Pictures from Christmas

New (and old) Baby pictures

We had (our last, hopefully) scan today to check the Baby's progress and to make sure that she's growing as much as they would like. And we got to get some more pictures today, so that was nice. You can really see what she might look like when she gets here. Doctor says that she looks great and is right on track for where she should be.

We went from this...
September 30, 2010 (almost 12 weeks)
December 3, 2010 (21 weeks)

February 21, 2011 (a little over 32 weeks)

So, who do you think she looks like?

Baby Update...

We have another scan coming up next week, but just a little update in the mean time. Since I last posted we had a scan done that revealed NO heart problems. We were very excited to hear that. So far it looks like everything is normal. Our doctor even seems a little less concerned about this baby having down syndrome, although we'll still have to wait til she comes to know for sure. I've still been dealing with low iron, vitamin B-6 and vitamin D, but I can handle that. Our next scan was scheduled because baby has been measuring a little small (and my growth hormones were a little low) so they want to make sure that she's growing enough. Though, it makes me wonder if this was why Bella was so little. I'm looking forward to this scan though because my parents will be in town and Bella will be able to go with me (this particular doctor doesn't allow children in the exam room unless there is another adult to supervise them so she has been hanging out with her cousin Jacob during my appointments).
Other than that we are moving right along. She is moving around like crazy! She decided what I can and can't do most days. Sometimes she pushes up and down at the same time which makes it very difficult to bend (or sit!). This can get very annoying.
It's been fun to hear what Bella thinks about having a baby sister. Some times she is convinced that she has a "baby sister" in her tummy. She also thinks that my sister's daughter, Abby, or even my cousin's daughter, Claire is going to be her baby sister. When I ask her where her baby sister is some times she'll tell me she's at Jacob's house (Claire's brother). It's pretty funny.

It's been a while...

Since it's been so long since I've posted anything... here's a recap of some of what we've been up to.

My cousin, Stacee, who lives in Central Point turned us on to this great park. There are a couple of good parks in Medford, but the people who hang out at them can get a little sketchy, definitely not places I would want to go by myself with Bella. Anyway, Bella loves this park and the section of it that is primarily for little kiddos. She loves to climb on this dragon, which she calls a chicken... don't ask me why...

At the Clackamas Town Center. We went up to Portland to visit the Conlkins and got to go to the mall! Yay! It took Bella about 5 ties to get to the top. Other kids kept climbing up and knocking her off. I was getting a little ticked at those stupid kids, but Bella didn't seem to mind. She just waited until they left and would try again. Eventually making it to the top.

Playing in her pig hamper (the best free thing we took from the Orchard Court laundry room). She loves to hid in it. This pic is a little blurry, but the expression on Bella's face is awesome. She was having so much fun.

At the Mall. Bella got some antlers from the Santa they had there. She wouldn't sit on Santa's lap (or even make eye contact with him), but she liked the antlers nonetheless.

We got a little snow here in Medford. It was mostly gone by the time we got out to play in it, but Bella had fun eating it off the bushes.

Helping Grandma Sue make some cookies.

See?!?!

We went out to the Lake of the Woods with my parents while they were up here. It was even warm enough for Dusty, Bella and Anna to get in the water.

Bella and Daddy had fun sitting on the porch of the Lake of the Woods Restaurant in the giant Adirondack chairs. We had dinner there, it wasn't great, but it was ok.

Bella and I got to go to Game 5 of the Giants v. Phillies series in San Fransisco with Kellie and my Dad. It was a lot of fun, even though they didn't win that game. They did win the World Series so it was worth it.

We went down to Chico to visit Dusty's little brother, Jared, and his family and too see them bless their newest daughter, Kalla. While there we had some family pictures taken. It was was a little crazy with all those people, but a lot of fun.

Why is it that the years that the Rogerson's decide to take family pictures I am pregnant? So much fun to have that baby fat documented.

Bella is a silly girl

Not that that is new news, but the things she does crack me up every day. Today she announced that she "found Scooby snacks" and wanted to know if she could have them. Oh really, you went to the drawer where your snacks are and "found" them? She was just too excited, I couldn't say no.

It's a Girl!

I can't believe I haven't posted this by now. We found out two weeks ago that we are having another GIRL. We are very excited, even though more than a few of you out there thought we would be having a boy. Hey, I was one of them... after all, this pregnancy has been SO different than Bella's that I thought for sure that meant boy (the Rogerson's have a very poor track record for producing boys, we thought we might be the exception). We got to find out a little earlier than we expected since we "get" to have all these extra scans done this time around. I went in for a high definition ultrasound two weeks ago to get some measurements on this little one and the tech said she could tell the sex and wanted to know if I wanted to know what it was. I couldn't say 'YES!' fast enough. (I told Dusty that I could now justify all the dress-up clothes that I have gotten for Bella.) As far as her health goes, the tech and the doctor said that so far everything looks good, but I "get" to go back next Friday for yet another scan to get some better pictures of her heart. The tech said it was a little early to get a clear picture and heart defects are one of the major health concerns for down syndrome children. I also had some more blood tests done to get a better idea of what the risk of having a down syndrome child may actually be. We won't know anything concrete until she gets here in April, so I'm trying not to stress too much. As a side note, during the scan, this little girl had her hand up on her forehead "whoa, is me" style... it looks like we can expect another drama queen.

All right, Folks...

My Mom asked me when I would be re-starting our blog. Well, I figured now's as good a time as ever. I'm sure many of you have heard by now, but we are expecting a new Rogerson in our house. S/he should be here around the middle of April (looks like we missed the "May Baby" mark by just a few weeks). We are really excited, but at this point are most excited about getting over the "morning" sickness stage. I'm sure many of you out there are tired of hearing me complain about being sick all the time. And it has definitely not been "morning" exclusive. Luckily, Dusty has been great (with only minor complaints) about picking up the slack. I think Bella is really glad to have Daddy doing the nightly bedtime routine with her. I have been feeling fairly good this last week (at least well enough for Bella and I to go to Game 5 of the Giants' NL Championship Series with my Dad and Kellie!), other than the fact that I can't eat hardly anything sweet (my favorite food group!). Now most of my problems come from eating something that the baby doesn't agree with, forgetting to eat, or getting too tired. Most nights I don't feel that great and I, for the most part, go to bed around 9 every night (very unlike me). I think my biggest problem, and most annoying, is trying to find something that sounds appetizing.
Alright, now for baby news. This weekend we officially passed the 15 week mark. We have had one sonogram two weeks ago. It was a scan to look for signs that could be linked to Down Syndrome (measuring the back of the neck at the spine). While doing the scan the tech said that everything looked good and the measurements were in a good range, but the doc came back with some different results. He said that for my age, he would have expected the measurements to be lower. So now we have another scan scheduled that they will do at 17 weeks (two weeks from today) that will be a high-resolution scan to get a better look at the spinal fluid (or whatever it is that they want to see). Hopefully, we will get some good news or at least something that we can understand a little better. At this point we're not stressing out about it too much, since the results are so vague. I'm also hoping that we might get a good enough look at the baby that we will find out what the sex is. If we can't see it then, then we have a sonogram scheduled for November 29th (the Monday after Thanksgiving) where we will hopefully find out.
Some of the things I am most looking forward to are:
Not feeling sick anymore (at ALL!!)
Feeling more pronounced movements. I can feel the baby moving around a bit (mostly at night), but I'm looking forward to when Dusty and Bella can feel it too.
Seeing Bella's reaction to having a baby brother or sister. When we asked her if she thought it was a good idea to have a baby brother or sister, she said, "It seems like a good idea." It will be interesting to see how she deals with having to share Mommy and Daddy's attention.
And of course seeing what this baby looks like.
In other news, we have been getting ready for Halloween. A couple weeks ago we went to a local pumpkin farm and picked out a few pumpkins. Bella had a lot of fun and picked out about 10 pumpkins. She only got to take one big one and three little ones home though. In this picture she is showing us how big this pumpkin is.
I also mentioned that Bella and I went down to Redding by ourselves last week so we could go down to San Fransisco with my Dad and Kellie. We went to Game 5 of the Giants/Phillies Series. This was for the NL Championship. We thought that this might be the last game the Giants needed to win so they could go to the World Series. We had a lot of fun at the game, unfortunately they didn't win and had to go back to Philadelphia for one last game (that they WON!) and they are now going to the World Series. We are very excited that we got to go to one of their home games. However, now all Bella can talk about is going to baseball games. After going to her second Giants game, she is now hooked (I'm sure my Dad is glad that he's made another fan after having hooked all his girls... ;) ).