Happy Birthday, Matt!

I love you, best friend!

You're the best husband, and are already an amazing father.

Hope you had a very happy birthday :)

Love,

Gwynne & baby graham cracker

12 weeks 6 days

I had another doctor's appointment today. We were beyond excited - I still feel so amazed that this is even happening! She did another ultrasound, so we got to see the baby again! This is what we saw first:

It was mooning us!! It's definitely a Simmons ;) After the baby got that out of it's system, it started to roll over and cooperate. We even got a profile shot!

We were able to take a video again, which is always better than pictures!!

Our baby is about 2.3 inches from it's head to it's bum - and growing bigger every day! High five!

San Francisco

Last Thursday evening, we left for San Francisco! We went for the wedding of our friends Hannah and Josh, and were getting there a little early to spend Friday exploring the city. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans! This was our view on the plane ride to Atlanta (the first leg of our trip):

So, we were delayed in Atlanta that night, and ended up getting to San Francisco Friday afternoon. When we got to the airport in California, we were supposed to take the bus to our hotel in Palo Alto to drop off our bags before heading into the city... however, we accidentally ended up on the bus going the other direction... to downtown San Francisco! Poor Matt carried the bags around all afternoon so that we could see as much as we had time for.

The first thing we did was ride a cable car up to Pier 39!

It was a little foggy, but we could sort of see the Golden Gate Bridge from the pier! Pier 39 was full of restaurants, people, and seals! After we were done exploring, we walked over to Fisherman's Wharf.

After hanging around the piers, we walked up to Ghirardelli Square to get some chocolate!

It was amazing.

Then we had the best idea of the day: renting a GoCar! We had seen people driving around in them, and couldn't help but laugh every time we saw one. We had to rent one!

These little guys go up to 30mph and are pretty much like a small golf cart...

Once we watched the training video, we were set loose on the city of San Francisco!

After the GoCar, we decided nothing could top it! So we took the train down to Palo Alto to check into our hotel, and rest up for the main event the next day: Hannah and Josh's wedding!!

O Canada!

Last week we were in Vancouver, British Colombia! Matt went with Blue Sky to give a talk about the crowds in the movie Rio at Siggraph, an industry conference. I went to hang out!

After a long day of traveling, we finally got to our hotel. And of course, first thing's first!

When Matt had free time, we explored the city together. We went to Stanley Park first and walked all the way to the tip to have lunch. It was beautiful!

On Wednesday Matt gave his talk - this was the sign outside of the auditorium.  His talk was "Staging Carnival: Ray Tracing Crowds in 'Rio'"

On his way back to the hotel from a Siggraph party, Matt found himself walking behind this guy!

We also explored Gastown, and a few other areas.  Vancouver was a really cool city - it felt so open and full of life!  There were huge art pieces all over the city, and lots of fountains around as well.  But we were anxious to get back to New York to see what was happening with the house!

9 weeks 6 days update!!

We've been blessed with 3 pictures of our baby so far, and Gwynne is only 9-10 weeks along! This ultrasound was a mind blowing experience. I'm baffled by everything that is happening as our baby grows so much each day! This time, along with the sonogram, we were able to take a video of the ultrasound screen! Here is a video of our little gummi bear! Videos are sooo much better!

When we saw the baby move and dance around we about lost it! Both Gwynne and I have probably watched this video over 50 times, and every time it makes us laugh with joy. Can't wait for the next appointment! But we are loving every minute of the journey!

7 weeks

Today we went for our second appointment to see the baby! This time we got to see the heart beat for the first time. It was amazing to see just how much a few flickering pixels could mean to us. The doctor said our itty bitty child looks great so far! In this sonogram, the baby is the little grain of rice looking-shape holding the hula-hoop!

What a reason to start a blog!

WE'RE HAVING A BABY! It doesn't look like much yet, but the little black spot is where our baby is growing. Gwynne and I are ecstatic about our teeny tiny child, and want to share it with our loved ones! Sadly, even though we'd love it if we were next door neighbors with all of you, we aren't able to be. We hope to update this blog often, but would always love a phone call or visit over anything else! So be prepared for posts from either one of us as we embark on this new chapter of our lives!