Nwe Year's Eve

12-31-00: Amy and George attend a concert in Oakland for New Year's Eve. Amy leaves shortly after midnight due to the smoke and heat in the concert hall...George stays behind to rock out.

Visit with the OB

12-20-00: Dr. Hamilton visit

Low Amnionic Fluid Index

12-11-00: Dr. McCallum does one more series of ultrasound because there is a concern about my AFI (amnionic fluid index) You can see her face in the sideways series and her hand under her chin pretty clearly in the last vertical shot - very cool! She looks very snuggly.

Another Baby Shower - Tea Anyone?

12-3-00: Baby Shower hosted by Tracy Desmond at Lovejoy's Tea House

Thanksgiving in Little Rock

11-17 thru 25-00: Amy travels to Little Rock for Thanksgiving and George joins from Wednesday to Saturday.

Dr. Schneider does an impromptu baby ultrasound for me

11-14-00: Top of her head ultrasound from Dr. Schneider

Baby Shower

11-12-00: Baby Shower at Sue and Mike Marston's house, hosted by the Marstons and Chuck Gutro

Chicago

10-12 through 19-00: Amy travels to Chicago to visit relatives before she can't travel pregnant any longer.

Mills Peninsula Birthing Center

10-3-00: George and Amy take a tour of the birthing facility. It is run by a very old woman who is so slow at explaining things, we duck out early!

It's a girl!

9-29-00: We have our 20 week check up with Dr. McCallum and find out we are having a girl. George looks pale and when Amy asks him what is wrong (he wanted a girl!) he says it all became very real to him. When we asked the technician how often he was wrong with his "prognosis" of boy versus girl, he assures us he is correct by pointing out female genital parts.

Taking the ultrasounds on the road

8-22-00: Mommy arranged for an ultrasound at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock, where Nana works so that Nana, Nonny, and Pop Pop can see the baby in action. Pop Pop was so nervous he had to leave the room during the ultrasound.

Second Trimester

8-17-00: First check with Dr. Hamilton in second trimester...heartbeat still strong.

Dave Matthews Bank at Shoreline

8-1 & 2-00: Amy and George see Dave Matthews Band at Shoreline. These shows sucked for Amy who felt ill both nights. The second night, Amy ate candy instead of dinner and threw up on the way home, having the leave the show before the encore and her favorite song.

Nucal Translucency Test

7-28-00: Nucal transluceny test where they check a spot at the nape of the neck of the baby to determine if the area is closing correctly. Shrimp passes this test with flying colors.

Jess at 10 weeks

7-20-00: Shrimp at 10 weeks, heartbeat is still strong. Amy has a run-in with a mouse at the Marston's house. The mouse bit into her toothpaste and then she told Dr. Hamilton about the incident and he had a blast making fun of the mouse concern throughout the entire visit.

Sanitarium Tour in LA!

7-15-00: Chris Rucker, Amy and George fly to LA to catch the Sunday night show of the Sanitarium Tour and to see Judd. Judd says that Amy looks pregnant. We also get to see XMen - George's favorite movie of the year.

Sanitarium Tour

7-14-00: Amy sees the Sanitarium Tour (Metallica, KORN, Kid Rock) at Candlestick

8 week ultrasounds

7-6-00: Shrimp at 8 weeks, Dr. Hamilton says that the heartbeat is very strong.

N-n-n-n-nesting!!!

6-26-00 - 7-21-00: Amy moves out of Duncan to Tracy and Nick's and also to Mike and Sue Marston's while Duncan is being painted - the nesting begins! Amy does practically nothing for the entire time she is at the Marston's except rest and let the baby grow out of the first trimester.

My last day employed outside the home for a loooonnnnng time

6-23-00: Amy's last day of work

We have a heartbeat

6-19-00: Shrimp at 6 weeks. George gets a great birthday present when Dr. Hamilton finds the heartbeat.

SKIRTS

6-16-00: George and Amy attend Erin's performance of SKIRTS at Dancer's Group Theater.

Lou Reed

6-6-00: George, Dan, Nick and Amy see Lou Reed at the Berkeley Community Theater. The music was so loud that Amy worries about the baby. She leaves their seats and tries the balcony, the inner lobby and finally lands in the outer lobby. Nick decides to leave early and takes Amy home with him. Amy tells Nick that she is pregnant on the way home as they cross the Bay Bridge. He was very excited.

Beginning of Jessica's baby blog

5-30-00: George and Amy entertain Judd Monoson and Maureen Doyle in San Francisco for Memorial Day Weekend. Maureen and Judd drove up from LA and once they took off to drive back home, Amy decides to get ready for work the next day. She takes a pregnancy test and realizes that she is pregnant.

We conceived the baby at Will Baggott's college graduation in Colorado Springs, CO. This is the second pregnancy at very high elevation. The date of conception is most likely 5-19-00. We make an appointment to see the doctor at 6 weeks to see if there is a heartbeat this time. We are very excited, but decide to try to keep this a secret until 3 months, just in case...