Ultrasound Day

Last week we had an appointment to check on our little one.  Got to hear the heartbeat, which is always wonderful.  They told me I was measuring 6 weeks ahead, so 20 weeks, even though I was supposed to only be 14.  So they had us schedule an ultrasound.  They didn't seem worried about anything, in fact, they seemed to assume maybe we were just further along than we thought.  Of course, I still got a little worried, and looked things up when I got home.  Most didn't seem too bad, although I did come across a few sites that mentioned extra amniotic fluid, which COULD point to some problems, or could be nothing at all.  A lot of places I looked made me wonder if we were going to have twins.  :)  I had been extra sick this time, and had even jokingly told Jess there must be 2 babies in there.

We had to wait almost a week, and finally had our ultrasound today.  The lady was by far the best we've been to, plus her office smelled REALLY good.  Ha.  She was awesome, and so nice, and talked us through everything she was doing.  A lot of times they seem cranky if you want to know anything about it, and you don't get to find out if everything is okay until your next appointment with your doctor.  

Anyway, there was only one baby in there, a very healthy one, AND they only moved our due date up 5 days.  So October 2nd(or 3rd she said, but on all the pictures we got it says the 2nd so I'm going with that).  We got lots of cute shots of the baby, and even a disc with the whole ultrasound on video.  The most video we ever got before was like a 2 second one at Cason's ultrasound.  Even though we're not quite 16 weeks yet, she got a nice clear shot and told us what we're having too.  :)  During the ultrasound Neely said "So cute.  The baby wants to go to school!"  Haha.

Little front view:

Profile:

Profile with the cute little fist up by the mouth:

Legs, crossed at the cute little ankles.  Pretty casual.

 One of the feet, with a big toe that kept spreading out to the side, another monkey toed family member. Paige heard me say that and looked nervous.  I realized she thought the baby had actual monkey toes.  Haha!

Finally, the gender shot.  She told us she won't tell people unless she's sure, but that this time was a "definite".  She even said "It's a good thing you're finding out, I don't think I could've hidden it from you with this shot."

A boy!  Everyone was so excited.  Especially the big brother.  So cute.  He smiled so big.  I always kind of thought we'd alternate.  That was whether I was pregnant or not though, so I never really had a feeling about what I was having before.  This time I totally thought it would be a boy.  I think Jess is the only person I told though.  I figured I'd be wrong if I told people, so I just pretended not to have a feeling if anyone asked.  Sorry if I lied to you.  :)  People kept telling me get ready for another girl because I was so sick, and I just went along with it, but I really just felt like it was a boy.  I only ever crave protein too, so that made me think boy also.  I have no actual reason to think that means boy, I just felt that way.  When I was pregnant with Cason I kept leaning toward boyish colors and crib bedding and clothes, but I figured that was just because I'd already gotten to do the girl stuff with Paige.  Not because I had a "feeling" necessarily.  With Neely I bought girl onesies before I was even pregnant, just because I saw them and felt like I was going to need them next time.  But I wasn't even pregnant yet, so obviously not a real feeling.  I think I just had that idea in my head that we'd alternate.  When I was actually pregnant with Neely I didn't think I knew either way at all.  I also bought some boy onesies in Target with Tyra several months ago for the same reason for this baby, again before I was even pregnant, and just because I loved them.  Ha. I also love run-on sentences apparently. 

We're so blessed, another sweet, healthy angel baby, and 2 of each!