Ultrasound it is

It's been much anticipated and the day is finally here. Today was Julie's second doctor's appointment for the baby. Visit started off pretty routine, Julie got a little routine physical and final verdict is mother-to-be is doing just fine. The second part of the visit was the first ultrasound, it was very easy to see the baby on the ultrasound and we got to hear the heartbeat. The baby is about 4cm in size and based on everything, the due date is locked in at March 21, 2010 as originally planned. Putting the baby at 11 weeks along, with another ultrasound will take place at week 20 (Where the sex will actually be determined). Julie's next appointment is at the end of September, nothing fancy happening at that appointment just a routine check-up. Now the part that everyone i'm sure is anxious for and that is the actual pictures from the ultrasound. I know they are not as great quality as seeing the original image, but atleast this way everyone can share in seeing them. Also if your not already a subscriber to the newsletter, you may want to look into it, cause in this newsletter is an exclusive look at the fourth picture. Remember if you are a subscriber, make sure its not getting sent to your spam folder.

Short Epcot trip

     Julie was originally planned to go on an away football trip this evening with her cheerleaders. Due to some paperwork issues they were unable to actually go on the trip or hold a practice today. Giving Julie the afternoon free with which we decided to wander over to Epcot for awhile and just walk around.
     We started out with a quick walk with a destination in mind of the Lotus Blossom Cafe in China (you can read about our meal at http://agardieff.blogspot.com/). We casually took our time and then it was off on a journey around the world. Our first stop a wander through China's large gift shop. Then came the walk around the world, a quick walk through Italy and off to Japan. In Japan they recently opened a new exhibit in the gallery titled: Spirited Beasts. Which is a look at Anime and the actual Japanese myths that inspired them. It has some neat little figurines to look at, but, if your not an Anime fan you'll find yourself in and out in a matter of a couple minutes. After Japan, we just kinda strolled around (debating Napoleon's in france...didn't happen still, too full) and a wander through the shops in United Kingdom.
     Having walked World Showcase it was time for us to make our way out of the park. Having to of course go through Mouse Gear and a browse at Pin Central. Wanting to say we atleast did something at Epcot, it was decided to do the big golf ball itself Spaceship Earth. Wait...also have to go through Art of Disney and look at all the stuff we'd like to buy and then realize we can never afford half of it. Finally, we ride Spaceship Earth and make sure we have a nice silly face for the on-ride photo and a randomly selected ending in which we pick things that describe neither of us. In a quick walkthrough (to tired to write more) that was our couple hours trip to Epcot.

Greetings from China

Reception Ceremony Videos

It took a little extra to get this weeks wedding video out here. Here it is the "Reception" video presented in two parts.

Wedding Ceremony Video

As promised this week I am pleased to announce the ability to view the "ceremony" slideshow I created for our wedding. This one was actually uploaded a different way and hopefully will be a little better quality. I'm also looking at reposting the "getting ready" slideshow to the new way to keep some consistancy. I hope you enjoy and as always, I look forward to any feedback or suggestions.

Wedding Videos

Roughly a year ago I started a pet project of turning our wedding photos that were taken into a video slideshow and for one reason or another they have never come together on DVD as I had originally intended for them to be. So for those who have not had the privledge of seeing these slideshows, I've decided to release them on here 1 a week for 4 weeks. I am very glad to have this blog and the ability to be able to get them on here and share them with everyone.

A Look Back

While we are between posts, waiting for Julie's next doctor's appointment, I thought it be fun to put together a little slideshow of us from the past, just to pass sometime and give everyone something to look at.

I'd love to hear back from you, if you liked it or didn't like it and whether or not you'd like to see more of stuff like this on here in the future.