Victoria and I went on a movie date last night and saw Knocked Up. My brother and Kristen saw this movie a couple of weeks ago and suggested we go see it.

One funny part was when she thought she was pregnant. She bought one of every type of pregnancy test and tried each one. Each one came back positive. Victoria and I got a laugh out of this because that is what we did. We tested twice with one brand and then we went and bought another brand with two more tests in it. So, we tested 4 times with two different brands of tests.

Another funny part (for me) was when the main actress was having the baby. She was yelling and cursing at everyone. The whole delivery scene was funny and I was laughing quite a bit. Victoria started out laughing and then it quickly turned to “oh my God” when they showed a couple of shots of the baby “crowning”. As I noticed Victoria was a little concerned, I toned down my laughter. It would have been great to watch our reactions during that scene… Me laughing. Victoria laughing. Me laughing harder. Victoria saying “oh my God”. Me realizing I should try to be understanding to Victoria’s feelings. And me laughing again. Victoria having a perplexed look on her face. Too funny!

I realize the movie is a comedy but there was a touching moment for me in the film. It was right after the birth and the new father walked out to the waiting room to announce his new baby girl to his buddies. That was a cool feeling and I can only imagine what it will feel like when it is happening to me. My buddy Tony has told me that there is no feeling in the world like seeing your child being born. Can we hurry this thing along? We are not even at 10 weeks yet….

Alright, it has only been 7 weeks since we found out about the pregnancy. We have been married for 3 1/2 years. In those 3 1/2 years before the pregnancy test, I think Victoria had made brownies only one time.

She now has bought her 3rd box of Duncan Hines brownies in the past 7 weeks (and I am hoping she makes them this weekend). I think we have a new brownie lover in the family. She also bought dark chocolate pudding and fudge pudding.  All this chocolate for her is out of the ordinary.

If my wife is going to make brownies every other week, I think me might have to consider a few more kids! 😉

Maybe I should start to track my weight on this blog too. I know, I can set a poll up and you guys can vote who will gain more weight during the pregnancy. 😉 Not a chance that is gonna happen!

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. 😉

Victoria has developed a slight “heat rash” on the backside of her knees.  It does not itch too much but we decided to call the Baby Fit registered nurse and see what she said.  She said rashes are pretty typical and to try Benadryl for a day or two.

We will try to post some pictures of Victoria in the next few days…we have been busy with the wedding photography business and pictures are usually the last thing we want to look at in our free time.

Victoria has not had much weight gain lately which is as expected.  The initial weight gain was probably mostly water gain.  She does have a bit of a stomach now and most of her pants and shorts don’t fit her anymore.  I know it is a little early to be buying maternity clothes, but she is going to have to do something soon.

The Chinese Gender calendar is reportedly pretty good at predicting the sex of a baby. This one says it will be a boy based on Victoria’s birth date and conception date:

http://www.thelaboroflove.com/chart/pred.html

Another link:

http://www.holodeck.com/pregnancy/chinese-cal.html

Have fun…

Be sure to vote on whether you think it will be a boy or a girl.

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!