Sometimes I wonder where I get the “drive” to write this blog. Well, it is not too hard to figure out where I get it from, my Mom.

My mom (Grandma) has saved some of my favorite toys from when I grew up. Yes, they might be full of lead and probably would not get by today’s federal testing — but Connor has them to play with. From Major Morgan to the Weeble Wobbles, Grandma kept them for her future grandchildren.

Here is a posting on Major Morgan one of my toys when I was growing up and one of Connor’s favorites when he is over Grandma’s house.  Too me (now), it just makes an annoying sound.

And if you want to buy one, it is going for around $90 on ebay here.  (Grandma better keep an eye on those toys…Daddy might start to pay for Connor’s college fund by selling my old toys on ebay.)

Well, Grandma also kept my Christening bib and we were able to use it for Connor’s Christening at St. Jerome’s Catholic Church.  Grandma had it embroided with Daddy’s Christening date and Connor’s Christening date.  That is really special and is something we can hopefully pass down to the next generation.

Thanks Grandma!

Love,
Daddy

…to keep you interested. I promise to post more as soon as I have time.

We posted lots of new pics — please check out Connor’s photo gallery.

Click here.

Growing up as kids, my brother and I enjoyed decorating for the holidays (Easter, Halloween, Christmas). So, so continue a traditional from my child we decided to carve our pumpkins with Connor’s help.

You can see we kept him plugged up with his pacifier. This was to prevent him from putting any of the pumpkin shavings in his mouth.

And Mr. Pooh Bear made an early appearance with his newly carved pumpkins.

Enjoy!

Here is a funny story from our 4d ultrasound visit…

For nearly 42 minutes of the 45 minutes we were getting video of the ultrasound with Connor’s arm, hand, foot, and/or a leg in front of his face. He was covering one eye and sometimes both eyes. The ultrasound technician shook Victoria’s belly, pushed on Connor’s rear-end, and even gave Victoria a glass of water and 3 hershey kisses. Nothing could get him to move his arms away from his face. We all were getting a little tired (and maybe bored) seeing the same pictures over and over again.

Finally, my mom suggested that I tell Connor we were leaving in hopes that he would give us a glimpse of his cute face. I had tried to do a little father-son talk earlier but Connor didn’t want to listen (he was being stubborn like his mommy). 😉 Well, I think I was a little embarrassed from my previous unsuccessful attempt, so I decided not to give it another try. My mom suggested it again, but I just kind of shrugged it off. Well, she started to joke with us all and said, “Connor we are leaving. Connor we are all leaving now.” With only a couple of minutes left, the technician tried one more time to see him in 3D.

FINALLY, we saw his face without the arms and legs blocking our view! Everyone was thrilled and we got some great pictures of his face.

I warned Connor that Grandma can be sneaky like that. Grandma has been known to dress like Santa Claus and also to dress up like a ghost and horrify little kids. (Trust me, she horrified a certain little boy when she was “Casper” AND when she was Santa Claus.)

Well, here is a short video of the last 10 minutes (condensed into 7 minutes). Turn up your sound and have some patience for Connor’s debut. Around 3.5 minutes, you’ll see an unobstructed Connor.

Enjoy and we love you guys!

Donnie, Victoria, and Connor

Here is a 7 minute session of the 4d ultrasound.  Grab your popcorn, sit back, and enjoy.

I’ll put more on later, but need to edit the video a little (too long and quite a few bad shots).

I don’t have much time to post because I am heading out of town, but here are the pictures from this morning.

C.T. is a boy and the grandparents actually might know his name since I was doing a little baby talk in the belly during the ultrasound. (I had try to get him moving around.)

I’ll write more about the experience come next week!

Enjoy these for now…video next week.

Victoria, her parents, my mom, and I are all heading over to Virginia Beach to have a 4D ultrasound done.  Jaime was the first to tell me about this place and highly recommended it.  So we are going to make a day of it.  Don’t forget the popcorn.

For those of you who don’t know what a 4D ultrasound is, you can find out more here.

I’ll try and post the videos and pictures early next week.  We are very excited about Friday.  Victoria is a little bit nervous because she does not know what to expect (as far as the pictures).  I told her that everything will be fine and that Connor/Tyler is just waiting to be able to show his face for the first time.

Hopefully he will cooperate (assuming it is a boy) — stranger things have happened.  We will definitely get gender verification with the 4D ultrasound and hopefully some good video/pics.  I’ve told Victoria that the only thing I am worried about is that we just finished the All-Star themed room (for a boy) and might have to take it down and go with a princess theme.  Ahhhh, forget about that.  If he is a she, then she can be a softball/soccer/football all-star as well!

Love ya guys!

Victoria and I went to have some additional screening done today. Part of this screening process included an ultrasound and a couple of extra treats for us!

Baby Woodruff was cooperating today! We got excellent shots from the ultrasound. They are at the bottom of this posting.

One of the extras we weren’t expecting was to hear the heartbeat. The ultrasound device they have at this office was much more sophisticated and it was able to do infrared as well as pick up a heartbeat. The doctor flipped the switch and caught Victoria and I off guard. We heard the fluttering heartbeat — it was beating away at 156 beats per minute. That was AMAZING!

As I was writing down the stats on our future Olympian (156 bpm), the doctor then switched on the 3-D view on the ultrasound. Victoria said, “Look, Donnie!” I looked up and I was amazed. I actually started to tear up a little bit — what a proud moment for the both of us. I am still getting chills typing about it right now. I am going to be a “basket case” when it is time for the birth! Oh, well — that is what this experience is all about. Be sure to check out the print out of the 3-D view below. It doesn’t look quite as amazing as it did in person, but you can definitely make out the facial features and 1 or 2 arms.

The baby was quite active and was jumping around. Imagine lying on your back and bouncing up and down. That’s what he/she did a couple of times during the ultrasound. At one point, it moved its arm as though it was waving at us. Pretty cool!

What an amazing day for us!!!!!!!

Well here are the pictures (click on them to see full size):

3D Ultrasound here –>