Photos, car seats and more

The last week and a half has been pretty busy. From the last post, the doctor was a little concerned about Janelle’s cervix. She’s been taking it easy – as easy as a 2nd/3rd grade teacher can take it – coming home from school and putting her feet up for the evenings. We went back to the doctor this past Monday, and her cervix was the same so they thought all would be good. Told her to continue to take it as easy as possible, and in two weeks she can get back to her regular routine. We’re currently at about 33.5 weeks (out of 40, normally). Janelle now hits the doc every other week for a couple times, and then will be every week until we finally meet Coop.

We’ve also bought our car seat and stroller (thanks JJ!). In typical David and Janelle fashion, we researched which was best, talked to it seems 100 people and had decided on a Chicco travel system that has the stroller and infant car seat together. We got it home, put together and it’s ready to go. We still need to get another base for David’s car, but at least now we will be allowed to leave the hospital when Cooper finally arrives.

Last weekend was also our photo shoot. At the St. Joe maternity fair, Janelle won a maternity package at a local photographer. The package includes the sitting fee and one 8” x 10” print for each stage of Cooper’s early days – one maternity session, one new born session, one three month, one six month, one nine and one year old session. I think…maybe there’s not that many, but it’s something like that. Anyway, we went to Carlisle Photography in Georgetown last Saturday, and Michelle was a blast to work with. We just got our proofs in, so if you want to see the maternity pics check out http://carlislephotography.smugmug.com, go into the proofs section, select our name and use the password cooper. (I doubt anyone really wants to order any maternity photos of us, but if you do, or want any of their baby pics on down the road, just let us know. The pricing list is on the website.)

That’s all for now. Enjoy the pictures…we’re off to buy a playpen.