18 weeks and It's a.......

BABY GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow.... it seriously feels amazing to know I have a beautiful baby girl growing inside of me. We took a last minute gender reveal picture to post on FB....

The scan went well as far as I know. I do have to go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound because they didn’t a good measurement of her heart. I did see 4 little chambers beating though so I think that’s a nice reassuring vision to keep. I just keep looking on the bright side, at least I get to see our baby girl again. Maybe this time I’ll get a different tech and we can get more pictures! The same tech I always get just gives me two little ones… I want the ones of her feet that they took too. Those cute little feets that I can’t wait to kiss!

I was so nervous going into the appointment. I just wanted to see a healthy baby in there with the heart beating away. She was super active! The tech asked us if we wanted to know what we were having, of course we did! She told me that they usually didn’t look for the sex until after the scan was complete. However, she got a pretty good shot of the inside of the legs (the money shot) closer to the middle of the scan and asked us “Do you see those three little lines in between the legs?.... Looks like it’s a girl!” I cried so hard. I was shaking the table and the tech had to remove the wand until I stopped crying. She goes “This is why we don’t tell you until the end, here are some tissues.” Lol…. I don’t care, I was so happy to finally know! After she showed us that shot, she showed us another really clear shot and froze the screen and goes “Here we go, there’s the perfect shot right there! Congrats on your girl!” I was ecstatic.  Daniel was so happy too, he kept kissing my hand the whole time afterwards.

My visit with my friend was really fun, she was happy to be there for our appointment. I called my sister before we came out to the waiting room and told her that it was a girl. My mom and my sister were also convinced baby was a girl, so they weren’t very surprised, but also very happy.

I got our first little outfit for her! I’m thinking it’ll be a nice take home outfit. I just have to get some hand covers and a nice little hat for her to wear. We already have the perfect little grey shoes to go on her… they were the ones we used in our reveal picture.

We also got two more pictures of our sweet girl!

That is so my chin....

She's waving again!! 

We are thrilled. I can't wait to meet her!!

This week, she is the size of a sweet potato! (According to the bump)

Your Baby: Week 18

Your fetus has become amazingly mobile (at least compared to you), passing the hours yawning, hiccuping, rolling, twisting, kicking, punching, sucking and swallowing. And, baby's finally big enough that you'll be able to feel those movements soon.

Symptoms: No real symptoms to report... other than peeing a lot. 

Food Cravings: We're back to Mexican food...

What I'm most excited about: Registering!!

Something I've done to prepare for baby: Bought our first outfit...

My Bump:  Here I am at 18w4d:



Week 16 and 17!

Kind of a crazy week, I completely forgot to update last week and just decided to combine the two weeks. I'm totally thrown off right now, so many random things happening at once. First, we find out if baby is a boy or girl in 5 DAYS!! What??

Thanksgiving is TOMORROW! Wasn't it just a few weeks ago it was August and I was peeing on sticks?? I have the next week off for the Thanksgiving holiday and I also took Monday and Tuesday off bbeeccauuseeeee....

One of my best childhood friends flew into New York last night to surprise me!! Apparently her and my sweet husband have had this "Operation Surprise Teddi" thing going on since freaking September! I am not one that can easily be surprised, I'm pretty skeptical and pretty darn sneaky. Kudos to them for pulling this off, I seriously had NO CLUE.

Last night in the middle of the night, closer to 1am, my bedroom light flips on and I wake up (apparently yelling obscenities) and my bestie is saying "Hi Friend!!" And my father in law was standing there videoing my reaction... It took me a while to come to and realize what the heck was going on. I just sat there staring at them for a good 2 minutes until my father in law goes "Wake up, this isn't a dream!" So crazy, I am still in shock. So she'll be here till Tuesday and she gets to be here when we find out, so awesome!

Here is Becky.... friends since age 6/7... met in Sunday School

Sooo yeah, needless to say, I can't concentrate right now.

That could also be baby brain too, because I have found in the past few months that it is indeed real. Poop. Like I wasn't enough of a klutz already!

Last week the baby was the size of one of my favorite fruits... an Avocado!

Your Baby: Week 16

Watch what you say... tiny bones forming in baby's ears mean the little one can now pick up your voice. Eyebrows, lashes and hair are starting to fill in, and taste buds are forming. And, if you're interested, an ultrasound might be able to determine gender.

Ahh s/he can hear me!!

Currently baby is the size of an Onion....

Your Baby: Week 17

Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it. The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

Crazy insane how much the baby is growing!

Symptoms are the same from week to week so I'll just combine the two:

Symptoms: Headaches.... kind of subsiding, but still there.

Food Cravings: Nothing really that stands out.

What I'm most excited about: TUESDAY!!! The Anatomy Scan... totally excited..

Something I've done to prepare for baby: Nothing really new this week...

My Bump:

 

Here is 16 weeks:

 

 

Here is 17 weeks:



15 weeks!

 We officially have less than 3 weeks before we find out what baby is! I'm so excited... I feel like once we know the sex for sure we can figure out names, nursery theme and all that fun stuff! Maybe even register shortly, oh so fun! It'll feel so much more real! You know what else is making it feel real??

MOVEMENT! That's right, we have movement, ladies and gentleman! It started yesterday afternoon... I was at work patiently waiting for the clock to turn to 5pm and I started to feel little pokes or flutters... then again... and again... and then again... for about an hour intermittently. Seriously, it felt so amazing. I wasn't sure what I was feeling was the baby at first or just gas. Lol, if you know me you're probably laughing right now. Then today around noon I started feeling it again, same sensation, but more active and all in the same spot as last night. I'm pretty sure it's the baby in there poking away, "Mom, I'm getting hungry!" So we're eating chili right now... currently the thing I'm craving.

Currently baby is the size of an orange!

Your Baby: Week 15

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now out measure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb, though you probably still can't feel the movements.

Haha that's funny, cause I'm pretty sure I can feel them. Although I'm half way through week 15 already, well on my way to week 16!

Symptoms: Headaches.... ugh. I'm trying to stay as hydrated as possible though to help.

Food Cravings:  Salads with hard boiled eggs and croutons. Chili and anything spicy I can get my hands on.

What I'm most excited about: Picking out the baby furniture... decorating the baby room... Finding out of SHE is a SHE!

Something I've done to prepare for baby: Nothing really new this week...

My Bump: 15w4d