Getting Started

Well, with the belly growing and the ultrasound that tells us the sex of the baby right around the corner, we've decided to start this blog in order to easily share our experiences with our friends and family. We hope that you enjoy reading it and share your comments, as well.

We'll start by catching up on what has occurred in the last 19 weeks. If the doctor is correct, we conceived after a night of some good-old-fashioned turkey bowling at Skydive Houston... we'll spare you the details. Here, we've posted some of the turkey bowling pictures. These are the last known images of the care-free Scaife's that once existed...

Six weeks later, after wearing white pants, admittedly in a feeble attempt to "coax" out a menstrual period, a pregnancy test proved what was suspected... the Scaife's would be parents. We agreed to keep it to ourselves until we'd gotten past the first trimester, which is typically the most dangerous for the pregnancy, but one of us spilled the beans after only one day. One hint as to who it was.... he's bald. But he wasn't the only one... a few days later Kate received a call from her father to let her know that her mother had already made several phone calls to everyone she know to share the news. Apparently she concluded each with "and they're not telling anyone yet so you have to remember to act surprised."

At week eight we had the most wonderful experience of our first ultrasound at the doctor's office. It was the first time we got to hear the heartbeat and it was amazing. We've posted the ultrasound images here. Really, it looks more like a lima bean than a baby, but this is a work in progress! As magical as it was, the doctor visit was also a little unsettling because she performed a physical exam right before the ultrasound which poor Chris was not expecting and had never had the pleasure of being present for. He sat, seemingly content, reading a "Star" magazine, as if he cared who Lindsay Lohan's BFF is, but you could see the discomfort written all over his face.

As the weeks continued and the nausea came and went, mommy-to-be had given up nearly everything she once loved... coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, skydiving, being able to eat whatever she wanted without watching her ass spread, even deli meat for goodness sakes. The only good part about pregnancy, so far, is getting bigger boobs. We hope we get to keep them but, unfortunately, we realize that we're talking about the physical anatomy and not some cute little puppy that followed us home one day... We'll update you on the boobies sometime after the baby is born.

Now, here we are at the start of 19 weeks (nearly half way there!) and we're so excited. In five days we will know whether to expect a boy or a girl. We'll do our best to have that information posted here as soon as we can as well as additional updates in the future.