Baby is Growing!

So glad he waited for it...

Yesterday morning we had our 13 week appointment with the doctor. When I got there the receptionist said the doctor was running late because he had to perform an "emergency surgery" that morning. So we waited...not long...but long enough for Matt to grow impatient. The night before Matt had debated whether or not to even join me for the appointment. Not that he didn't want to be there, but because he just wasn't sure how he was going to get all of his billable hours in for the month of February. For all of you who work on billable hours or are married to someone who does, you know the dilemma. And February is an especially hard month. So as we waited Matt got antsier and antsier. Finally it was our turn. We were lead to our room and within a few minutes the doctor was there with us. And that is when the magic happened.

Ultra Sounds are so cool. As first time parents we were expecting to see a blob (a larger version of the Lima bean looking things we saw a month ago) but what we saw was our baby, and he/she looked like a real baby. By the looks of it, we are going to have our hands full. Baby Dildine spent the few minutes we were watching doing flips, waving arms, and even touching (I like to say "scratching") his/her face. Even the doctor was a little surprised at the level of activity. He tried to get a sneak peak at the goods, but the baby moved every way except with legs open facing us.



I wish the pictures we have were as clear as the screen we watched in the office. Part of the blurriness is attributed to the quick movements of our baby. It was amazing.

So after the delay, Matt was so glad he waited. What a blessing it is to be able to check in on our growing bundle of joy. I don't think he will debate joining me for the appointment next month.


Enjoy the pics!

Dildine Family Highlights

In the nearly 2 ½ years since my last post…so much for “just doing it”…a lot has gone on. Here are the top 10 highlights in chronological order (I know…only 10 in two years. This is why I haven’t fallen in love with blogging yet):


1. Matt’s brother Josh proposed to Ms. Hilary Scott of Thousand Oaks, CA
2. Matt graduated from Law School
3. Kym graduated from Business School
4. Matt took the CA bar
5. We moved away from Pepperdine after 8 wonderful years to our hometown of Clovis, CA
6. We traveled to Italy and Switzerland (thank you Jerry and Lori for the wonderful time in Lausanne)
7. Matt started his new job at Kimble, MacMichael and Upton
8. Kym started her new job at ITIS Corporation
9. Matt passed the bar (yippee)
and finally…just yesterday
10. We announced that we are pregnant (10 weeks. Due September 2009)




As you can see, life has been so good since our last post.
Now that I will actually have something to talk about I may post more often. I love reading my friends blogs, especially our friends with growing families, detailing the adventures of their precious little ones. I am not sure anyone will care about what I write but I will follow the lead of the McDonald, Hassler, Snow, Wolf and Tidmore families and start documenting our journey into and through parenthood.