Less than 3 weeks to go and baby girl's got everything she could ever need!

Well we've been busy since our last post getting ready for the big day and we're so grateful for all of the celebrations and well wishes that we've had.  We've received amazing advice and thoughtful and generous gifts to make our lives (and the baby's life) safer, a little easier and definitely prettier.

Nana threw a shower for Mom-to-be, baby (& daddy who was already back in San Diego) on January 1st at Granite Links.  We were lucky that it was a day in Boston with no snow, so all of our family and closest friends were able to make it (despite some New Years Day nausea ; ).  Everything from the food to the cake to the display of books we received as gifts was just perfect and it was a great way to start 2011.

She'll be well read!!!!

Auntie Jen helping out big time!

Nana, Mom with hidden baby belly & Papa

Both Qualcomm and Scripps colleagues wished us well as we approach parenthood with unbelievable outpourings of love and generosity - we are both so thankful.  

On February 4th, our dear friends Karen and Stephanie invited our San Diego family over to Stephanie's house in Del Mar for a celebratory shower.  It was a beautiful day, and we were all able to enjoy the yard and the adorable decorations.  We were so thankful that Nana and Grammy were able to be there too.  Attendees created an advice book for us offering up some personal thoughts, tricks and suggestions as we approach the big day and beyond. 

The most gracious hostesses.

A glorious day!

The girls!

Grammy & Nana

Speaking of the big day, it was pretty much confirmed that March 4th will be baby Tichy's birthday (she'll be 37 weeks and 1 day and be born via C-section), so mark your calendars for a new birthday!  At our 35 week ultrasound today, she weighed in at a healthy 6 lbs 3oz.  Here are some pics (likely to be the last ones in utero) before she makes her grand arrival.

Resting her head on placenta pillow.

Telling us she's bored and ready to come out via a nice big yawn!

See you all very soon!!!












 

28 Week Ultrasound

We had our 28 week ultrasound today to check on our little girl .  She is doing very well and is actually starting to look like a baby. Her heart rate was a healthy 156 beats per minute.  She is now 3 pounds and is 17" long!  Tara has had placenta previa that we were hoping would resolve it its own but it does not look like that is going to happen even though there is still a chance.  We are going back for another ultrasound in 6 weeks and if it has not resolved then they will likely schedule a C- section for her around 37 weeks.   So for those of you with birthdays in the beginning of March you can start placing your bets.  Here are some pics.  Every time we have had an ultrasound she has put her hands in front of her face and does not want to cooperate at all.  Hopefully these aren't signs of things to come!

 She has cute lips like her mother

*The weird lines over her nose or mouth is the umbilical cord*

It's a Girl!

October 28, 2010
We had our 20 week Anatomy Ultrasound today.  Everything looks good and everything seems to be in the right place!  This is also the ultrasound where we can find out if it is a boy or a girl.  We had the sonographer put the result into an envelope since we had not yet decided if we were going to find out. 

On November 6th we decided to go out to dinner at Roy's in La Jolla.   We have fond memories of this restaurant since we had a great experience at the Roy's in Maui.  We brought our envelope with us and decided to open it after our appetizer.  We wanted to make sure that we found out at the same time so we placed the picture upside down and then turned it over together.   I will never forget the feeling of seeing the word "girl" on the picture.  It was an amazing experience. 

Here are some other pictures
Feet

Our little girl!

Our little jumping bean

Today, we are about 13 weeks along.  We're in the second trimester, so its a little ironic that we had our first trimester screen today.  By combining bloodwork results with a high tech ultrasound and measurement of thickness of the nuchal fold on the baby's neck, the test results give statistics on possible abnormalities.  Our stats were very good, with 1 out of 1,700 for down syndrome, and 1 out of 16,000 for trisomy 18.

The sonographer spent lots of time looking at things, taking measurements and best of all, taking lots of fancy pictures.  Not sure what was going on, but the little one was jumping all around.  It was the coolest thing to see.  Looking forward to feeling the movements in the future.

In the meantime, here are a bunch of amazing photos. 

Even the 3D alien one is beautiful, isn't it?

And the foot.......

12 Week Ultraound

We had our 12 week ultrasound on Tuesday, September 7th and everything looks good.  Our little peanut is 2.5 inches long and is growing away.  Tara has not been feeling so hot the last couple of days do to a little stomach bug but she is hanging in there.  We have grown so accustomed to going to the doctor every week that it has been torture having to wait a couple of weeks between appointments.  We have another ultrasound next Tuesday and then we don't go back to the OB for 4 weeks!  This ultrasound picture is not the greatest but it is better than nothing. 

8 Week Ultrasound

We had our 8 Week Ultrasound today and everything went well. Our little one is the size of a lima bean and still has a strong heartbeat. This was our last visit with Reproductive Partners and we have offically graduated to our OB next week. Here is Tara with our nurse, Elina and Dr. Agarwal.

Heartbeat

We had our 7 week ultrasound today and we were amazed when we heard a heartbeat! We were not expecting to hear a heartbeat during this visit and when we heard it our hearts melted. It was really amazing. Check out the video if you want to hear for yourself. Everything is looking good so far!

Here is a picture too. You can see tiny little arms if you look close