Wednesday, July 21, 2010

And Then There Were 2 : )

So.....I am 22 weeks and finally had an ultrasound!! It has been a long haul getting to this point and I could write a book or at least a chapter ; )  on why I should just fly to India, deliver this baby, fly back and it would still be less expensive than having an ultrasound and a couple of blood tests without insurance....but i digress. Oscar and I took my mother-in-law with us because she had never experienced an ultrasound before (when you have all your kids at home with nothing but a little wine an ultrasound seems a little less important) and we got to see our second baby for the first time! The ultra sound tech looked at all the anatomy that she needed to check/measure, etc and then with no warning announced:


We are so excited at the thought of two little boys running around and know that God has and is forming him to be the perfect next puzzle piece to our family, us to be the parents he will need and Tennyson to be the super big brother I know he will be. So there it is folks....baby #2 is a boy and weighs approximately 1 lb 1 oz right now.  He was moving quite a bit during the ultrasound with one of his arms resting on his forehead and is in a breech position right now with his head close to my belly button and his body resting on the cervix (had to get some stats in there so we can remember by reading one day). 


Monday, July 12, 2010

To Blog or Not Blog...That Has Been the Question

So...this is the my first official blog post! And yes I will be using a lot of these: '.....'. Just hoping my English majoring, very word savvy, always grammatically correct husband won't be reading many of these ; )


My 20 week Dr.'s appointment was today and everything has been progressing as it should. I've heard the heartbeat 3 times now which is always so crazy to hear! I forgot to ask the first time but the second time the heartbeat was in the 170's and this time it was 150 bpm. A bit slower than last time but the Dr said as time progresses the baby's heartbeat will get slower. This time Tennyson got to hear it...he was super excited about hearing his little sister or brother's heart and I was super excited seeing his excitement.  I'm gaining about 2 lbs in between my appointments (every 4 weeks at this point) and we finally have an ultrasound scheduled for next week when we should find out the sex of the baby! Any guesses on what it will be? Will it be a girl? Or another little wild man like this?