Today we went to Cedar Rapids for our second appointment, yeah! We actually met the elusive Dr. Joy Olsen and find her to be really nice and down to earth. We love that. It turns out that she is a very very busy lady and we have had to bend more to get appointments in the future, but so far so good.

At the appointment Dr. Olsen did a basic check over Scarlett and determined her to be doing very well indeed. Bun is growing and so is Scarlett (although you can't see it much) to accommodate the new resident. All of Scarlett's tests came back for the good, no HIV, no diabetes, no thyroid problems or anything else. They checked for blood type. Scarlett has O+ which is a good thing. This means that there will not need to be any extra shots because that is the universal donor... even if Bun gets something like AB- all will be well.

The most exciting news by far is that we heard the heart beat today. When Dr. Olsen first put the device on her tummy we heard a slow and calm heart beat... that was Scarlett's, but then we heard a rapid heartbeat that sounded most like an on-coming train, chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga-choo-choo! That was Bun!

Great news is, once you can hear the heartbeat there is less than 2% chance that the baby will not make it full term. It is official, there is going to definitely be a baby!

We set up two appointments to come... the next is just another checkup scheduled for December 10th and the next is very important.... on January 6th we will be having the ultra sound... which means we will get to know the sex! Yeah!

That is the news for now. Stay tuned as there is sure to be excitement ahead!