Gender Revealed! (Week 20)

At 9am on Friday, November 11th, 2011, Dave, his mom and I went to our baby's 20 week ultrasound appointment. Our long wait to find out the gender is over... we found out that we are having a BOY!

The ultrasound technician made sure to ask us twice, as to whether we wanted to find out the gender, then she showed us an image of our baby which made the reveal. No questions there. We are having a boy. I laughed about it a little in disbelief, as this is to be my parent's seventh grandson. We have yet to buy any little dresses on my side of the family.

Now that we know the sex of our baby, we can start thinking about names, looking at cute little boy outfits and other baby items to get ready for a our little one to arrive. We couldn't be more excited, nervous, overwhelmed, and happy. I have been enjoying my pregnancy and thinking about him growing and developing inside me. It's hard to believe I'm now half way through creating a baby.

I love this picture where you can see his spine:

and this one, where it looks like he's smiling at us:

Anticipation (Week 18)

Today is the start of my 18th week. From what I've read, our baby is now about 5 1/2 inches long and weighs about 7 ounces. He or she should be able to hear us now. I feel like I should start talking to myself (or to the baby) more so he/she can get used to my voice. I did read the baby a free book that I downloaded on the ipad, "The Little Engine That Could". I felt silly and when I was done, Dave said I should speak more clearly. It's true, I actually thought about that as I was reading, I really should use better annunciation. I was slurring all my words together, mostly because I wanted to get it over with once I had started, but also because I tend to do that.

Two more weeks to go until our next ultrasound and we get to find out if it's a boy or a girl! I'm so excited to know which it is I can barely stand it. My mom said that they didn't have the technology to tell her what sex she was having when she had us. Yet, with all five kids, she knew what she was having and brought either blue or pink to the hospital. I don't know how the heck you would know?!