Where's the Buddha?

Okay, Marisa, Becky and Emily...this post is for you guys! I have gotten a few "subtle" requests for the infamous belly pics (I love looking at them too, but not when they are of me)! Here we are at 28 weeks! Only 12 weeks to go! It doesn't seem possible!
The last week and a half, Russ and I were convinced that this baby wasn't going to wait that long. For those of you that don't know, I starting having full uterine contractions, but they have not been "frequent enough" to concern the doctors TOO much. They performed a fetal fibronectin test at my most recent visit to see if I was at a "higher risk of delivering in the next two weeks". Luckily the test came back negative, but they are keeping an eye on me and will continue to perform this test every two weeks until the contractions go away, or until we have the baby. So the good news is we are still able to travel...for the next two weeks at least!!! Houston...here we come! Everyone is doing well and we will keep you posted with any updates!

Oooooooh, We're half way there.....

Hard to believe that we are well into the second trimester and at the 20 week/half way point! Today the three of us loaded up and headed to the imaging center for my ultrasound. The tech could not have been ANY nicer, and we couldn't have ask for better behavior out of Lexie. The ultrasound lasted 45 minutes, though I could have stayed for hours! It is so unreal to see the baby moving, all ten fingers and toes, the heart beating, and everything progressing like it should! I told the tech that if I could get an ultrasound ever day I would!

During the first ultrasound, the baby's heart was beating at a rate of 167bpm...now it is 148bpm, (all well within the normal ranges!!!) and is tipping the scales at 10oz!!! The head circumference, abdomen, and thigh bones all measured on track for a June 12th arrival. The tech said that everything looked great and by all accounts healthy! While I wish we would have gotten pictures of some of the other images, here are a few good ones!


This photo is the first profile shot we saw...what a cutie pie already!!!


Another profile shot...if you look half way down the picture on the right hand side, you can see a foot! And between the forehead and the nose you can see some fingers!



This shot shows the baby in deep thought...that is a hand just above the baby's eye! It was amazing to see this live...it started to scratch a bit and you could see every little finger!


So tell us what you think...it is a boy or a girl??? We will have to wait until June to see if you are right!!!

Sneak Preview!!!

I have been meaning to post these photos since the end of November, but finally got them scanned into the computer! As you all know, Lexie is expecting a sibling in June and here is your sneak preview. These images were taken toward the end of the first trimester. We have another ultrasound scheduled next week which could potentially allow us to find out if Lexie is going to have a baby brother or sister! (I am convinced it is another girl...I guess we will know for sure in June!) I will be sure to post pictures so you all can try to guess for yourselves! (PS...Emily...you will have to secretly email me if you/Keith guess...since you all have an advantage-he is a radiologist;)


The photo shows the fetal heart rate...167. It was down to 153 at the last check up (for all of you that buy into the old wives tales).





This image shows the Crown to Rump Length...I was measuring 11 weeks and 2 days according to the baby's growth. I think the length was 4.46cm!!! So tiny!



you can see both feet in the top picture below and one tiny little hand in the bottom picture!