Auntie Shay here!!

As mentioned in the last post, I get the awesome privilege of sending out the latest update. There are two reasons for this: 1) Peanut (and mom, and family, are currently in Europe and I am house sitting) and 2) I was lucky enough to fly in on the day of their last doctors appointment. Lets talk a little about both of those things, shall we?

Yes, our precious little Peanut is a world traveller!! After coming to visit me in Canada just before Christmas, Peanut is off again, this time visiting Ireland and Rome. What a lucky little Peanut.

I arrived a few days before Peanut and the family left for a few reasons. Obviously I needed the run down of the house since I'm house sitting for the week, and even more obviously, I wanted to spend some time with my "bestie" before she left, but most importantly by arriving a few days early I was able to be taken straight from the airport to Shanna and Peanut's doctor's appointment. Last Thursday, I joined Shanna, Peanut and Jerad to hear Peanut's heart beat. It's was amazing!!! Here's the run down of the appointment:

-Shanna did not eat or drink enough the day of the appointment and got busted!! Why do I tell you this on Peanut's blog?? Because as Peanut's trusted blog readers I assume you all love Shanna and Peanut very much. Now, we all know how easy it is to get caught up in the busyness of a day and forget to drink enough water or eat an extra snack when needed, but this is so important when you're preggers. Although Shanna is usually quite good at keeping up, you officially have Auntie Shay's permission to check in and see how many bottles of water she has been drinking etc :)

-I'd love to tell you what Peanut's heart rate was, but quite frankly, I don't remember the number. I'm sorry Shanna can plug it in when she gets back. I will however tell you, the heart rate can still go either way right now, in terms of determining gender. Their midwives exact advice to Jerad was to be ready to buy a pink snowmobile helmet, so who knows!!! Nevertheless, the heart was healthy, and even more importantly, really really cool to hear. It really did blow me away!!!

Here's a few pics, of Shanna at the doctors, Mommy and Daddy, and the BABY BELLY!!!

Hope you enjoy!