Another Ultrasound!

We went to the OB just before Christmas (on the 22nd) for a quick check up.  I can't explain it, but I've been feeling SO nervous about this pregnancy so every appointment is a very welcomed confirmation that everything is progressing as it should.  And, since we had another great check up, I'm finally starting to chill out and look forward to meeting this little person we are creating.  Such an amazing process.

Anyway- just to get my blood pressure going, they tried to listen to the heartbeat with the  doppler but could not find it (here's me freaking out a little bit for the 10 minutes it took to get me into a room with an ultrasound machine to check on baby).

Sure enough, he/she was looking great, wiggling around, and had grown quite a bit since our last ultrasound.

The doctor was nice enough to take a quick picture for us, so here's the latest peek at the baby:

P.S. I tried to put on regular jeans yesterday and um.... not so much.  I'm going to blame it entirely on the little buggar pictured above vs. the holidays and all the treats I've been eating, okay??  :)

M&M's opinion.

When a friend of mine was pregnant, a couple of us gave her some pink and blue M&M's all jumbled up in a bag.  The idea is to count them, see which there is more of and, voila!  You'll know what gender baby you are having.  The M&M's stand a pretty good chance of guessing correctly seeing how it's about 50/50.  -smile-

Anyway- today, she returned the favor for me.

Here are my two bags of M&M's.  In the pink bag there were 221, in the blue?  228.   I'm not sure how this factors in, but Jillian promptly ate the 7 extra blue.  Hmmm.... guess we're still waiting to see.

Thanks, Erin.  :) 

Conversations....

A friend of mine who is about a month ahead of us in her pregnancy found out she is having a boy today.  I told Jillian about it, and her response was hilarious.

Here's the conversation:

Me: "Jillian, did you know our friend found out she has a baby boy in her belly?"
Jillian: "WHY did she pick that?!"
Me: "Babe, you don't pick if your baby is a boy or a girl.  When a baby starts to grow in your belly, it's already one or the other.  You just have to wait to find out until it is a little bigger."
Jillian: "Oh."
Me: "When you were in my belly, you were already girl, and when Liv was in my belly, she was already a girl"
Jillian: "What about when you were a baby?"
Me: "When I was a tiny baby in Grandma's belly, I was a girl too.  And do you know what?  When Daddy was a tiny baby, HE was already a BOY!"
Jillian: "Oh... well... I sure hope our baby decides to be a girl.  Or maybe you will have a cat in your belly. I want a girl, or a cat."
Me: "Uh... well, I'm sure it won't be a cat."

How could this not crack me up??!!  This is not the first conversation Jillian and I have had about having another baby and if it will be a boy or a girl.  I'm nervous if we do end up having a boy because she is ADAMANT that she "just likes sisters".  Haha.  Seriously, she would have months and months to get used to the idea so I'm sure she would come around but for now, she's picturing pink.  Which, I suppose is really just a big compliment to her sweet sister.  -smile-

The latest ultrasound!

When we went for our check up on the day before Thanksgiving, we were NERVOUS!  I was not feeling as 'pregnant' as I wanted to be and honestly, I thought maybe things were not progressing as they should.  Imagine our thrill when the nurse did an ultrasound and revealed our baby wiggling around, swimming in circles and looking MUCH bigger than last time we had an ultrasound!  Everything is looking really good!  Baby is growing right on track, and I'm finally starting to believe we're actually going to have another baby!