Christmas 2006

Here is Jebediah, our Christmas tree. "Old Jeb" comes to visist us every year, he just looks a little different each time (sometimes a bit more "jacked up" than usual, but even the ugly trees need good homes, right?!)

Here is a photo of the Scheuer Christmas at Steve and Heather's house. It is clearly "present time"!!

Here is Christmas with the Sobieski/Wobick family. There's CJ, Adam, Deklan, and me, with Uncle Jim in his spot in the recliner.

Here is Adam modeling his new tool belt with his trusty sidekick, Brewer.

We take Brewer to a middle school track behind our house most afternoons so all of us can get a little exercise. He loves having an open field to run in! He celebrated his first birthday in Wisconsin over Christmas. I can't believe that he's already a year old!!

Here is Brewer begging for a belly rub on Christmas.

What a sweet present under Jebediah! Oliver made himself at home under the tree. That's his favorite place to nap.


We were very fortunate to be able to go home for a few days over Christmas. It was very busy and we never have enough time to spend with everyone, but it was a lot of fun!

As for baby news... Adam and I went out to eat and watch the Packers/Vikings game the Thursday night before Christmas. After a very tasty meal of chicken wings and raspberry lemonade, I felt the baby move for the first time! I'm not sure whether the baby was cheering for the Packers, telling me how much he or she enjoyed the wings, or both. Either way, it was VERY exciting and sort of strange. Since then, the baby has been moving all over the place, just reminding me that he or she is very much there! (I swear that child thinks my bladder is a punching bag...still pretty humorous to me, but it may not be so funny anymore in a few weeks! :) ) Adam and I are looking forward to when he'll be able to feel the baby, too. Just another reminder of this amazing miracle!

Happy New Year!!

20 Week Ultrasound!!!!

Here is Little Bean with his/her face looking toward us. You can see the right eye near the top, the belly on the left, and the hand (sort of in a fist) in the middle. This picture kinda freaks us out because it really looks like an alien/skull!

Here is the baby's beautiful profile! (As if it is laying on it's back, looking up at the sky.)

Another profile view, but the baby has it's hand to it's mouth, either with it resting on it's chin or sucking it's thumb!! How adorable!!

This is the left foot. The toes are pointing toward the right. (There appears to be a white shadow by the heel; that's not the toes.) And we counted...there are ten perfect little toes!!

Here is the baby's spine, with the head on the right, the butt on the left. Also perfect!!

And here is the right arm, hand and fingers. Again, we counted 8 perfect fingers and two perfect thumbs! I can't wait for those little hands to be wrapped around my finger!! (Or playing the piano like his/her daddy!)



Well, today was obviously our 20 week ultrasound! Everything is absolutely perfect with the baby. The heart rate was 136 bpm. In addition to the photos above, we also saw the 4 chambers of the heart, the cerebellum, the stomach, kidneys, the 2 arteries and 1 vein of the umbilical cord, the insertion site of the umbilical cord (future belly button!), and the choroid plexus (which makes the cerebral spinal fluid in the brain). The ultrasound tech saw the bladder, but to prevent us from seeing the sex of the baby we didn't look, but the bladder is working so the kidneys are, too. What an amazing miracle babies are!! A perfect human being in only 20 weeks!

I can't believe that we are already half way through the pregnancy. I have gained 3 pounds total...this will be the LAST mention of any weight gain because I'm sure it will go up dramatically from here!! I'm fitting quite nicely into my new maternity clothes and there is definitely a noticeable bump now. Adam will take some belly pictures this week-end, I'm sure! (No, not of his rock-hard abs, MY belly!)

In case we don't post until after Christmas, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays to everyone! We hope everyone is healthy, happy, safe, and as blessed as we are! Love you!