Friday, April 17, 2009

Baby Update and Easter Weekend

From these pictures, it's obvious that we had another ultrasound! Because I tested positive for a blood clot dealy, my Dr. had me go to a 32 week ultrasound today. We're nearing the end of the 32nd week, Monday will be the start of our 33rd. We got ALL GOOD news! She is definitely a GIRL! For whatever reason, my brain just wanted one more confirmation as the nursery is all green and pink, all her clothes are pink and her name is stenciled on the closet door! One of the first things we got to see was a little white line past the exterior of her cranium and they told us that it's hair! Our little baby girl already has a little hair! That was fun to learn! Her heartbeat is perfect and she's 4.5 lbs. They're predicting her to be 7-8 lbs and even if 8 is on the big side, I'll take is as long as she doesn't come out the 10.8 lbs that Gregg did!

The above pictures are of her face. The one of the top was the last one they took with the 3D camera. It looks like she has lots of bumps on her face, but we were told that it's all umbilical cord, so no worries! You can see where her little eyes, nose and mouth are! Gregg said he's happy it looks like she got my chin... we'll see about that! :-)
The above pictures here aren't as clear. The top picture is of her foot (heel on the right). You can really only see her big toe on the left and her second one is almost hidden. We're just hoping the other 3 are also hidden! :-) The bottom picture is the hardest to see and even I can't really tell now that it's printed out. It seemed a lot clearer when we were there. Her head is on the left and she's holding up her hand. It's kind of hard to tell how her hand is configured, so I would say that's the hardest picture. So, it was LOTS of fun! The only other thing she told us is that I'll have to stop taking the Aspirin at 37 weeks so that I am able to get an epidural. Other than that, everything looks really good! :-)

We went home to Wyoming over Easter weekend and a friend had a Baby Shower for me. There was a great turnout and LOTS of generosity. We feel so lucky for all of the extra help! It's so fun to get to share this with all our friends and family!

That's a picture of all of us on Easter! We had a great Easter with the Joneses getting our Easter bag of goodies and going on the Easter Egg Hunt! Gregg played the Easter Bunny (on Chez's dime) and hid all the eggs filled with chocolate! It was a great weekend. The family even had a little jam session. Gregg's been into playing the guitar lately. He has an old guitar of his Dad's and has been learning to play a few of his favorite Christian songs. He says he's getting ready to play them for Kaylen! Awww!
Well, that's it for the updates! We're going to Sears tomorrow to get a few pictures taken of Baby still in the womb! I have our last Baby Shower on Monday with all the ladies from the Court. Sounds like it's going to be a great turnout! Should be lots of fun! Other than that, we're still just doing all we can to get ready!

1 comment:

Doug and Steph said...

Diaper party was fun! When the girls are away, the boys will definitely eat pizza and watch Hot Rod. Those pics of your baby are so cool. I'm always amazed by those 3D pics. Not too much longer Jenica! It was good seeing you guys! "Oh when you're goin a date, you put on a shirt, and you ride your bike to the daaa-aaate!"