And E's little foot!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
It's a GIRL!!
Baby was a bit uncooperative during the ultrasound - apparently she's shy. She had her hand covering her face at first (though that moved with some fairly violent prodding from the tech) and her little legs were squeezed together pretty tightly, with the umbilical cord between them. The tech couldn't get a good look (but she said she had a guess at gender), so we had to wait on the doc. He came in and had a peek, and said, "don't paint the whole house pink" but he thinks it's a girl. DH asked him to be a little more specific, and he said he's 85% sure. So we're planning on a little girl in June, but we're also open to surprise! It's going to be fun. :)
The whole ultrasound was an amazing experience. We saw the four chambers of her heart, and her beautiful little fingers and toes, and her hand opening and closing. She was kicking the cord, and we could see that happening (and I could feel it too!). But the most amazing thing was just looking at that little person inside me and thinking, "this is our baby." It was so real. I could barely stop myself from crying several times, and DH choked up too. Again, it was amazing. We sat there staring at the screen and holding hands, in awe at the work God has done. It's funny how we prayed and prayed for this little one, but we never knew how much we would love her already. We haven't even met her yet, but there she was on the screen, moving around and sucking her thumb and kicking her cord. And we could hardly contain the emotion of that. I can't imagine how much infinitely more we will feel when she's here!
After we left the hospital we went out to lunch, and DH was telling everyone we met, "We just found out we're having a little girl." He was so excited. We were both on the phone with family and friends for a couple of hours, and then we headed to some baby stores to go shopping. We wanted to start a registry but the system was down... so we just looked around. We made a few decisions, and we're excited about that. Now we need to buckle down and get things ready, and focus on growing a healthy little girl!
The whole ultrasound was an amazing experience. We saw the four chambers of her heart, and her beautiful little fingers and toes, and her hand opening and closing. She was kicking the cord, and we could see that happening (and I could feel it too!). But the most amazing thing was just looking at that little person inside me and thinking, "this is our baby." It was so real. I could barely stop myself from crying several times, and DH choked up too. Again, it was amazing. We sat there staring at the screen and holding hands, in awe at the work God has done. It's funny how we prayed and prayed for this little one, but we never knew how much we would love her already. We haven't even met her yet, but there she was on the screen, moving around and sucking her thumb and kicking her cord. And we could hardly contain the emotion of that. I can't imagine how much infinitely more we will feel when she's here!
After we left the hospital we went out to lunch, and DH was telling everyone we met, "We just found out we're having a little girl." He was so excited. We were both on the phone with family and friends for a couple of hours, and then we headed to some baby stores to go shopping. We wanted to start a registry but the system was down... so we just looked around. We made a few decisions, and we're excited about that. Now we need to buckle down and get things ready, and focus on growing a healthy little girl!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Halfway there!
Today we're 20 weeks along, which I think marks halfway (the whole being 20 weeks pregnant and so in week 21 is really confusing to me).
Anyway, baby is an astonishing 10 1/2 inches long, head to foot! That's insane! And baby is 3/4 of a pound or so! Crazy! I can't wait to see how that all fits inside my belly... we get a look tomorrow!
I'm feeling really great. Occasionally I still get those icky pains around the edges of my pelvic bone, but it's OK because I know it's just baby growing bigger! There's no denying I'm pregnant now - The Belly has made itself known very well. But aside from the little aches and pains and The Belly, I don't think I feel that different. Well, except for the little person moving around inside me. That's different. The point is I feel really great. And we're halfway there!
Anyway, baby is an astonishing 10 1/2 inches long, head to foot! That's insane! And baby is 3/4 of a pound or so! Crazy! I can't wait to see how that all fits inside my belly... we get a look tomorrow!
I'm feeling really great. Occasionally I still get those icky pains around the edges of my pelvic bone, but it's OK because I know it's just baby growing bigger! There's no denying I'm pregnant now - The Belly has made itself known very well. But aside from the little aches and pains and The Belly, I don't think I feel that different. Well, except for the little person moving around inside me. That's different. The point is I feel really great. And we're halfway there!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
18 weeks
These are pictures from last weekend I'm just now getting around to putting up because I've been so busy. I think the belly's actually even bigger now, but here's a nice view of the maternity pants/sweater combo. :)
This is a picture from last week I'm just now getting around to putting up because I've been so busy. I think the belly's actually even bigger now, but here's a nice veiw of the maternity pants/sweater combo. :)
This is a picture from last week I'm just now getting around to putting up because I've been so busy. I think the belly's actually even bigger now, but here's a nice veiw of the maternity pants/sweater combo. :)
Our little soccer player
Last Saturday I took the day off from studying, and worked on setting up my computer (just got it back from the shop - they had to replace almost everything, including the hard drive, so I had to re-load a whole bunch of stuff). As I was sitting at the table, the baby started kicking. I decided to see if we could feel it, so I went to the living room where DH was, laid down on the couch with my head in his lap, and we put our hands on my belly, and waited patiently. DH was working on something on his computer, and he lifted his hand for a moment to type something. I moved mine to where his was (he had the prime real estate, low and center), and I felt a kick! On the outside! Poor DH - he was disappointed.
Two nights ago I woke up for some reason at about 5:30 am, wide awake. I started wondering what woke me when I felt some really strong kicks. These didn't feel like bubbles or butterflies, but literally like someone was poking me from the inside. I put my hand over the area, and I could feel them really strong on the outside too! It was so amazing. I leaned over and shook DH. He turned toward me a bit, with his eyes closed, and held up his index finger. I said, "Babe, wake up." He said, "Hang on a second." Amused at this point, I waited. A few seconds later he half opened his eyes. "OK, what did you want?" I said, "What were you doing?" "Oh I was listening to a phone call." I laughed out loud, and then told him he'd better wake up totally because baby was seriously moving. He put his hand over the area, and baby kicked again. I was so excited for him! He was like, "Wow! Was that the baby?" "Yeah!" "Cool." And he promptly rolled back over, presumably going back to his phone call. I love that man. :)
It was an amazing feeling, though, feeling kicks that strong. It was the first time I could really picture actual body parts kicking me. I could picture the feet I'm going to be kissing like crazy soon, kicking my belly. It was pretty neat.
Two nights ago I woke up for some reason at about 5:30 am, wide awake. I started wondering what woke me when I felt some really strong kicks. These didn't feel like bubbles or butterflies, but literally like someone was poking me from the inside. I put my hand over the area, and I could feel them really strong on the outside too! It was so amazing. I leaned over and shook DH. He turned toward me a bit, with his eyes closed, and held up his index finger. I said, "Babe, wake up." He said, "Hang on a second." Amused at this point, I waited. A few seconds later he half opened his eyes. "OK, what did you want?" I said, "What were you doing?" "Oh I was listening to a phone call." I laughed out loud, and then told him he'd better wake up totally because baby was seriously moving. He put his hand over the area, and baby kicked again. I was so excited for him! He was like, "Wow! Was that the baby?" "Yeah!" "Cool." And he promptly rolled back over, presumably going back to his phone call. I love that man. :)
It was an amazing feeling, though, feeling kicks that strong. It was the first time I could really picture actual body parts kicking me. I could picture the feet I'm going to be kissing like crazy soon, kicking my belly. It was pretty neat.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
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