11/6/09 ultrasound results and new house!!

For those of you who are also following me on my Totsite, this is going to be a repeat of the same journal entry I just posted over there. :)

Our first ultrasound was GREAT!!! We were looking to ensure that there was at least one viable embryo in place. We were able to see the amniotic sac and the yolk sac, which will go on to form the placenta later. There was a second blob? spot? something in there that the ultrasound tech didn't focus on, because this one was easily visible and, like I said, we were just looking to make sure there was at least one viable embryo in there. The other thing could be nothing, or it could be another embryo. We're going to look at it in closer detail next week.

Speaking of next week, we're going back next Friday for another ultrasound. This time we're going to be looking for a heartbeat. I can't wait!!

In other news, we had our home inspection on Thursday. For the most part, everything was fine. There were a few of minor things. The furnace is dirty, most likely because of all the construction that was going on during the renovation, and he recommends us getting it cleaned out. There is also some weird setup where a previous owner had a PVC pipe running underground from the back yard into the shed and had a heavy-duty extension cord going through it. We're not sure what that was all about, but it's obviously not up to code. It's easily remedied, though - just pull out the extension cord and cap off the pipe. The counter in the master bathroom wasn't screwed down, but that's another easy fix. The emergency relief valve on the hot water heater didn't have a pipe to direct the runoff toward a drain, but instead was just a valve, which is another easy fix. The inspector also pointed out that there aren't any exhaust fans in the two upstairs bathrooms (not a huge deal, they both have windows) and that the garage door opener that was installed was pretty ancient, but there was a newer one lying in the floor of the garage.

The only major thing that the inspector identified was that not all of the electrical wiring was in conduits. J and I looked up the code for the city we're moving to, which said that low voltage doesn't need to be in conduit, and since pretty much all of the wiring inside the house is low voltage, that would seem to indicate that the wiring doesn't need to be in conduit. I guess we're going to have to wait until we get our final report (we're still waiting on it, but we hope to get it tomorrow) to find out for sure what is going on there, and to try to figure out what we're going to do. We're also waiting until tomorrow to find out the results of the radon test - the radon guy couldn't set it up on Thursday, but he was supposed to go back yesterday to set up for the test and he's supposed to pick it up tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be in the clear there. We're also waiting to hear back about the results of the appraisal, which took place on Wednesday.

All in all, everything is progressing pretty well, for the most part. We're just waiting to hear the final result of the appraisal and get the report from the home inspection and the radon test, and then we'll be able to move forward with buying the house. We're also holding our breaths and crossing our fingers that our little tadpole keeps growing and that we'll be able to see a heartbeat next Friday!!