On Thursday, we visit Victoria’s doctor and hopefully will hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time. They sell doppler listening devices and we are thinking about picking one up so we can listen to the baby’s hearbeat whenever we like.

On Friday, we go to Riverside and have our genetic counseling and a couple of tests. Basically they are going to tell us that our child will be an athlete when he/she grows up. (An Olympic gold medalist.) 😉

I’ll try to record the heartbeat and get it posted this week (if I figure out how to use my phone).

Victoria and I went back to the gym tonight for the first time in a while.  Let’s just say it is the first time since we found out we are parents-to-be.  (Truth is, it has been months since either one of us has set foot in the gym.)  I worked out by myself and Victoria went to the Dyna-Moms class.

Dyna-Moms is an aerobics class geared towards moms-to-be and new mothers.  Our doctor’s office recommended it and it lasts one hour.

I  worked out for the first 1/2 hour by myself and then ventured upstairs to watch Victoria.  (No, I wasn’t tired from my workout — I just wanted to see how Victoria was doing.)  😉

She was having a good time and made a couple of friends while she was there.  They all saw me in the mirror and gave a wave to me.  One woman took a break and asked me to join in.  I declined and said I would just watch.  I don’t know, something about squatting on a big red ball and breathing deeply just didn’t appeal to my manly side.  So, I turned on my iPod and watched Victoria.  I began to dream about our future gold medalist that is growing inside Victoria and how this first workout was going to shape his or her life.  Ahh, I can see it now — I am going to be one of those “lunatic Little League parents” that is all nuts about his child.

Nahh, I am just having fun with you guys!  😉

My mom is officially in baby-mode. Here are a few more outfits she picked up.

Victoria and I spent the day together. The weather has been gorgeous here lately (low to mid 80’s and sunny). We had breakfast outside this morning and then went up to Newport News park for a paddle boat ride. We took a few pictures there and then came home and cooked out. We spent some alone time on the hammock and now we are just listening to Dave Matthews and sitting on the deck. I thought this would be a good time to update the blog some too.

Here are a few pics of the Mom and Dad to be on the 4th of July.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful and safe 4th of July.

Victoria and I went to Kohls the other day to pick out some maternity clothes for her. While she was trying on some of the clothes, I wandered over to the baby section. I looked at a few outfits and came across one that I had to buy. Click here for baby’s first outfit from Daddy.

It is green (one of the gender neutral colors), so I felt I could not miss with this one. Most of you are going to think I want a boy based on this outfit, but that is not true. I am just hoping he or she likes golf and plays more often than my cousin does (where in the world is Buck Long?)

Victoria also picked out an outfit. The first one she picked out was pink (imagine that). It was cute, but I told her that we don’t know if it will be a boy or a girl so I sent her back to pick out a BLUE outfit (just kidding). 😉 I told her to pick out another outfit that was either green or yellow. This is what she picked out. Click here for baby’s first outfit from Mommy.