Ultrasound!

Photos will be forthcoming, look for them on another post within the next few weeks.

We saw our baby yesterday!!!!!!!!! It was really cool. Everything looks good and is growing at the right rate. We got to watch the heart beat--and they even did some cross section views so we watched the chambers of the heart as the blood pumped through. And the baby turned and wiggled and moved its arms for us. It was really amazing to see our baby like that.

One thing neither one of us was expecting was the 3-D view of the face. I hadn’t thought they’d be doing anything that detailed for a routine ultrasound, so we were surprised when the woman pulled out a different sensor and pressed a button and the screen said “loading 3-D image,” and after that we could see our baby’s face. That was really neat. They printed off quite a few pictures for us to keep.

They did think one kidney looked a little big, although they said that’s a pretty common thing and most of the time it slows down and matches the rest of the body before the baby is born. They’re going to do another ultrasound in 8 weeks to check on that.

For those who are wondering, we’re now at 20 weeks and they estimated the baby at 0.83 pounds. We’re halfway there!

Amassing tiny things

Dean and I went out to garage sales last Saturday and got some good deals. We got a changing table for $5, a baby bjorn baby carrier, and a heavier-duty backpack carrier. We also got some bottle stuff: a drying rack and dishwasher caddy. The rest of it was mostly clothing. Why pay $6-$10 for baby clothes when you can get them for $1-$2 apiece? Mom got annoyed at us and told us to stop buying clothing b/c people will want to give us things--but I don’t think we’ve gone overboard yet. To anyone who is thinking of getting us baby clothing: please buy/make things for the 3-6 month size at the smallest. I don’t anticipate having a tiny baby since we’re not small and we come from taller families, and a baby can always wear something oversized but not undersized.

The only things I’d been hoping for that I didn’t find was maternity clothes. Only one sale had some, and it was either too big for me or in a style that I would never wear.

Dean washed everything on Sunday, and it was weird to see all these tiny pieces of clothing spread out to be folded. One more moment that is driving home the reality of the impending baby. What with the stuff we bought and things we’ve already been given, we’ve got a lot of baby stuff around the house now.

Some people may have noticed Mom’s comment on the last post and seen the name Zaxxon. That’s what we’re calling the baby while it’s inside since we don’t know what it is. It came from a friend of Dean’s, and we thought it was funny and adopted it for now.