Victoria had her first encounter with a smell she just could not stand. I heard and read that a women’s sense of smell is heightened during pregnancy. Well, last Friday night we were at a rehearsal dinner for a wedding and Victoria was quite bothered by the smell in the cafeteria.

Keep in mind that Victoria is not much of a “country food” person — she doesn’t like fried chicken, etc… The couple had fried chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, etc… I must admit the grease smell from the fried chicken was pretty bad. But poor Victoria just couldn’t stand it.

We had to stay and take pictures at the rehearsal dinner, so leaving was not an option. So, I ran out to the truck — got 3 or 4 mints and a bottle of water. Gave them to her and that seemed to do the trick.

They asked us if we wanted some food and we politely said no. We laughed quite a bit about it later. 😉

My soon-to-be daddy is trying to rush me along. In the ultrasounds, he circled the 6cm and said I was that big. Well, 6cm is 2.5 inches and I am only truly about 5/8 inch long at this point. If I am truly 6cm long right now, I suggest my dad find a sport’s agent and sign me to a long term basketball contract because I might end up being 7ft tall. 😉

I think Daddy was a little too anxious and didn’t listen to the doctor when I was measured.

Hopefully he will get the video phone working next time and pay more attention to my measurements. 😉

Victoria is over 100 pounds finally. When we went to see the doctor, they weighed her at 104 lbs. Victoria said some of that weight was from her shoes and clothes. I told her not to worry about it…

Alright, we just got new phones that take videos and pictures. I bought a micro-SD card so I could transfer them to our computer and post them on the Internet. I practiced just before the ultrasound and discovered I had to hit the SAVE button before I close the phone or the video would be lost. How hard could that be???

I took 2 sample videos and thought I was prepared. Forgive me Danny (my brother is in the TV industry)…

Lights, camera, ACTION!

Baby Woodruff’s heart was flickering away. The doctor was narrating the whole thing. She pointed out the head, arms, legs, umbilical cord, etc… Baby Woodruff was ready for his/her movie career and I was ready to be a movie producer (sorry Danny). Then the baby starts to move. The doctor was saying how cool that was and Victoria and I were amazed. We were so excited and I had it on video!!!! We just couldn’t believe it. Did I already say I had it all on video… All of it on video to share with all of you… Great, right? Nope. In my proudest moment to this point, I stopped the video and CLOSED the phone. (I didn’t realize it yet.) We continued to watch as the doctor took measurements. We kissed one another a couple of times and kept saying how amazing it was. We were feeling great!

The doctor finished up, told Victoria to get dressed, and left the room. I started to take the phone out and this is when it hit me… I CLOSED THE PHONE WITHOUT SAVING THE VIDEO!!!!! aaarrrggghhhh I can’t believe it. Victoria has been telling me for the 2 hrs not to worry about it.

Oh well…I am still upset about it. We will probably have another ultrasound in 6-8 weeks and I hope to be better prepared then. Until then, enjoy this story and the pictures I posted earlier.

Love you guys!

Here is a video of Victoria waiting for the doctor to come in. We must have waited 10 mins for the doctor finally to come in, but it seemed like forever. Even Victoria was a little nervous and saying “where’s the dang doctor.”

Here is a video of Victoria just prior to the ultrasound — there is nothing on the ultrasound screen.

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…and it is just one. No twins, triplets, or others (thank God). The baby was moving around in there — it was so cool to see. I had it captured on my video phone, but I’ll write more about that in a bit. The doctor pointed out the head, arms, heartbeat, and legs. It was cool.

We have a couple of pics and we will put them online and annotate the best we can.

There is a heartbeat and the doctor said it is right on track based on its size. So the delivery date will be around January 30, 2008 . We were so excited and just thought it was so amazing to see the little baby moving around inside of Victoria.

We are proud parents-to-be.

Baby Woodruff’s first pictures:

We have less than 24 hrs before we see the first heartbeat.  Victoria and I have been waiting anxiously for this and can’t wait until tomorrow.  I’ll scan in the ultrasound printout(s) tomorrow evening for all to view.

Everything is moving so slowly…  Where is the fast forward button on this journey?