24 weeks 5 days.. 25weeks... almost

well almost 25 weeks..
I took these pics tonight. notice the background. we are remodeling our shower and bathroom floor, in our Master Bath. Tomorrow we start the tile.

Christmas from the IPs

So I got a package in yesterday from Dublin Ireland. It contained something for everyone. My IPs sent Paul a U2 CD the Joshua Tree, of course Irish band!
Veronica and Valerie each got a silver bangle (bracelet) with a cute charm. Val a butterfly, and Ronnie a ducky.
My IM picked out the most beautiful necklace for me. She sent it with a note saying -
"Amanda,
This is a very special design piece for a very special person! We wish you a happy Christmas, and a happy and successful 2008. Love, L and R.
the piece is called "Heart of Gold" how sweet!

3 videos from the 3D 4D 2D ultrasound - almost 23 weeks

I uploaded 3 separate videos all from the same session/DVD .. I had to record them with my digital camera in segments.. the DVD is 53 min long.. so I uploaded about 4 min total of the 23 wk ultrasound video
they are the 3 newest ones added today.. dont confuse it with the older one taken at 10 weeks, lol..
oh and no sound
as you see her face is pressed right up against the placenta so the 3D 4D images arnt great.. shes too cozy
also in this first video you can see the tech giggleing my belly trying to get the baby to move so we can see her face better in 3D 4D.

more 3D 4D

and just some 2D

23 weeks belly update - pics

Well I guess I havent had an updated belly pic since 11/23 and that was at 19wks 5days.
I am 22 wks 6days, well a couple hours from being 23 weeks.. so lets just say 23 weeks pregnant. hmm about 5 1/2 mo pregnant.
Oh, and I painted the girls bathroom if you can tell in the background, it matches their "under the sea" theme in there now. their bathroom has the purple shower curtain (which I know doesnt match, but working on that, lol)over the shower/bath combo. (some of the other belly pics are in my bathroom, the one with the stand up shower with glass door etc)

Seeing Santa 2007

They were all excited to see Santa. and I hadn't waited until Christmas eve to get them, so it was going good.. well we got up there and Veronica did not want to look at him or sit with him.. nothing new.. but Val saw her sister acting this way and decided she didn't want to sit with him either.. so they say on my lap, and I sat next to Santa... oh well..

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and for a refresher..here are the ones from previous years.
this one is the mall "official pic" Dec 06 (at least val would sit with santa last year, lol)- oh and it was taken Christmas eve 06.. ugh the line was killer

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and this one is from a small GTG at a daycare same Dec 06-

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and the worst.. Veronica's first Christmas 05 - taken on christmas eve mall almost closing.. the santa was scary, and at another mall from the one I normally go to now

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oh and I played with the picture editor with this one.. man his beard was soo yellow! I wished it was white like this, :P

22 weeks 3 days - had a 3D 4D ultrasound

So I want to surprise my IPs with an actual video, pictures, and keepsakes from her ultrasounds. They can not come for any of the visits being as they are in Ireland busy with work and their full house and kids school etc. SO I figured I would make the trip to the elective ultrasound place where you can pay and theyll do a 2D 3D and 4D ultrasound, they have pictures they will print for you. They will also make you a DVD of the session which I think the IPs will LOVE! The session didnt go great, the little one was still laying transverse and in a weird position, she had most of her face covered by the placenta so the 3D pics had to be at sort of an angle, and it took awhile to get each shot. She also had her hands above her head and in some pics (the 2D) you can see her legs and feet were thrown up at her face! she is sure comfy because she has not move much from this position, even though I feel her move alot!
Anyway, here are some of the pics, maybe I can take a short video of the DVD I had made and post it. it is very long, so I'll have to do clips only.
hope you can make out what they are