We are having a little girl!!!!! We are pretty sure that we are going to name her Rose Ashlyn but we are going to think about it and toss out a few ones before deciding. This is the pictures from the ultrasound visit.
This is the best picture we got of her (in our opinion). This was one of the last pictures and I think she was getting tired of being so active during the beginning of our visit.
Our little princess already has such a personality; in this picture she is rockin' out. She has her thumb out, her two middle fingers bent and her index and pinky finger up like the devilhorns sign. She is quite the photogenic one. Her hands are at the top right of the screen, head is at the far right and the rest of her body follows to the left.
This is the "figure out the sex" picture. Her lil butt is at the far right of the screen, with her legs following to the left. She has them spread out. The 3 white lines are her "girly" parts. We weren't going to find out and went into the ultrasound as a united front that we were going to tell the lab tell that we didn't want to know (which we did). When it got to the sex part she told us to turn our heads so she could type the sex in. Neither of it thought it was fair that the doctor would know and not us, so we guessed and she told us we were right. The lab tech is 100% sure it's a girl.
Here is her foot and leg right before she kicked me. She didn't mind being pushed around but would kick sometimes to show her leg strength. After the lab tech told me that she was kicking me and showing me where; I could tell that what I've been feeling the past 1.5 weeks is her moving. Blake hasn't been able to feel her yet; but it's getting stronger so I'm sure he will be able to in a few weeks.
Rose is waiving to us in this picture. This is her arm and hand (lower left corner). She was VERY active during the ultrasound and the lab tech was having a hard time getting good shots of her.
This is another profile pic of her face. Her forehead is to the left, eyes & mouth following to the left. Like I said, she wouldn't stay still so these were as good as we can get. She was very stubborn and would not show us the front of her face; guess it's safe to say that this is our child!
This is probably the hardest picture to decipher; it's a picture of her nose, mouth, stomach and heart. The top of her head is not in the pic. At the far right, you will see two dark spots; this is her nose. Following to the left, is another dark spot; this is her mouth (open). The big dark spot in the middle is her heart and the four chambers in her stomach. A little creepy, I know.
She weights 14 oz and is bigger than the size of an extended hand. Her heartbeat is 147 bpm and all of her parts are functioning beautifully. The doctor is pleased with her progress and thinks she is healthy. I'm doing great; just having massive heartburn. To date, I've gained 20 lbs, so that's been really exciting. It's hard to believe how big she's gotten since the last picture, how fast she is growing and how fast this pregnancy has gone by! Hard to believe that in 4.5 months, we will be holding this lil bundle of joy. Our next appointment is in February; I think they will be doing a diabetes test, which I hear is really fun.
Blake is so pleased to have a lil princess. He called it from the minute we got a positive pregnancy test. He has decided that our first purchase will be a gun so he can protect his princess from little boys. He does not like jokes about our friends with boys saying they can be her suitor :) She already has him wrapped around his finger and it's precious to see how excited and ready he is to meet her.
