Sugar & Spice and All Things Nice!

We had the ultrasound tech take our picture

Look very close and you will see PINK on that onsie! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!!!! We are so excited. Our baby girl is healthy, growing, and has us glowing:) She performed well this time and she showed off her private parts right away....The tech said "see those three lines?!" I just knew it. She even showed us a 3d image of her face and her face looks so dainty and girly! She was kind of hiding behind the umbilical cord, her arm and her hand though. I drank orange juice just before and it didn't kick in at first she was very still and then towards the end of the appointment she started to move a lot and turn all over the place. It was kind of funny to see the o.j. kick in! We are so excited and oh all of the little girly things I have going on inside of my head for this little one-she doesn't know what's coming!!

It's hard to see, but the tech put 3 arrows pointing at the three girly lines

You are so pretty Cupcake!

                                                                                                    

                                               

Seriously?!

I was supposed to post last Thursday after our Dr.'s appointment with the exciting news of a boy or a girl. Let's just say we left the appointment pretty sad. The tech did the anatomy scan starting at the head/brain and moved down. Note the baby was active the whole time (which is a good thing for this exam). Everything looked great and healthy. I was 17 weeks and 6 days and the baby was measuring a little small at 17 weeks 3/4 days-which is okay the Dr. said. Anyways, by the time the tech moved down to the genitals the baby was done showing off for us. It was sitting on its bottom 'Indian style' and not moving...stubborn you think?! The tech only tried for 20 seconds literally to see the genitals and since she couldn't she just gave up and said that was it! I wanted to cry! We anticipated this day for a very long time and nothing! I offered to change positions and maybe the baby would move, but she said no not today and that basically the appointment was up (it was only 20 minutes). I was so frustrated that she just gave up instead of trying...no compassion for her patients. Being an ultrasound tech myself, you don't give up if something is technically difficult, YOU TRY, REPOSITION, etc.. That's what we came there for.
      Needless to say we go back AGAIN tomorrow:) If we were able to wait months, what were a few more days?! I've heard many cases where patients have to come back several times if the baby doesn't cooperate to find out the gender, but in our case the baby was active for the first 15 minutes so she could have checked in the beginning. So we felt like she kind of cheated us by really not trying. I will drink oj before the appointment too to make sure we have a very hyper baby Cupcake! Thank God everything looked normal and healthy. We even got to see a few close up 3d/4d images of his/her cute little self and a DVD of the entire exam. "I can't believe you have THIS inside of you!" were the tech's first words to me as she put the probe to my belly. I am still hardly showing at all! It is crazy to think about if you think of it in these terms- 5 1/2" long fetus in a uterus supposedly the size of a cantaloupe right now and 4 1/2 months pregnant! Where's the bump?!
      So just like I said last time.....until tomorrow! I will post as soon as I get home!

What will it be...?

Onsies my mom mailed us!

We are so excited for tomorrow! We finally get to find out what Baby Cupcake is! Just for the fun of it I jotted down some "old wives tales" about gender prediction to see where we stand. I know they are definitely not scientifically proven, but I thought it would be fun! 

1. Chinese gender chart: Girl

2. Lots of morning sickness (girl), or not to sick (boy)?: Girl

3. Do you crave sweet foods (girl) or salty (boy)?: At first it was sweet, now its Both!

4. Is your skin clear (boy) or do you have breakouts (girl)?: Occasional pop ups every now and then-Girl

5. Is the baby's heartbeat above 140 (girl) or below (boy)?: Girl

6. Have you been more clumsy (boy) or graceful (girl)?: Boy

7. Age of conception and the year of conception-If both are even or both are odd (girl). If one is even and one is odd (boy): Boy

8. Carrying high (girl), carrying low (boy)?: Just finally popped so I can't really tell, but I would say low...? Boy

9. My "motherly intuition": At first I had no clue, but lately I really think it's a Girl

10. "Father's Intuition": He has no clue, but kind of thinks it's a Girl too!

Taylor thinks Boy

Allie thinks Girl

Landen thinks Boy but hopes for Girl

We shall see! Until Tomorrow........

16 Weeks and Running Out of Room!

Here is a video I took at work at officially 4 months/16 weeks. It looks like the baby is running out of head to toe space so that only tells me I'm going to start growing a belly any day while Baby Cupcake starts growing rapidly! 

Baby :

-appx. 4.5" long and 3 oz (about the size of an avocado)

-is forming individual fingerprint swirls and creases

-is growing toenails

-can likely hear noises, especially loud ones

-can perceive some light, even though the eyelids are still sealed

AMAZING!!