Video Palooza

It occurred to me today that I can post videos in these little blog entries and that I have not yet shared any.  Most of my Jamie videos involve my iPhone since I can't ever remember to have anything better handy, so they are not the best quality, but I think that they give a better picture of this kid's personality than anything I say.  So I will try to integrate them into future updates, but in the interest of playing 'catch-up', here are a bunch all at once.

Here is the first time I heard his heartbeat when I was almost 10 weeks pregnant.  My OB told me not to look for it a day before 10 weeks but I couldn't stand it and tried at 9 weeks, 6 days.  Success!

I may have been slightly obsessive about this for a lot of my pregnancy.  I had ordered the doppler during a previous pregnancy which resulted in a miscarriage.  The doppler arrived the day after my surgery.  It was heartbreaking and I found using the doppler to listen to Jamie's heartbeat quite cathartic.  I was so nervous about having another miscarriage, that I listened to his heart daily until I was well into the second trimester.

Here is one of me trying to get Jamie to smile at 2 weeks.  Notice the smirk:

and again at 5 weeks:

We bought him a little play mat with a kick piano at one end.  He loves kicking his feet and was thrilled to hear a 'product' when he did.  Here he is at 5 weeks:

and on the same mat at 7 weeks:

One day while my Mom was watching Jamie, he spent the afternoon blowing bubbles at her (14 weeks old):

And finally, this is probably the best sound in the world.  I don't get it quite as easily as my husband - I think his beard has something to do with it (4 months old):

Hopefully in the future, I will remember to include videos in my posts.  Of course I also have to remember to post more often, but I'm convinced that having a baby does something to your brain chemistry that induces forgetfulness of all things not related to the immediate satisfaction of said baby.