Today was suppose to be another big day.  It was, but it didn’t start out as expected.  We were suppose to hear the heartbeat using a doppler listening device.  Well, Baby Woodruff was not cooperating today.  Evidently, he/she has not moved up and out of the pelvic area just yet.  This makes it hard for the doppler device to pick up a heartbeat and makes for two very nervous parents-to-be.  The doctor says this is normal and that by our next visit, we will be able to hear the heartbeat.  Great…another thing I have to wait for.  😉

Jaime warned us that it would be hard to find the heartbeat and said it may take a little while.  After a couple of minutes of trying, the doctor decided to do an ultrasound so she could make sure everything was fine.  Again, it took a little while.  Victoria and I were starting to get nervous and then all of a sudden there he/she was — big head and the fluttering heartbeat!  That was a major relief for the both of us.

Previously, I promised that we would have the next ultrasound on the camera phone but I ran in technical problems this go around.  So, no videos this time either.  Most of you are probably going to think I am technically challenged and probably don’t understand how I can hold down my job if I can’t get my simple camera phone to work.

Victoria tells me I need to practice more with it.  Honestly, it recorded this time but when I tried to read the file from the disk it said it was corrupt.  If I have some free time, I’ll see if I can somehow get the files off the disk.

For now, just imagine a big head on the left hand side of the ultrasound screen and the heart just fluttering away.

Victoria weighed 109 lbs today and her blood pressure was 110/60.

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: