Today was a good day

We woke up, got ready, and were at our ultrasound appointment by 8am. The ultrasonographer checked out our little baby from head to toe and things seem to be looking great. We heard that beautiful little heart beating away and saw our babe sucking it's thumb. Baby was kicking and moving all over but I can't feel a thing. Maybe in the next few weeks I'll be able to tell when the baby moves. We are so grateful things are looking good and our little peanut is growing well. The tech asked us if we'd like to find out the gender and I quickly said, "yes, please." Baby wasn't cooperating at first and the position made it a little hard.

Finally we saw one leg, then another leg, and a bum. Well folks, it's a boy!! We're thrilled, especially Sean. =) I love knowing what's inside me. It makes me feel like I can bond so much more with our child. I can talk to him and refer to him as "my son". I love it.

Here's me at 17 weeks.

Just kidding. Here's me at 16 weeks with a playground ball stuffed under my shirt.

Here's me at 17 weeks. Not nearly as exciting as the last picture. =)

I always liked seeing "belly pictures" of other gals throughout their pregnancies and wondered why people didn't post more of them. Now I realize why. You feel kind of stupid showing the world how your clothes are fitting tighter, your tummy is getting rounder, and the numbers on the scale are increasing. Oh well, years from now I'll probably be glad for the silly "belly pics" right?

A boy or a girl?

We have our premonitions but what do you think? Is our baby a boy or a girl? We have an appointment on Tuesday, July 28th to find out the gender of our little bundle of joy. We're so excited and will be happy either way. I don't know how people can be patient enough to have it be a surprise at delivery. That amazes me. I guess I'm not very patient or not into surprises very much. As long as baby cooperates, we're finding out the gender.