The Countdown Begins....

Lil Baby D's final photo op before greeting us in person....Here's a close-up of my cute lil face at 28 weeks.

Hello family and friends,

The heat has arrived to HotLanta (it was high 80's over the weekend)...which signals 2 things: (i) it's officially summer in the south and (ii) we are heading into the homestretch for Lil Baby D's arrival. Jilla started her 3rd and final trimester earlier this week- she is 28 weeks along which means we have exactly 84 days to go- but who's counting? Team Baby D made their final visit to the Perinatal Dr on Friday for the final ultrasound and scan of the lil one. The results were excellent! There is no longer a chance of placenta previa anymore- which was great news! LBD is progressing along on schedule- all organs are developed and working as they should (except lungs of course), the heart is fully developed - both ventricles are pumping blood in the proper directions and the heart rate is within normal range- 156 bpm. No issues with the spine and no possibility of a cleft lip. Baby D also weighed in at a precarious 3lbs! He could be joining his lil cuz in the upper 8-9lb range, as normal weight gain from here on out is around + or - a 1/2 lb a week. Both Mommy and Daddy were born in the mid-sixes, so it's anyone's guess?!

LBD remains extremely active- it's keeping Mommy up at night! Mommy swears he has ADD already, because it's not just a few kicks- it's full on somersaults, back flips, elbows, feet, head, butt all over her tummy! We were reading one of our prego books the other night and they have a Daddy Tip each week- Week 28 was: "...let the Dad feel the tummy as you should be able to start feeling lil flutter kicks by now..." Uh, Daddy was feeling flutter kicks in week 20- he can practically slap a high five now!

Mom and Dad started the childbirth prep classes 2 weeks ago as well....we are learning our breathing techniques, massage positions, etc. Mommy is also practicing how to say- give me the epidural now!...in a nice tone....we'll see how that shakes out.

11 weeks to go- we couldn't be more anxious!!!

All our love,

LBD's P's