Tuesday, May 29, 2012

16 weeks, boy or girl??

Well I actually should have posted this last Tuesday, May 22nd, but the last week of school was so crazy I never got around to it. But, 1 week late is better than never, right?
We went to our appointment last week, and as Dr. Strebel was nearing the end of all of her main questions, she turned and asked us if we wanted to find out your gender. We both said, "yes!" very quickly, without hesitation :). She told us that since we were the only patients there that she thought the room was open and that we could go ahead and take a peak to see if we could figure anything out! We headed down the hall and I got all situated on the bed. This time when we saw you on the screen, you weren't moving and bouncing about like last time, I'm pretty sure you were sleeping! You had your right arm tucked up by your head and your tiny feetsies were crossed pretty tightly (ironically, this is how your mama sleeps too :). Dr. Strebel started pushing up and down on my belly to see if she could get you to move, but you were pretty stubborn on your chosen position (looks like you may have gotten daddy's hard headed ness :). We couldn't get a great shot of the determining factor, but Dr. Strebel told us she could tell us what she thought you are. . . . A GIRL! She would only give us a 70% positivity rating, and told us not to buy anything just yet, but that was her official guess. I had to just take her word because I couldn't really tell what was what this time in the pictures haha. We go back Tuesday, June 12th to confirm yay or nay. We are just so excited that you were healthy and that we are one step closer to finding out who has been rolling around in my belly these past 4 months. Exciting exciting :)
16 Weeks 1 Day

Friday, May 18, 2012

15 weeks

I have been m.i.a. the past 3 weeks, I've been super busy but school is almost out (baby love, did you know I taught Middle School Special Ed? But I am not going back in the fall so that I can stay at home with you. . . One adventure to the next!) only 4 more days!
You have definitely gotten bigger, I read yesterday that you are now 4 inches long, the size of a navel orange. I've been feeling you every now and then over the past few weeks. On April 28th (1 day before my 26th birthday) I felt tiny baby flutters while laying in bed (felt like popcorn) and then on May 12th (1day before Daddy's birthday and Mother's day) I was sitting on the couch waiting for Sara and Laci to come over, and I felt 2 sudden kicks/movements down low! It surprised me so much that I yelped out loud (not because it hurt, but it is a very strange feeling at first to know someone is in there moving around!). I've noticed that whenever I eat pretty spicy things, that's when I feel you the most right now. Your Daddy is getting very impatient and is ready to be able to feel your kicks too :).
Today is Friday, May 18th, and on Tuesday, May 22nd (our 2nd wedding anniversary) we go back to the doctor and could possible find out who you are in there! I am hoping you are going to be in the right spot so we can tell if you or a boy or a girl. Your Daddy and I still don't have any guesses, but the growing consensus seems to be that you're a girl! We will just have to wait and see :)

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