pick out paint.

Tommolly's Milestones

June 17th- I felt kicks for the first time. Before, I didn't know if this weirdo sensation was really kicking.
June 30th- Baby shower in Duck! It was so sweet,
July 12th- Tom felt his son kick!
Aug 5th- Tom SAW his son kick!
Aug 20th- Ultrasound was done to monitor the baby's growth: his weight was estimated as 2 lbs 14 oz, which is approximately the 61st percentile.
September 14th- Ultrasound was done to monitor the growth again. His weight was appx 4 lbs 10 oz, which is around the 75th percentile.
Up Next:

October 1st- Ultrasound and Non-Stress Test
November 9th- Tommolly, please meet the world close to this date!

more to come...

It's a Boy!

Molly and I went for our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and the baby is doing great.  We had decided to find out the sex of the baby and it is going to be a boy.  Here are some pictures of the little guy with some labels:

We Have a Heartbeat

Well, we have a heartbeat. We had our first ultrasound and we were able to listen to the baby's heartbeat. This was quite interesting since the baby's heart rate is about 150 bpm which we were re-assured was normal. We also found out that there is ONLY one baby in there. Given that Molly and I have twins in both our families, this was definitely a possibility. It is fair to say that we would have been more than happy with twins but we are also relieved that we are only having one. Here is a picture of the baby from the ultrasound. The crown-to-rump measurement was 7cm(2.7in.) which is in agreement with the November 9th/10th due date. For perspective, the baby is about the size of a peach now.

Welcome to our blog

Hey everyone,

Molly and I are happy to begin this blog in an attempt to share our journey to, and through, parenthood with those closest to us. We hope that this blog will be a source of information, of all types, for you to check periodically and share your comments with us. It is our intention to post frequent updates along with pictures, and maybe even some videos, in order to better share this amazing time in our lives with each of you. We hope you enjoy it.

Sincerely,
Tom and Molly Walters