New Pictures of T-Rex/Bean/Cletus/Punkin!

Yes, those will be the names we will be chosing from when this child comes into the world! So last week, one of my friends at work who works in Labor and Delivery let it slip that they have an old ultrasound machine up in the department...she had already done one on our other friend that's a few weeks farther along than me. So guess what...we decided it was time to play with the machine! In our last ultrasound we couldn't really see a whole lot of movement, and I was dying to know what was going on in there, so it didn't take much to twist my arm! The machine is pretty old, and we weren't looking for anything other than movement, so no, I don't know what the sex is. So here are the pictures! It was so amazing to watch it moving around in there. I could have watched it all day. It really had a fascination with its hand! In the second picture, it's just kicked back, loving life, just chillaxin with its hand on its forehead. I'm thinking that if it is a girl...drama queen. :) I wonder if the hand on the forehead thing will carry over to when it's out in this bright world!? And the third picture is a front view of the baby's face. Tom is convinced that he/she has a mohawk. Kaden and Cooper will be proud! :) So there's our sneaky little peek at T-Rex/Bean/Cletus/Punkin! Hope you enjoyed, we sure did! We have our next appointment on December 30th-that's when we'll find out the sex! And it's Dad's birthday-I don't think I could think of a better present! Although chocolate covered cherries are hard to beat! :)

My Slowly Growing Baby Belly

So I'm 13 weeks now! Second trimester here we come! There haven't been too many updates to write about lately. I had an appointment on the 6th with the prenatal nurse. It was very basic, pretty much like a normal "first" appointment where we just chatted and she gave me a bunch of reading materials. That's it, not too exciting! I'll have my first appointment with my doctor on the 21st...you'll get a kick out of her name....Dr. Beer! Ha! At that appointment, we'll schedule my next ultrasound! That'll be the ultrasound we find out the sex! It'll be scheduled right around Christmas. I'm guessing somewhere between Dec. 18th and Jan. 1st. I'm hoping it's before we come home for the holidays!

Well, I have been very anxious about seeing some of my baby-growing progress. It has been slow-going! I know there are lots of people who didn't show for a long time, but I'm just getting so impatient! I guess I should enjoy it while I can. I'm sure I'll be miserable soon enough! Last Friday I was complaining to Tom that I couldn't see anything and explaining my impatience. I lifted up my shirt and his eyes got big and he said, "Um, you have a bump." So I looked in the mirror and low and behold, there it was, little but there! I can't see it at all when I just look down, but when I look at my profile in the mirror, it's a little more obvious. I've only gained a pound or two (depending on the day, lol), and all my clothes still fit okay. When I wear regular clothes nobody believes I'm 3 months preggo. I guess that's a good thing! My time will come... Anyhoo, here's some pictures. I took the first one at 6 weeks. That pooch is my pre-preggo pooch, I'm sorry to say! :) I took the second picture this morning at 13 weeks 1 day. There's not a whole lot of difference, but there's a small one! As soon as it becomes more obvious, I'll post another one.