Lauren~
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tummy update!
Just wanted to post the most recent picture of my belly! This was taken last week, at 26 weeks of pregnancy. Goodbye second trimester! Hello light at the end of the tunnel! Haha enjoy
Lauren~
Lauren~
Friday, February 12, 2010
Ultrasound journey!
Adam did the most wonderful thing for me yesterday: He scanned all of the sonogram pictures we have gotten since October!! So now I will take you on a little journey through the life of our baby so far!
It all started around the beginning of October when I thought I may be pregnant. I went in to the USC Health Center on campus to take an official test. I had taken a couple home pregnancy tests and they were both positive so I decided to go in and find out for sure. Here's what the doctor found!!
Yep, that little bean looking thing between the two plus signs was our baby at six weeks old! We couldn't believe it! So teeny and no visible form of a human.
So from there we had to be referred out of USC since they don't provide prenatal care. I was referred to a wonderful doctor at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills. At the first appointment, I was 9 weeks along and the baby already looked like this!
You can see the baby on the right upper side there, she has little arm and leg sprouts and a little head! So cute! At this point we could see her move around a little, it was crazy! Two weeks later, and even more growth! Check this out:
That's just about a full profile with a little teeny tiny hand right above the head! The ultrasound showed a lot of movement but I still couldn't really feel anything for a while yet. The very next week, Adam and I went to the prenatal diagnosis center to get the first round of "real" ultrasounds done to check for all sorts of things like the thickness of the neck, some other spine stuff, and listen to the heartbeat. Most of the time I don't know what they're looking for or testing for, I just stare at the picture on the screen and let the doctors do their thing. :) This next picture might be hard to comprehend but it's a 4-D picture they printed out for us. Not too good but you can see the little arm covering the face and the basic shape of a little human body!
These 4-D pictures are really cool, so high tech! So since late November, when that last picture was printed, I didn't get any other ultrasounds until January. I was getting spoiled! My doctor said I had now "graduated" out of her ultrasound room. So when we returned to LA in January, I got to go again to the prenatal diagnosis center for a full anatomy scan of the baby. During this they looked at all parts of the body and especially a lot at the heart and all its chambers. They took TONS of pictures but I'll post my two favorites that are currently on our fridge.
The first is a full profile picture, not 4-D but so great!
This next one if 4-D of the face. Her little fists are covering her face, so adorable! She's all cuddled up!
So there is the journey so far! I will continue to see my doctor every four weeks or so and hopefully I'll get one more visit to the diagnosis center to see the growth of the baby again soon! Like I said, I definitely got spoiled getting an ultrasound every two weeks in the early stages so now that's all I look forward to! As far as my health goes, I'm doing really well. I have little aches and pains here and there but nothing crazy; I've been really lucky! The baby has started to kick pretty much all day long now, whereas before it was mainly in the evening. It's so great to look down at my stomach and see it move, I smile every time.
Lauren~
It all started around the beginning of October when I thought I may be pregnant. I went in to the USC Health Center on campus to take an official test. I had taken a couple home pregnancy tests and they were both positive so I decided to go in and find out for sure. Here's what the doctor found!!
Yep, that little bean looking thing between the two plus signs was our baby at six weeks old! We couldn't believe it! So teeny and no visible form of a human.
So from there we had to be referred out of USC since they don't provide prenatal care. I was referred to a wonderful doctor at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills. At the first appointment, I was 9 weeks along and the baby already looked like this!
You can see the baby on the right upper side there, she has little arm and leg sprouts and a little head! So cute! At this point we could see her move around a little, it was crazy! Two weeks later, and even more growth! Check this out:
That's just about a full profile with a little teeny tiny hand right above the head! The ultrasound showed a lot of movement but I still couldn't really feel anything for a while yet. The very next week, Adam and I went to the prenatal diagnosis center to get the first round of "real" ultrasounds done to check for all sorts of things like the thickness of the neck, some other spine stuff, and listen to the heartbeat. Most of the time I don't know what they're looking for or testing for, I just stare at the picture on the screen and let the doctors do their thing. :) This next picture might be hard to comprehend but it's a 4-D picture they printed out for us. Not too good but you can see the little arm covering the face and the basic shape of a little human body!
These 4-D pictures are really cool, so high tech! So since late November, when that last picture was printed, I didn't get any other ultrasounds until January. I was getting spoiled! My doctor said I had now "graduated" out of her ultrasound room. So when we returned to LA in January, I got to go again to the prenatal diagnosis center for a full anatomy scan of the baby. During this they looked at all parts of the body and especially a lot at the heart and all its chambers. They took TONS of pictures but I'll post my two favorites that are currently on our fridge.
The first is a full profile picture, not 4-D but so great!
This next one if 4-D of the face. Her little fists are covering her face, so adorable! She's all cuddled up!
So there is the journey so far! I will continue to see my doctor every four weeks or so and hopefully I'll get one more visit to the diagnosis center to see the growth of the baby again soon! Like I said, I definitely got spoiled getting an ultrasound every two weeks in the early stages so now that's all I look forward to! As far as my health goes, I'm doing really well. I have little aches and pains here and there but nothing crazy; I've been really lucky! The baby has started to kick pretty much all day long now, whereas before it was mainly in the evening. It's so great to look down at my stomach and see it move, I smile every time.
Lauren~
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Wow!
Okay I know I'm in huge trouble and I have probably lost all my blog readers. (Like I had a lot in the first place haha!) I haven't updated my blog in like years but better late than never! So much is going on right now but the most important thing is that I'm pregnant with a baby girl!! I'm already in week 23 of the pregnancy, can't believe it!! I feel huge already and I know I'm going to get a LOT bigger and it's kinda hard to comprehend right now. Here's a current picture I took of the baby bump today:
It's stickin' out there, isn't it?!! Anyway, we're so excited to share this news and I promise I'll try harder to give updates on my ever-so exciting life. (LOL)
Lauren~
It's stickin' out there, isn't it?!! Anyway, we're so excited to share this news and I promise I'll try harder to give updates on my ever-so exciting life. (LOL)Lauren~
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wildfires!!
I'm sure if you've watched the news lately you've seen that the Angeles National Forest is up in flames! One day this week all the smoke was in the Los Angeles Basin where we live, it was hard to see anything outside! Now the smoke is going West and there's a great view (if you can call watching the forest burn down great...) from our roof. The first two shots are from a few nights ago, Adam and I went up to the roof to see the sun setting on the smoke and it turned out we could actually see the glow from the fire just north of downtown! My camera takes horrible night shots but you can see the glow off to the left of downtown. The second two pictures I took just about 10 minutes ago.
The Glow!:
Sun setting West of the smoke over the Hollywood Hills:
From today; you can see that the fire has come over the hill:
Also from today; a view of downtown with a background of fires!
Pray that they won't have to evacuate the city!
The Glow!:
Sun setting West of the smoke over the Hollywood Hills:
From today; you can see that the fire has come over the hill:
Also from today; a view of downtown with a background of fires!
Pray that they won't have to evacuate the city!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Married!
So here are a few of my favorite pictures from our wedding reception. I have a lot more on Facebook if you'd like to look there!
Care!
Grandma!
Thank you to my cousin Taylor for taking some beautiful pictures! And thank you for everyone who helped with all the hard work that made this wedding beautiful and memorable!
Lauren~
Care!
Grandma!
Thank you to my cousin Taylor for taking some beautiful pictures! And thank you for everyone who helped with all the hard work that made this wedding beautiful and memorable!Lauren~
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Coming Soon...
Coming soon: Some pictures from my wedding day! Now remember, the wedding was small, I took only a few shots with my camera, Adam's parents took some others that I don't have yet...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
1st Visit To Disneyland!
I know, I know, most of you out there are wondering what kind of childhood I must have had where I never made it to Disneyland until age 26. Well I guess we never had the desire to really go but I was fortunate yesterday to visit for the first time the happiest place on earth (and its neighbor, California Adventure)! It was really really a fun time and here are some pictures to prove it!
Lauren and I in the car, moving slowly through the parking garage traffic
The "L" of California
Right before entering the Tower of Terror
Not so sure about the 50 ft plunge of Splash Mountain
Okay so we sat in the very front of Splash mountain and got absolutely soaked, head to toe. Here's a picture of our picture from the plunge. I know you can't see very well but I'm in the very front and Lauren is right behind me. My face is priceless huh!?!
Anyway, such a fun day! (even though my face on Splash Mountain would say otherwise)
Lauren~
Lauren and I in the car, moving slowly through the parking garage traffic
The "L" of California
Right before entering the Tower of Terror
Not so sure about the 50 ft plunge of Splash Mountain
Okay so we sat in the very front of Splash mountain and got absolutely soaked, head to toe. Here's a picture of our picture from the plunge. I know you can't see very well but I'm in the very front and Lauren is right behind me. My face is priceless huh!?!
Anyway, such a fun day! (even though my face on Splash Mountain would say otherwise)
Lauren~
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