It's A.............................................

BOY

Today we found out that our little blueberry is a boy. We are thrilled. We both thought it would be a boy and it was nice to have our suspicion's correct. This is the picture of his little boy parts. Mike calls it "Frank and Beans" he is so silly.

We already have a name picked out. He will be Charles Michael with the nickname Charlie. When my sister was born I really wanted her to be a boy and name him Charlie. When it came time to think of boy names Mike suggested we use Charlie. Of course I love it and he loves it too.

Charlie is very active. I feel him move all the time. The Doctor was having a hard time getting all the pictures they needed because he was so busy rolling, twisting, and turning. They even had me rolling onto my side to try and get the pictures. It is amazing what you see. We saw the chambers of the heart, spine, belly, kidneys, brain, legs, arms, bladder, stomach and all the important parts.

We had a wonderful day. I walked away saying boy oh boy quite often.

Second Trimester Pictures

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Foot :) Mike says he has Long toes

Getting the thumbs up already!

Waving

Baby Boy

Here are the pics from our second trimester screening.
What a great day. Can't wait to meet our little one.

2 Days :)

Only 2 days until we find out what has been rumbling around in my tummy. We are so excited to find out..... Hopefully the baby will cooperate and we will know for sure if it is a boy or girl.

Scared Baby

I have been having the craziest dreams lately! Well last night I had one where something jumped out of no where and scared me. I sat up in bed rather quickly took a deep sigh and woke up. Well I must have sat up so quickly that it startled the baby. Next thing I know I can feel the baby jumbling all around in there. Poor little thing..... not even here yet and already scared. Oooops...

Lemon, Orange, Avocado

Little baby L'Etoile is now the size of an avocado.
I am wondering if those little flutters in my tummy could be the baby.....
It is hard to tell. I guess I will know for sure in a few more weeks.
Our next Dr. appointment is on Tuesday. I hope we will get some updated ultrasound pics.

I think that the little avocado was very happy today. We went to the Big E which is the Eastern States Exposition or state fair. I had nachos, frozen lemonade, cheese on a stick and jerky (msg free!). I think that the Dr. will tell me that I have gained too much this week :)
But it was worth it!

Cravings

I have found that since becoming pregnant I do crave certain types of foods. Lately it has been the huge super pretzels. I love to dip them in mustard. This picture was at Mikes company picnic. I was Super excited when I saw the pretzels. Other foods that are at the top of my list are limes, chicken noodle soup, cold sliced raw bell peppers, cheerios, and sour patch kids. Don't worry I don't like them all mixed up!

One thing I haven't really craved is ice cream! What is wrong with me.... Normally I eat a ton of ice cream, but lately it just hasn't sounded good. Another weird item that I have been thinking about is BACON! I don't eat bacon but when I see it on T.V. I think that I want it. Then I think Ewww..... Crazy messages my body is sending me.

Mike has been a very attentive husband and when I say "that sounds good" he is almost always on board to make it happen. One morning I went to go have a bowl of cream of wheat (another item I crave) and he said "how about waffles!" (He loves waffles) so I made him waffles and I had cream of wheat.... we were both very happy.

The Baby Dance

Today was our first trimester screening at the hospital. Our second ultrasound. This is "Blueberry's" first ultrasound picture. About 8 1/2 weeks. "Blueberry" was very still and did not move around much. We were able to hear the heartbeat it was about 169 beats per min.
Today's ultrasound was much more interesting. Talk about active! We are just about 13 weeks now. When the Dr. first put the wand over the baby it was doing a headstand. It must like that position because it kept going back to it! You can see the headstand in the 2nd picture below.
It was so amazing to see it's little heartbeat flashing. This time it was about 157 beats per min. The Dr. said that everything looks perfect. On October 9th we get to find out if our little blueberry is a boy or a girl! Can't wait!
This is one amazing time in our life! My favorite part about today was looking over at Mike, his eyes glued to the screen and his mouth agape.... I am sure I looked the same way!