We went to the doctor today and she estimated me at 5 weeks and 4 days. The appointment went great and she spent a lot of time with us (1 1/2 hours). She told us about different tests we can have to see how this baby is developing. We are going in for the first ultrasound this Friday. She knew Charlie was leaving on Sunday for school so she wanted to make sure he got to be there for the first ultrasound. She said the baby was going to look like a blob, but there is a good chance we can see its heart beating. Also around 12 weeks I am going to have a ultrasound that has a lot of detail, its a Nuchal Translucency Screening Test. It just looks for abnormalities, and then if something is wrong we will have further testing. I can't wait to see my little baby on Friday, it will just make this so much more real.

Today we went and visited Landon. His plaque is up in the Angel of Hope. We took a picture so everyone could see, they use glue to put them up so right now pieces of wood are holding it in place. Also, I about had a heart attack when we saw Landon's grave today... Everything was off!! We looked around and everything was off all the graves. Now, I know on the first Tuesday of the month everything has to be off the grave for maintenance, but thats not until next week. So I was freaking out a little and we went to the office, apparently a letter was sent out 3 weeks ago saying everything needed to be off yesterday since they were putting in Winter grass. We never got the letter, I was ready to cry, but then she told me everything was out back still... it had not been thrown out yet. So we went and collected all of his belongings and brought them home. They can't go back for 4 weeks. But as soon as I can take them back, I will. I'm just glad we went to visit him today, otherwise all of his things would be gone.

Angel of Hope

...you can see the plaques in the background...

Landon's plaque