Fetal Cardiologist

Today we had our appointment at Lehigh Valley Hospital with the fetal cardiologist. After waiting for what felt like forever, we got started. The tech was in serious business mode and was taking all types of measurements. They looked at all chambers of the heart, valves and major arteries and veins surrounding the heart. At one point, the tech said to the doctor "Oh here it is" and took some measurement. However after some more looking around - they told us that they do not see anything major. They are unable to see very small openings - so the baby may still have a VSD but they did not detect anything today. So the next step is to wait until the baby is born and check for a murmur. I guess that's not much more information then what we had three weeks ago. Nonetheless, I feel a little better about the whole thing. Now I am anxious and want December to get here quickly so the baby gets a clean bill of health. And once again we did not get any pictures! I think at one point the baby had his/her hand in his/her mouth.

Speaking of December - I set up another baby pool. The link to the pool is on the right hand side of the page. Click on the link, then in the box in the upper left corner, enter "baby_roy_2" as the game name.

Emma at 21 months old!

Today Emma turned 21 months old. It's hard to believe that she is so big already. She weighed 27.6 pounds the other day at the doctor's office. We took some pictures and videos to mark the occasion. Emma really cheesed it up for the camera today! Enjoy!

Summer Fun!

It's been a while since we've posted - so I hope to catch up on some of our summer events.

Today we decided to take Emma to Sesame Place for the very first time. Emma had a blast!

Emma on the balloon ride

Emma and Daddy at the Parade

Emma on Ernie's Bed Bounce


Emma and Mommy on the teacups!

Emma and Daddy on her first ride!


Emma at Elmo Rocks!
Roy Extended Family Gathering - August 14th

At the end of July we took a family vacation to Chatham, MA with Grandma and Grandpa. Aunt Liz, Kevin, Uncle Dan and Ashley joined us the first weekend! Emma went on a boat for the very first time to do some seal watching!




Emma, Mommy and Daddy on the trolley
Emma in Uncle Dan's Boat


Emma Dancing - July 25, 2010 - 20 months old!
Emma putting the doggies to bed with tissue paper blankets

Emma putting Grandma to sleep





Emma and Cousins - July 16, 2010
Emma at 19 Months June 25, 2010 - right before bedtime!



This summer we joined the YMCA near our house. Emma absolutely loves to swim and especially likes the splash pad! Check out the videos on the YouTube page!

Sonogram August 11th

Today we went back to the hospital to have another sonogram done in order to clear the spine since the position of the baby last week made that difficult. After taking a look at the spine, the tech moved on to check the heart. She spent what seemed like forever looking at the heart. And I knew something was not right. When she was done she told me what she thought she might have noticed - a small membranous ventricular septal defect - a hole in the wall that separates the ventricles in the heart.

The doctor came in to take a look and she wasn't sure either. So it looks like later this month we get to see a fetal cardiologist to get a clearer picture. According to the doctor and the tech, the VSD may or may not be there at all but they just want to be super cautious. Unfortunately they didn't give us any more pictures of the baby!

Baby Roy #2 - Week 21

On Monday August 2nd we had our big ultrasound. We spent over an hour getting all the measurements of the baby. Hearing the baby's heartbeat was incredible. The baby is measuring right on track - weighing in at 14 ounces. The arms and legs of the baby measured a week ahead. Not surprising! While the tech was doing the sonogram the baby had the hiccups. And of course the baby was being stubborn - they needed to take some images of the spine and the baby was laying on his/her back and would not budge. So we get to go back on August 11th to try again. We've also scheduled the c-section and filled out the hospital paperwork - yikes, we're going to have two children!!

Today for the first time Bryan felt the baby move!