22w2d

October 11, 2011

Dear Ava/Addison,

Yesterday I went to my 22 week check up to make sure you are still growing quickly and appear as healthy as possible. Dr Levine let me listen to your heartbeat which almost brings me to tears. Your little heart was beating at 155 beats per minute which is excellent! He said you are now two inches above my bellybutton, which means you are a little over a 1lb and about 11 inches long! He said that all of your features are developed and that now you just need to gain weight in anticipation for your entrance into the world in a few short months. Mommy and Daddy are getting so excited!


Next time I go to the doctor, on November 3rd, they’ll do a glucose test to make sure Mommy doesn’t have diabetes and then I’m on my way into the 3rd trimester! I filled out paperwork last night detailing what I want for your birth, who I want to be able to visit, and all kinds of detailed questions about your big arrival!! It hardly seems possible that just a few months ago you were a little bean and now you’re a person who can hear, move around and even do summersaults in my tummy!


Yesterday I was at work and a coworker came in and asked me if I had heard about Washington’s GET program- Guaranteed Eucation Tuition. Basically, it allows parents to set up a fund for their child where they can purchase credits towards college at the rate that is available today. That means mommy and daddy can start saving for you to go to college now and pay at a lower rate then will be available when you turn 18. Mommy and Daddy both went to college and feel it is very important for you to have the opportunity to go, as well. We want to be able to pay for it for you so that you can enjoy learning and planning your future without worrying about money. Both Mommy and Daddy were fortunate that our parents had sent aside money for us to go to school, and we also got scholarships. Daddy got a scholarship for playing football at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, CA. Mommy got a partial scholarship to study psychology at Central Washington University and then paid for her Master’s at Walden. They say that when you’re a grown up, everyone will have to have a bachelor’s degree and that it will be the new “highschool diploma”. If that’s the case, we are going to start saving now so you have lots of opportunities! Another neat thing about the GET program is that your family can buy you credits towards college starting this year, on November 1st. Mommy is going to put this on her baby shower registry so we can start saving now. This will hopefully be a great idea for your grandmas, grandpas, uncles and aunts as they try to figure out what to buy you when you’re still little babe!



Mommy and Daddy love you!!



Love,

Mom