Theultrasoundwasgood Itsaboy

We got the ultrasound yesterday to determine the baby's gender and overall health. First of all, I've got to say that the poor boy was doubled over and looked really cramped. This isn't to say that Cyndi's womb is anything other than phenomenal, I'd just never realized how cramped the babies actually were.

Everything looks good so far. The spine was present, we saw some things that the nurse assured us were thigh bones, and I was able to pick out that his heart has four chambers, so that's all good.

Cyndi's doing fairly well. Her stomach's still not as stable as it used to be, but she's able to eat things now and she's looking more and more beautiful every day (ask Grandma Durney, she even said so at Thanksgiving).

I'm very lucky to have such a great wife and we're both very excited. The name we're leaning towards right now is Michael Peter Day.

P.S. The title of this blog post is a reference to an old geico commercial.

Edit: He was doing a face plant and refused to roll over, so we couldn't get a shot of his face, but here is how we knew it's a boy (he's basically sitting on the camera):

And here is a really cute one of his feet. I love this picture :)

Cyndi may go to Colorado

Cyndi's little brother, Hezekiah, was just diagnosed with cancer this past weekend. Her family adopted him in May and he's 2 years old now. They took him to the doctor because he was having troubles eating and was fussy. The doctor drew blood and told them he'd call them when he knew what it was.

When they got home, the phone was already ringing with the doctor telling them to take him to the ER. They found out he has a hepatoblastoma, which, as far as I can tell, is fetal cells left in the liver that become a cancerous tumor. It responds well to chemo and surgery, so the outlook is very good all things considered.

We're looking at Cyndi heading to Colorado to stay with her family while Ki goes through chemo. Her dad can only take so much time off of work and travels a lot and all of her sisters are either out of the country right now or going to school, so Cyndi's the only one that can take time to help her mom. We were going to have her quit her job in a few months anyway, so we'd just be moving that timetable up a bit. We'll know more after we spend some time with her family this weekend.

AF Cross Country #8!

AF cross country ran in Portland and took #8, which is a little disappointing since they were ranked #1 in the country beforehand. There was only one other team there that hadn't been to nationals before, so taking #8 was probably better than they could have expected.

Derek, my little brother, moved from #5 on the team to #4 and set a personal record on the course, so his individual contribution was really good. We're proud of him and we're pretty sure he'll get to go next year too.