Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound on Tuesday and everything looked really good. The baby was moving all over the place, some of which I can feel, but a lot of it I can't. We spent a lot of time trying to get a good picture of the heart because every time the tech would try to snap the picture the baby would move. (Oh yeah and the heart rate was 150.) We got to see all the little organs, hands, feet, arms and legs. Finally after all the necessary pictures, we checked the sex. They baby was acting a little shy when we were trying to see. She had her legs together and tucked up to her body. Notice I say "she." They say it is a GIRL!!! 98% chance of it being a girl, that is. The tech said, she saw no scrotum sticking out, but she did see echogenic lines which is what they look for to determine a girl. So the tech thinks it's a girl. I guess it's her job to know these things, right?? Well, we are half way to delivery, so I guess we will know for sure in about 4 1/2 months! I can't wait, and I think Lane is excited, too, with the prospect of a sister! We haven't really discussed names at length, but we think her name will be Chloe.

I had my 18 week check up today. I'm actually 17 weeks and 4 days, but whatever... Lane went with me, Paul couldn't make it. We finally heard the baby's heartbeat; it was 135 bpm. Lane was right around 150 bpm when he was inutero, but I don't know if that means anything. I guess "they" say that a slower heart rate is a boy and a quicker one is a girl, but we'll just have to wait and see. And on that note, my Ultrasound is scheduled in two weeks, so we might just know which kind of baby this is very soon! I am feeling better these days, but still really tired and almost weak feeling sometimes. I told the Dr and she ordered blood work for Anemia, so we should hear something in a couple of days. I will keep you all up to date as things progress.....

Halloween

Well, we had a fun and safe Halloween this year as we hope all of our friends and family did as well. Lane seemed to really understand to concept this year and he was excited about going Trick-or-Treating. There were a couple of houses that were decorated scary that he didn't want to go to, but for the most part he didn't let anything get in the way of the candy! We went with several of the neighbor kids and so that really helped out, too. Lane ran the whole time trying to keep up with the bigger kids. It was lots of fun! At the house, Paul handed out candy. We went through 6 bags of candy and then when Lane and I got home, we went through about half of his candy, too.

We have a Dr. appt coming up soon on the 13th. So my next post will be after that. Y'all take care and keep checking back in for new updates!