Aloha!
We went to the doctor this Wednesday! Tamika’s test all came in positive, and she’ll be signing up for a sonogram soon.
The coolest part, though, was listening to the heartbeat! The doctor came out with a plastic wand attached with a wire to a speaker. She rubbed some conductive gel on Tamika’s tummy and pressed the want first on her right side and then on her left. It crackled and popped through the speaker as she moved it.
Finally, we began hearing a faint sound. The doctor adjust the wand slightly, and suddenly we could hear it! It was a very cool sound. It almost sounded like PacMan, going WOWwwWOWwwWOWwwWOWww… Tamika’s was deeper and slower in the background, going WUUMmmmmmmWUUMmmmmmWUUMmmmmm…
Later that day I bought a new camera! I found a Canon EOS D20 (a digital SLR). I know I said I was going to go for the D30, but I realized that the ONLY upgrade between the D20 and the D30 is a /slightly/ larger screen. That’s it. For a difference of about $300. The really should have called the D30 the “D20 Mark II”. But anyways.
I got a really good deal too. The camera came with a 4GB memory card, a case, another extra smaller memory card, and (the coolest part) a beautiful 28-135mm lens. The lens is Ultrasonic (which means it’s REALLY quiet when it’s focusing, you can barely hear it) and also has Image Stabilization (which means that is has a gyroscope built into the lens, that keeps the camera steady). The image stabilization is great for me, because I hate lugging around a tripod in all the crazy places I go to take pictures. It helps keep shake form your hands or even your heartbeat making a blurry image.
The seller was a guy who owns a moving business, so if you need a mover (even if you need a truck for moving your stuff from your house), make sure you check him out. His name is Javier, and he bought the camera originally when his daughter was born (I saw pictures of her; she’d beautiful!).
I’m finally able to come off my hiatus of taking pictures! No more film for me! 🙂
The images at the top of the post are a few tests I’ve done so far.