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We had our monthly doctor visit on Tuesday this week, one day before hitting 25 weeks. Everything looks great! We listened to the heartbeat, which was strong and steady. Measurements are right where they should be. The doctor was happy with the progress, so we’re happy too!

Pete finished his pediatrics rotation last week. He’s so great with little kids. Actually, a few weeks ago we were visiting our new little Goddaughter in Rochester. I got ready to hand her over to Pete but was very cautious, as many guys I’ve seen hold babies are a bit fumbly and unsure. Apparently, I had momentarily forgotten how many babies Pete holds in a day. He has so much more confidence with little ones than I do! He’s going to be such a great dad. As a parting gift from the docs on the peds team, he was given a little reflex checking thing (I know there’s a technical name for it, but I can’t remember what it is) in the shape of a giraffe! He said it’s perfect for giving nervous kids “giraffe kisses” to check their reflexes. Too cute!

This week Pete moved in to the emergency department. With the new rotation comes a much better schedule. He’s doing shift work and is only on call for c-sections. Yay for being able to have dinner together again!

We’re now at 23 weeks and have less than four months to go!

We did have a second ultrasound two weeks ago, so I need to get a couple new pics posted. Everything looked great, and the doctor kept the secret! I was so nervous that somehow we’d accidentally find out if we’ve got a little he or a little she on the way, but no such thing happened. Whew! We’re all in for a surprise in June!

Baby is growing and growing. This week the little one measures about 8 1/2 inches long (the width of a regular piece of paper) and is working its way up to 1 1/2 pounds. And yes, that means this mama is growing too. I’ll post a picture very soon, although I don’t feel like I look much different than the week 19 pic posted earlier. I’ll let you be the judge.

Everything else is going really well in Owatonna. I’ve been teaching for five weeks now and am getting into my groove. I work with a team of amazing teachers and my students seem to love the fact that their teacher’s having a baby. It’s all working quite nicely. I did have a nasty cold this week and took one day to stay home. I just have to say that I’m incredibly fortunate to have my own doc on hand. Comes in handy. Otherwise, I’m doing what I can to stay active since they say that a time will come when it won’t be so easy. I’m running a few times a week, lifting, and walking a lot. I can’t wait till it gets nice out so I don’t have to stay on a treadmill…but at least the gym has a TV! I haven’t watched this much Oprah in years!