Inaugural Post - Chloe Jane (Week 16 in Utero)

Welcome to the inaugural post for Marshall's sister, Chloe Jane Loomis. Chris has his mind made up, which is very unlike him because normally he asks me 5 million times "are you sure about this?" And unlike me, who usually makes a decision within a few minutes and sticks with it, was indecisive on the name. But this time Chris' mind was very much made up and and he thinks her name should be Chloe. Lucky for him I concur. Chloe has a sort of spunkyness about it that I think this baby has. From the first sonogram where she just barely had an arm, seemed to be waving at us saying, like it or not folks, here I come.

We had our gender sonogram yesterday and it's official - it's a girl! The first image on the scree was her little legs spread apart. Unlike Mr. Marshall, who kept crossing his legs and we had to go to the sonogramist a few times before we found out his gender, our baby girl was so good and wanted to make sure that there wasn't a question in our minds that her room should be painted pink instead of blue. She is still very skinny since she is still so young, but she should start "porking" up soon - I definitely am!! The books say she is supposed to be 4 1/2 inches long at this age but she was measuring at about 5 1/2 -6 inches yesterday! Another tall baby? Who knew that two short people = tall genes!

I'm also starting to feel the first flutterings of her moving around. Chris and I are both so amazed at how quickly this pregnancy is going, but Marshall's just seemed to drag on forever. Maybe we were just so excited about the transition we would be making in our lives from DINKS (Dual Income No Kids) to a Family! I think it was the best decision of our lives. We are equally excited about our spunky girl's arrival in September.

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Baby Number 2 (Copied from Marshall's Blog) - Week 12 in Utero

Surprise! As you can see from the photo, we are expecting another baby on September 27th. For those of you doing the mental math, Marshall will be 11 months old when his sibling comes. It was quite a surprise that despite it taking us 5 years to have Marshall, we became pregnant within two months of having Marshall. We were so happy to have Marshall in our lives that we knew that we'd have another baby within two years anyways. BTW - you can get pregnant while breastfeeding! :-)

It was very convenient that we tried so hard to have Marshall that we had an extra pregnancy test laying around the house. It was an odd feeling to have so many years of negative results, and then to take one at 4am, which was the time I was waking up with Marshall at the time, and have it come back positive so fast. Poor Chris was out of town on business and so I called him and woke him up at 4 am to tell him the news. I think we were in shock for a while , but were both so excited that Marshall would have a playmate. It was especially ironic because Chris' mom had asked us a few days before when we were going to have the next one. She always knows things before we do...

When I tried to call the doctor's office to make an appointment, the receptionist was confused as to when to put me on the schedule since it had been a year since my last period, and had to put me on hold to call the nurse. My doctor's nurse picked up the phone and said - Oh my gosh is this Jane Loomis?! - Justine loves me. :-) It was funny going into the doctor's office for the initial exam because EVERYBODY we met said "Didn't you just have a baby?!" It's especially bad when the insurance person at the end of the visit says that they just closed out our previous claim.

At our 12 week visit, our sonogramist, who is really amazing and was able to predict the timing of our second miscarriage, said "don't paint the walls pink just yet, but it looks like your having a girl." Chris and I both had feelings that we'd have a girl. If the gender is confirmed at our gender sonogram on April 21st, we will be naming our baby Chloe Jane. Chris picked out her name (as I picked out Marshall's). Also when we get confirmation, I will make her (or him) their own blog.

Other Photos:

Week 7 (In Utero) Photos From First Ultrasound