The Kecks

We got our first look at Lauren’s little brother or sister last Friday. We’re happy to report that the baby looked healthy and appears to be right on track for 20 weeks, weighing in at a whopping 13 ounces. For those of you looking to get the inside track on guessing the baby’s gender, the heart rate was 133 BPM.  Unfortunately just like it’s big sister the baby was a bit stubborn so we didn’t get many great views and there wasn’t a detailed 4d image to print so we’ll just have to settle for these B/W images and be thankful that the baby is healthy. We were told by the ultrasound technician that even if we had wanted to determine the sex of the baby she would have been unable to given the position of the baby. However she looked pretty proficient at her job and I think she was just trying to help us not go back on our decision to keep it a surprise.

• 444Comments(5)http://www.keckweb.com/blog/2009/11/16/ultrasound/Ultrasound2009-11-16+21%3A03%3A51Josh

If you haven’t heard by now, we’re expecting again! Baby #2 is due March 28th and so far it has been an uneventful pregnancy. I’ve been feeling good, just tired, and this past week I’ve been feeling definite kicks and movement of the baby. The ultrasound is Friday so we are looking forward to seeing the little one and we’ve decided to keep the gender a surprise again. Lauren will occasionally ask if there is a baby in my tummy and pat my growing belly, but she has no clue what she is in for- hopefully she loves a brother or sister as much as she loves her baby dolls!

Lauren had a fun Halloween- although she told her daycare teachers that she was going to be a dinosaur, she didn’t seem to mind her Snow White dress. She was very excited about all the candy but has mostly forgotten about her stash… we’ve found that a couple peanut butter cups before bedtime does not help her settle down to go to sleep!

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Well we got to take another peek at the baby this afternoon. Unfortunately however he/she was just as shy as the last time we checked in. Here’s a picture of the best look we got and it only lasted a few seconds before the baby quickly moved it’s hands to cover it’s face. It’s currently 1lb. 9oz. and we’re very happy that the baby is healthy and doing great. Steph’s also happy to know that the cookie dough ice cream cravings haven’t led to gestational diabetes so Mom is doing great as well.

This weekend is the big push to make some progress on finishing up the Nursery so I’m sure they’ll be some more pictures to come next week.

• 29Comments(14)http://www.keckweb.com/blog/2007/02/27/week-26/Week+262007-02-27+22%3A26%3A30Josh

Sorry to disappoint, but I don’t have anything exciting to report this week!  The dr. appointment and ultrasound I had scheduled for today was rescheduled for next Tuesday, so check back next week and we should have some new ultrasound pictures to share.  It’s been a busy week and UPS has been making a few stops at our house- the crib and mattress arrived, we got a rocker/ottoman, and the crib bedding came yesterday.  Josh is in the process of moving the desks and computers downstairs so hopefully we can start on the baby’s room in the next couple of weeks!Â

• 28Comments(8)http://www.keckweb.com/blog/2007/02/22/week-25/Week+252007-02-22+18%3A36%3A13Steph

First, I’d just like to thank everyone who has checked out our site! It’s fun to read your comments and we’re happy to share this experience with you.

I had a doctor appointment this morning and after having an ultrasound, these routine appts. are pretty uneventful! Too bad we can’t see the baby every time! It’s still fun to hear the heartbeat and everything looked good. I scheduled a follow-up ultrasound for Feb. 22nd along with a glucose screen for gestational diabetes – I’m just glad there is no fasting involved for that! The appetite is still going strong and the “lady lump” (as Josh affectionately called it last night) seems to grow every day. Another profile picture will be going up here soon!

I’m heading up to Fargo this weekend for a relaxing weekend with my cousins, Kate and Jess, and am very excited to be getting back to ND for a couple days! It will also be fun to see some friends I haven’t seen a quite a while. Should be a great weekend! I think Josh is looking forward to some quiet time at home with Koda- without me around and looking for things to organize :)

Steph

• 19Comments(4)http://www.keckweb.com/blog/2007/01/25/19/Week+212007-01-25+19%3A13%3A15Steph