Sarah and I ‘moved’ to Ann Arbor yesterday to await the arrival of little Evan. We were planning on moving sooner but with zero pre-labor symptoms we decided to wait until yesterday. She has not had anything other than Braxton Hicks contractions so far but if you ask me, he looks like he’s getting […]

Mom and Evan are in the home stretch now, we’ve got just over a week to go! We have worked out most of the logistics for the birth, at least the ones that we can control, the rest is up to Evan and when he decides that he wants to make his debut. The appointment […]

Last Friday we had our second biophysical ultrasound and non-stress test. As it turns out Friday afternoon is not a good day for appointments. Wow, was it busy. The nurse came by after about 15 minutes, looked at Evan’s non-stress results, said it looked great but she wanted to get 8 more minutes of data. […]

Continuing since our 30th-week appointment, we are going to have weekly ultrasounds.  Usually this wouldn’t happen until week 36, but seeing as we are a special case we get to go more often.  Starting at this appointment, we also have weekly fetal non-stress tests.  I had no idea what this was but I get to sit […]

I know these are a little old but I thought I would post some belly comparison photos.  Right now I am at 32/40 weeks.  I’ve gained… 30ish pounds… I think.  Turkey weighed 4 of those pounds himself last time we checked.  I absolutely love the round shape he has given me.  I get it now […]

Thanks so much to my sister and mom for hosting a shower for Evan.  Thank you family and friends for showering Evan with so much love and generosity already.  Among you, he will surely find no shortage of your kindness.  We received some adorable clothes, lots of nursery items, and oh-so practical tips and tricks from experienced […]

  Yesterday afternoon we had another doctor’s appointment, just a routine one here in Kalamazoo. As always we had an ultrasound and Evan is growing just like he should be. In fact, in the last week and a half he’s gained 15 ounces! I’ve searched and searched online and I cannot find any decent charts […]

Dear Evan – Yesterday your Dad and I got to see you again during an ultrasound.  It’s amazing how much you have grown in a month.  You used to just take up a little bit of the screen and now your profile takes up the whole thing.  The tech estimated that you weighed 2 lbs […]

On February 22, 2011 we went in for our first ultrasound. We were so excited to finally get to see the baby that Sarah had been feeling grow inside of her. The ultrasound started as anyone would have expected it to, the technician was pointing out all the structures of the baby, taking measurements, etc. […]