Bellyot: The baby is growing at an amazing rate — about a millimeter every day — and now is the size of a large raspberry. Our little berry is looking a lot less reptilian (even though she has webbed fingers and toes, her tail is just about gone) and a lot more baby-like these days, as his/her lips, nose, eyelids, legs, and back continue to take shape. The heart is beating at the incredible rate of 150 times per minute — about twice as fast as mine! And even though I can't yet feel it, he/she is now making spontaneous movements as he/she twitches his/her tiny trunk and limb buds.
As you can see from the picture above, I had another ultrasound this week. I love how our little berry looks like a gingerbread man, how perfect as the holidays are quickly approaching! Bellyot's heartbeat is measuring in at 179 beats per minute. This baby has a strong heartbeat - thank you God!
Mommy: I'm feeling so relieved and love seeing our little bean (berry) on the big screen!! There is NOTHING more awesome than seeing your baby's heart beating. What a miracle!! I know we will have many amazing moments like these but this is the beginning of our exciting journey to parenthood! It makes my ALL DAY sickness more than worth it! Only 32 more weeks until we meet our little bundle of joy!! I also took an "illegal" bootleg video of the ultrasound that was left on the screen when the tech left the room. (hehe) Click on the link to view. It's AWESOME!
We had such a great time telling our families!! Since our family did not know we were trying for a baby, it came as quite a surprise. lol Here's how we did it:
Telling my family: The night before Thanksgiving we told my parents that we got them a little something from Louisville. We had a Christmas ornament made that said: "We're expecting, Due July 2010" along with a grandparents Thanksgiving Day card filled with a few ultrasound pictures. They opened it and my Mom started to cry and my Dad had the most classic face of SHOCK. Needless to say they are very very excited to be grandparents! My uncle Jack was also in town and staying with my parents so he also found out that night. He's exited to be a Great Uncle for the 10th time, lol. We told the rest of my family at Thanksgiving dinner the next day. We had given my parents buttons that said "Proud Grandmother" and "Proud Grandpa" that they wore to dinner, it took about 5 minutes for someone to actually read it and they said, "What does your pin say, Scarlett? Proud grand -whaaaaaaatttt??!!!" LOL I said "Yup, we're having a baby!" It was really funny!
Here's a picture of what we gave them:
close up:
Telling his Family: We told his family at Thanksgiving dinner, pretty much the same way, we said we had gotten his mom a little present in Louisville. We gave her a book called "Grandma and Me" and a grandma Thanksgiving day card full of ultrasound pictures. This book is special because it was one of Chris' favorite books as a child. What a perfect way to tell her being that it's about going to visit Grandma! She unwrapped it, read the title and started jumping up and down in excitement and started to cry. She asked, "are you really" and I said "yup" and she's exclaimed, "Im going to be a grandma!". It was super fun to see her reaction. Since his sister, Megan, stayed in California for Thanksgiving we told her by sending 3 text messages. The first one an ant farm, the second the Ants in Your Pants game, a picture of her actual Aunts and then she asked if I was pregnant and I said Yes! and sent a picture of the ultrasound to her. It was such an exciting day!
Here's a picture of what we got his Mom:
Daddy: He's getting so excited! Seeing the ultrasound really makes it real!! We've started talking about names ... so far we've got a boy's name: Elliott Kurt. Still working on the girl's name.
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