Carter's Luke's Baby Shower

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The ladies at my office threw a great shower for me, and I wanted to post some pics in part so my family can put some faces with the names I talk about.

This is Naomi, my secretary and dear friend.
(Please ignore the fat-face--I was puffy EVERYWHERE at that point!)
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Our receptionist, Janet, and me
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Deb (the only other female attorney in the office) and me
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Harriet and me.
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Harriet is my boss's secretary, so she ends up doing a ton of work for me as well. Harriet organized the shower, and did a great job.

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Sue (another secretary in the office) and me
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The gentlemen of the office, Ed, Mike and Tom (we were missing Max and Brian that day)
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This was my boss during the shower--always busy!
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It was really a great time, and meant a lot to me.

Gary Lucas Wallace

Introducing Luke Wallace, born via C-section July 23, 2010 at 8:06 a.m, weighing 9 pounds, 11.4 ounces and measuring 21 1/4 inches.

Obviously we had a last-second name change--it was really important to Alan to honor his dad, Gary, and we just didn't like the name Carter with Gary. We were still calling him Carter until the night before, and settled on the final name right before we went into the operating room. We really think it fits, though, and I am so happy because none of the names we had tried had clicked until then.

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We are over the moon. He is such a big, healthy boy--I could not be happier or more GRATEFUL. I'll add some more pictures and tell more about him in another post. I've got to feed my sweet hungry boy.

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3-D Ultrasound, Take Two: Carter at 32 Weeks

We went back to have a another 3-D ultrasound done last week, and Carter cooperated a little bit more this time. They were able to get a few shots of his face, but it is a little bit smooshed looking because I am getting farther along and there is less amniotic fluid, which apparently makes it harder to get a clear shot. Still fun to kind of see what he will look like, though! I do love the last picture with the little smile.

The ultrasound tech said he is (or was right at 32 weeks when we had the ultrasound) 5 pounds, 2 ounces, with a margin of error of 6 ounces. He is measuring 2 weeks ahead on everything except for head circumference, which is measuring 4 weeks ahead. I'm still holding out hope that I won't have to have another C-section, but everytime I have another ultrasound that hope fades a little bit. The doctor said that because he measured so large this time that I will have another ultrasound at 37 weeks to see how big he is and whether they think they should get him out of there early. I would be so disappointed, but I'm just trying to focus on the fact that I would get to see him a couple of weeks early.