Getting ready for baby!

Thanks to the wonders of technology (and weekly ultrasounds ordered by the doctor) our family gets a 3-D sneek peek at it's newest member.

(the twisty-looking thing on the side of her face is the umbilical cord)

"No, I'm not having twins!"--is a phrase that Mommy has been saying a lot lately in response to the rather inconsiderate queries of strangers.  Yes folks, there's only one baby in there--one baby and her olympic sized swimming pool of amniotic fluid (fluid retention is a common and rather uncomfortable side effect of gestational diabetes).  This picture was taken at 37 weeks.