35 Weeks!

Here's a shot of Laura at 35 weeks. We had a doctor's appointment today and everything looks great! She gained another 3 pounds, making the grand total so far 38lbs. The baby is really active, he's kicking Laura in the ribs all the time and gets the hiccups a lot, too. Either the hiccups or he's got incredible rhythm...

Jesse is having a really light workload lately which has been really nice. He hasn't had the chance to be bored in months, so it's been fun to relax together after work/school. Speaking of work, Laura's last day is March 11th and she can't wait! We going to celebrate by having a "Happy Retirement" dinner out.

From now on we have appointments every Wednesday afternoon until the due date, so check back for more updates!

It's a fetus!

Here's a picture of our fetus who looks a lot like Charlie Brown. If you look at his right hand, that kind of looks like Woodstock. If you think we're nuts, you're probably right.

This ultrasound is from January 2 and it's the last picture we'll have of him until he actually gets here. We're really hoping that he's not black and white. Ahhh.

Welcome

Welcome to our blog!

We suspect that none of you care about Jesse and I and that you're only here for fetal news but we accept that and we love you anyway. However, since our baby isn't quite here yet, you'll sometimes have to suffer through updates on his future parents. We hope that you enjoy our blog and post replies so that we can hear from you, too!

We've chosen the title "Growing Joneses" for a few reasons:
1. Laura is gaining pounds as she "grows" our child (whose birth weight doubles in these last two months).
2. We hope to update you on the physical growth of our little baby with pictures and videos once he gets here (sometime in the end of March!) We're hoping that he's at least around 6'1 by first grade. : )
3. Who knows, maybe we'll be updating you on future family growth one day (but not any day soon).

Happy reading!