Happy Friday Little Lime

When we first found out we were pregnant, our little one was the size of a kidney bean.  Hence, the nickname...Little Bean.  We are in week 12 and our little bean is now the size of a lime.  "Hello Little Lime!"   Your size is reminding me of a fun trip my best friends from high school and I took to Puerto Vallarta to celebrate the big 3-0 birthdays.  It's also reminding me of margaritas, of which I love lime the best, and corona lights.  Both sides of your family love margaritas so I'm sure you will love them some day too.

Asian Gender Selector

This is the chinese gender chart.  It supposedly predicts the sex of your baby.  For us, it says GIRL.  Post a comment, was it right for you?  I'd do a poll, but then I can't see who it worked for. 

Best Day Yet

We had our big ultrasound this morning for the nuchal screen.  They took what felt like a gallon of blood (proof in previous post for those not scared to look at blood), then we waited for the ultrasound. 

WHAT A TREAT!  We got to see Little Bean move around so much!  We saw him/her kick, gulp, stick out the tounge, saw a genital bone (that isn’t developed into a boy or girl part yet), and at the end he/she even got the hiccups. I think we have a shy one, he/she kept putting their hands in front of their face. You can see this quite clearly on the bottom right pic below.  Our favorite part was the kicking!!   Start young, little bean...soccer is in your genes!

Here are the fun pics:  top left (facial profile), top right farther out pic of little bean head to the right w/ feet curled up in the air, bottom left:  closer look at Little Bean, can you count the toes?, bottom right: arm held up to the head

They said our baby’s heartbeat was regular. They couldn’t see what they really needed to see for the nuchal screen (fluid area in the back of the neck), so we have to go back next Thursday for another ultrasound. Actually, this is GREAT! I can’t wait for another 30 minutes of seeing Little Bean jump around.  Maybe they'll let me videotape it.

The ultrasound woman said our little guy or girl was too squished to get a 100% accurate due date, but that the August 19th date seemed just about right. We’ll stick with that.

Craving of the Day

I'm sure they aren't all pregnancy cravings, but I got a lot of "that moonpie thing was funny" responses.  I'll try to post more random cravings.  I actually thought about whether cheetos could be crunched up and and used on a salad instead of croutons.  Yummy idea, no?

Don't Read if You Can't Stand the Sight of Blood

Again, not a pic for those with weak stomachs or those eating.

I posted earlier about how much blood they took from me this morning.  I even snapped a quick pic.  The larger viles are about the size of a Tide To Go stick.  Ouch!

Craving of the Day

I am having a REALLY busy work day.  I ate a quick lunch at my desk, so I never really got full.  I have been sitting here for the past 2 hours.  My mind keeps wondering to food.  What am I craving???

MOONPIES, YUMMY!

So, yep, I've been sitting here for the last two hours and can't get yummy moon pies off my mind.  Funny thing is that Little Bean's Momma Lin and Papa Ger live in the hometown of Moon Pies.  Must mean our little bean is thinking of you guys. 

Fun Weekend of "Telling"

Scott had to host clients at the Hawks game Friday night, so I did taxes (zzzzz).  Saturday we had a birthday dinner with some close friends.  Carrie and Scott share a birthday and this was the first chance we had to celebrate since we were so sick over the holiday break.  Carrie's hubby Eric's b-day was the 24th.  We had a fabulous dinner and got to let them in on our secret. 

Sunday was a day of running errands, but the definite highlight of the day was seeing Sarah and Major.  Not having her know was killing me.  I knew she would be super excited.  They stopped by on the way to her parents so we could play with their 9 month old, Anderson.  He is the CUTEST thing, and I have not spent nearly enough time playing with him.  Tiff- He reminds me of Coleman, he's a "thinker".  So cute!  I should have taken a pic.  Shame on me.  This blog needs more pics!  

So a great weekend of telling best friends the news was super exciting.  We have a few close friends we still need to tell this week.  We'll probably tell co-workers, etc. next week when we will officially be 13 weeks. 

We have our next BIG ultrasound appointment on Wed. morning.  This is where they'll test for all the scary stuff like downs and other abnormalities.  Scary thoughts= no good.

Happy Monday.