Baby Doctor Visit

We had another doctor's visit today; the baby has turned head down! According to our baby doctor, the average length for gestation is 37 to 42 weeks; we are at about 35 weeks...

Baby's Baptism Date

We attended the baptismal class today with Jeffrey, the proud Godfather-to-be. It is now official: Despite the fact that we don't the baby's name or gender, we now know that the baby will be baptized on April 20 during the 5 p.m. mass.

Matthew's Knees

Recently, Matthew has been having lots of problems with his knee (it has been dislocating doing normal, every day activities) and made an appoinment to see the doctor. He found out that he tore his ACL (probably back in '93) and needs to get reconstructive knee surgery. We are hoping that we can get an appoinment before the baby arrives.

According to the doctor, he will be completely immobile for about one week after the surgery; will be on crutches for about six to eight weeks; can participate in limited activities in about six months; should be better than new in nine months to a year...

Baby Doctor Visit

We had a doctor's visit today. He thinks that the baby is transverse (perpendicular to the "head down" position), but since we are only in our 33rd week, this isn't much of a concern. The baby can get into the head down position as late as the 38th week....