We had the big ultrasound today and the baby looks completely healthy! We couldn't be happier!
We also found our the gender to 99.9% accuracy! We are having a girl!
We will post some pictures when I have time to scan them in and cut the video down to a reasonable size.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
The big ultrasound rescheduled
It looks like we won't be finding out the gender of Baby Cassady today. Unfortunately, our doctor had to reschedule the appointment for Thursday. We'll post after the appointment! Lenny and I were getting pretty excited - guess we'll have to maintain the excitement for few more days!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
STS-124
I am a very lucky girl! I just got told that I won a Space Flight Awareness Award for STS-124. That means that I get to go see the launch and spend a few days out at Kennedy Space Center as a VIP - plus Lenny gets to come with me! That's two launches in a row! I am so excited. I can't wait!
This award means a lot to me too. I have put so much time and effort into work and especially the Space Shuttle Program. I can't tell you how many weekends, holidays, late nights I worked before return to flight and during the missions. I've not taken vacations and missed a few things like weddings...I finally feel like I am getting recognized for some of it. Though I have loved the work (with the exception of a few hard days and a little stress) I really appreciate getting this opportunity!
This award means a lot to me too. I have put so much time and effort into work and especially the Space Shuttle Program. I can't tell you how many weekends, holidays, late nights I worked before return to flight and during the missions. I've not taken vacations and missed a few things like weddings...I finally feel like I am getting recognized for some of it. Though I have loved the work (with the exception of a few hard days and a little stress) I really appreciate getting this opportunity!
Dr. Appt
Hey everyone...I had a doctors appointment last week - just the routine check-up. Everything looked good. The baby's heartbeat sounded good and my blood pressure was perfect. The only problem is that I am still losing weight. The good news is that my nausea has started to wane - thank God! Hopefully that will change the weight loss...I have never had a doctor tell me to eat more food until now. How crazy is that?!
I also went shopping for maternity clothes and got a ton over the weekend. As most of you know I really hate shopping for clothes, but with the help of my friends Steph, Betsy, and Kylie I made it through. Seriously though - they all made it so much easier than if I had tried to go alone - thank you guys! Surprisingly, all the clothes are girly too, so watch out!
I also went shopping for maternity clothes and got a ton over the weekend. As most of you know I really hate shopping for clothes, but with the help of my friends Steph, Betsy, and Kylie I made it through. Seriously though - they all made it so much easier than if I had tried to go alone - thank you guys! Surprisingly, all the clothes are girly too, so watch out!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Big News
Set your calendars for October 4, 2008 - that's when we expect our very own little launch! That's right, Lenny and I are expecting! I am 14 weeks along today and I wanted to share the news with everyone. We are very excited and couldn't wait to tell you - that's why we didn't post for so long - we didn't want to spill the beans too soon.
So far, the pregnancy has been going well - we've had two ultrasounds and the baby looks really healthy. I have been extremely nauseous, but have been working through it the best I can. It is starting to subside and now I am starting to feel the pants get a little tight. I know all of you Moms out there understand - but it's crazy the way my body is changing - it's amazing though. Especially when we went to the second ultrasound. The first was cool and we could vaguely make out a small life like shape (it was at 8 weeks) and saw the heartbeat as a small flicker on the screen. But the second one, we could clearly make out the body, head, feet with toes and hands with fingers! The kid is pretty active too - I swear it was doing flips in there! I haven't felt anything yet, but I have been assured that it's only a matter of weeks from now. That ultrasound really made everything real. We do not know the gender yet, but will find out at the end of April when we have our full-up anatomy ultrasound.
It was a hoot telling our families - I think we had them completely convinced that children were not in our future. They are really excited though - I am pretty sure all of them either cried or screamed into the phone when we told them. I was also pretty cool to see my parents for the launch and talk to them face-to-face about it.
Anyhoo, check out the pictures of our little munchin and the video of the baby moving around!
So far, the pregnancy has been going well - we've had two ultrasounds and the baby looks really healthy. I have been extremely nauseous, but have been working through it the best I can. It is starting to subside and now I am starting to feel the pants get a little tight. I know all of you Moms out there understand - but it's crazy the way my body is changing - it's amazing though. Especially when we went to the second ultrasound. The first was cool and we could vaguely make out a small life like shape (it was at 8 weeks) and saw the heartbeat as a small flicker on the screen. But the second one, we could clearly make out the body, head, feet with toes and hands with fingers! The kid is pretty active too - I swear it was doing flips in there! I haven't felt anything yet, but I have been assured that it's only a matter of weeks from now. That ultrasound really made everything real. We do not know the gender yet, but will find out at the end of April when we have our full-up anatomy ultrasound.
It was a hoot telling our families - I think we had them completely convinced that children were not in our future. They are really excited though - I am pretty sure all of them either cried or screamed into the phone when we told them. I was also pretty cool to see my parents for the launch and talk to them face-to-face about it.
Anyhoo, check out the pictures of our little munchin and the video of the baby moving around!
This picture is from our first ultrasound - at week 8 - you can a peanut shaped kid between the white marks near the top right of the image - 14.2 millimeters long!
This picture is from the second ultrasound - week 12 - you can see the baby's face - kinda looks like spiderman!
This picture is from the second ultrasound - week 12 - you can see the baby's face - kinda looks like spiderman!
STS-123
Hello all - sorry it has been so long since we last posted (hint: the next post will explain some things). Anyhoo, on March 10 Lenny and I headed to Florida to see the launch of STS-123. My parents were staying in Florida for the month of March and wanted to see a launch. So after thinking about it for about 3 seconds, Lenny and I thought it was a perfect excuse to go. I got a causeway pass, which let's a civil servant (that's me) take 6 people on site at Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch from a long causeway that gives the perfect view. We were about 4 miles from the launch pad (that's pretty close actually). So my parents and my Aunt Sandy and Uncle Bob (they were vacationing in Florida at the time too) picked us up from the airport and we headed to Cocoa Beach. We had some lunch and caught up for the afternoon and then decided to get some rest - the launch was scheduled for the middle of the night. We headed to Kennedy Space Center at about 10:30 pm to get a good spot. And that we did - it was perfect. There were loud speakers that went over everything that was going on - both on the pad and in mission control. Then when the loop gives all the go/no-goes (all goes for this one) you really start to get excited. The Space Shuttle Endeavour launched at 2:38 am on March 11. It was amazing! Though the cloud cover only allowed us to see the Space Shuttle for about 30 seconds we could hear it for over a minute. A Space Shuttle launch is the most amazing, breathtaking thing in the world...I can't even begin to come up with words to describe it. The whole sky lit up like it was noon!
Needless to say it was an awesome trip and it was fantastic to see my parents and aunt and uncle, even it was only for two days. Check out some of the cool pictures we took and definitely check out the video my Dad took of the launch - notice that we didn't hear the launch until about 45 seconds after lift-off.
Everybody's getting excited -this is right before launch (from left to right - Lenny, Dad, Sandy, Bob, Mom)
Launch!
Sandy, Dad, and Lenny try out an Apollo Command Module - cozy!
Don't we look good is space suits!
Launch video!
Needless to say it was an awesome trip and it was fantastic to see my parents and aunt and uncle, even it was only for two days. Check out some of the cool pictures we took and definitely check out the video my Dad took of the launch - notice that we didn't hear the launch until about 45 seconds after lift-off.
Everybody's getting excited -this is right before launch (from left to right - Lenny, Dad, Sandy, Bob, Mom)
Launch!
Sandy, Dad, and Lenny try out an Apollo Command Module - cozy!
Don't we look good is space suits!
Launch video!
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