His name is official: TALEN WILLIAM STALLINGS!!!! Talen (because we like it) and William (Jeff chose to be named after Papa and his dad)!!!! I am just thankful he has an official name!! Soo stressful picking a name that he will have FOREVER!! We have his bedding too, but nothing much past that. Nothing much new medically other than they are now watching his weight. Apparently after his fair share of M & M's, McDonald's french fries, and ice cream, they think he is a little bigger than average.....Go figure, I don't get it!! :)

Hello everyone! Well, we have done 2 of the 3D/4D ultrasounds in the last week and a half to learn more or at least try to! The first one was with Dr. Stanley (perinatal specialist) on September 28th, but we couldn't see his lip or nose very well because he either had a foot or hand in front of his face, being bashful ! At the end he ended up just "palming" his face like a basketball!! :) However, we were able to look at the gumline which looked great and unaffected and then were able to get probably the best look at the palate until he's here and it too LOOKS to be unaffected!!! Woohoo!!! We are trying not to get too excited because it is still a possibility until everything is confirmed the day he arrives! On another note....he was measuring approx. 3lbs 1 oz.

Then, I went to Mom's office where she works (OB/GYN clinic in Denton) and we did another one a week later! He is now measuring 4 lbs. 2 oz. I am currently 29 weeks and measuring 32!!! OUCH!! We were able to get a great look at his nose and lip and I feel great about it all!! The nose does not appear to be very distorted, just a little pulled on the cleft side and the cleft gap seems to be pretty minimal!!!!!

Here are a couple recent photos of Talen and I , we are still working on Talen's middle name!! Decisions, Decisions!!!!!