Week 20 Ultrasound

Last week, Shannon and I went to her OBGYN for the 20 week ultrasound to determine the gender of our child. All along, Shannon has thought that our baby was a boy, while I thought it was a girl. Well I guess you shouldn't bet against a mother's intuition, because from about the second picture that popped up on the screen it was apparent that we are going to have a baby boy. From all of the metrics performed so far, the baby is healthy and growing, just a little above average, while the heart is beating at 145 bpm. We feel very blessed to know that the baby is healthy. As for a name, we are still deciding on that. The boy shall be William something, since from what I have been told we have had a William White in at least 7-8 successive generations, and I am the last of my branch of the White family tree. Once again I would like to thank you all for your support and prayers.

Shannon

Shannon is beginning to show as she has now entered the second trimester of pregnancy.

House Update

Shannon's parents came into town Friday afternoon for a weekend at the new Maison Blanche or Casablanca (whichever you prefer).

They brought Shannon's grandfather's table that we are going to use as a dining room table.

They also brought down the matching couch and loveseat to Shannon's black leather chair.

We had a great weekend with Les and Susanne and thank them very much for bringing down the furniture and some libations I requested (Bad Penny, Hell's Angels, and Cheerwine).

Baby White Update

Shannon and I went to our scheduled appointment yesterday with the nurse midwife at Shannon's OBGYN's office to go over lab results, general information, and to hear the baby's heartbeat. All of Shannon's first round of blood work came back normal. The midwife gave her a referral for more blood work to test for genetic abnormalities and what not to be done next week. After going through the results, the midwife advised us that it may be hard to detect the heartbeat at first since babies often move and "hide". No sooner than she had said that, our baby's heartbeat was coming in loud and clear at around 150 bpm. So far so good, according to the doc and the midwife. Shannon's return appointments are set for September, including an ultrasound at the end of the month to find out the sex of the baby. We are very excited as we travel down this road. Thank you for all of your support and prayers.

The Move

Well we closed on the house on Wednesday, July 22nd. Thanks to Bruce for all of his help with the loan and to Seide realty for their help with the home buying process. We moved on Saturday, July 25th. Thanks to Justin, Kristen, Chad, Julie, Courtney, Matt, Chris and Allison for their help in packing, moving and unpacking. A special thanks to my folks for helping us pack, move, unpack, clean, and get setup. We like the house and the neighborhood a lot. We are still in the unpacking phase and will be for awhile since Shannon and I are quite busy with work right now. Shannon's folks will be delivering us some furniture later in the month and it will be great to see them.

Baby White

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am officially going to be a dad. Shannon's due date is February 11th, which is very close to her 30th birthday. Below are pictures from the first ultrasound. Our little gummy bear was 9 weeks and 4 days old when these were taken.

New (to Us) House

Shannon and I are in the process of closing on a house near Gainesville. The house is in a gated subdivision/golf course community. We are very excited about buying the house and the pregnancy. A lot of good things seem to be happening to us right now. Below is a video tour of the house produced by our realtors. Thanks to all of the folks that have made this happen: my folks, Bruce, Bonnie and Kathleen to name a few.