Baby Update

Yesterday I had another doctor's appointment. It was a good appointment because Daniel was able to be there and see the baby for the first time. A good friend of mine watched the kids for which we were extremely grateful. Even though this is the third time, it really is amazing to see how much your baby changes in just four short weeks!!

The doctor said that even though it looks like our baby has nubs for arms and legs here, it actually has pretty long arms and legs at this point.

This picture reminds me of Ellie because when Ellie sleeps she holds her hands by her face.

Here is our little sweetheart moving around---- well, you can't tell from the picture but he/she was moving.

When we first started, the baby was sleeping but we woke the baby up and it started moving all over the place, it was fun to see. As it was waking up, it was rubbing its ears and was stretching, looking just like Owen does when he wakes up. We were just in amazement how at just 11 1/2 weeks along, this baby already has characteristics and a personality and we can identify it as our child through those things. It is so amazing.

The baby looks very healthy and has a good heartbeat. I did (as I do at almost every appointment) ask about having the baby earlier if it looks really big... but again, I was shot down. She said that even if I have a record setting size baby, they can't induce me before 39 weeks. Too bad, I am really scared that this one is going to be like 13 pounds or something. I do have a little hope since the doctor said that the baby's sac looks small (which is fine and normal), so I have high hopes that the baby will decide it needs more room and come before it gets TOO big. It is still early on though, so we are excited to see how this little one grows.