I had gone through all his toys that are up here in the toy box, sorting and cleaning them into different piles (throw away, give away, take back downstairs, keep up here) in anticipation of Christmas being here in just a couple days. By the time I'd finished that and then the cookies, I was beat. Fortunately Kara and John were back from her appointment at the hospital by the time the last sheet of cookies went into the oven.
Twenty minutes later Stirling wanted to go out and make a snowman. He asked me - sorry, dear, I don't want to.
He asked his papa - nope. He then went in and asked his grampy who apparently said yes. :-) Stirling got bundled up and while he was waiting for grampy I took a bunch of photos.
He has suddenly decided he doesn't want his picture taken any more. Finally grampy showed up and out they went. I took a bunch of photos and following are some of the better ones. 
Here is a photo of the 4-D ultrasound they did today on Baby. 
Baby seems to be doing great now, but the final answer if he/she is growing fast enough will be on the 30th at that appointment. However, the doctor has told Kara she cannot go back to work and she is on schedule for having doppler and ultrasound every week until birth (unless baby suddenly becomes 50% or more or something I would guess), and a more indepth ultrasound every 3 weeks where they measure everything. I just keep praying Baby is not damaged by all of these. Kara said today when they started the doppler, Baby just went nuts, kicking and pushing more than she's ever felt. Even the tech commented and asked her if she'd just been to Starbucks or something. :-) No, Kara had just had lunch half an hour earlier, that's all. The tech had a hard time getting the doppler because Baby kept grabbing hold of the umbilical cord, which messed up the doppler results each time. She commented that all that movement meant that Baby is healthy and it's good. Baby is moving a lot more than Kara remembers Stirling moving, which is interesting because he never stops moving now...! Makes me wonder how this baby will be in 5 years. :) :)
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If it makes you feel any better, I had an ultrasound at almost every appointment and it doesn't seem
to have had any negative effects.
At this point Kara is having 2 ultrasounds every week, plus one doppler and 2 non-stress tests. I'm praying that after her results are known on the 30th that they will reduce the number of everything. I understand intellectually that these are needed right now, but I still am not in favor of them in general for reasons I've written about before. I'm actually glad I'm a Calvinist because internally I'm all torn up about it and just keep praying that all will work out fine. I don't know how people live without knowing that God is in control of all the details!
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