I am so blessed!

We went for our ultrasound today! I'm 18 weeks 2 days and have finally gained two pounds. Everything looked great. The baby measured 5 days ahead and weighed 10 ounces. It was so neat to see little details like all the chambers of the heart, the kidneys, spine, and bladder. Of course, it was the best thing to see two arms and two legs! That's all I could have asked for. The ultrasound tech asked us a few minutes in, if we wanted to know the gender or not and of course, I was thrilled to know. She said she already knew what it was but would double-check in a couple of minutes. Sure enough, she showed us his little BOY parts! There was no doubt at all! He was just chillin' in there! He moved but nothing too crazy. The picture above shows a side view of his face. He kept his arm up there the whole time. We are so excited that the baby looked healthy and of course were happy to hear it's a boy! We have decided on Barrett Asa Jones for his name. Asa was my great grandfather's middle name. He was the best grandfather I could have ever asked for and I wish he was still around today. It's amazing what kinds of faces people will make to your face when you tell them what name you've chosen. Haha. Oh well, that's why Ty and I are the parents and not them. I go back to the doctor in four weeks for another checkup. Until then, I'll be doing PLENTY of shopping (starting today actually) for this sweet little boy that's coming in November. I haven't bought a single thing as of yet, so I'm looking forward to it! I am on cloud 9!

Come on June 30th!

I'm getting more eager every day for June 30th to get here. I cannot wait to find out if the baby's a he/she. I'm sure I'll buy a few things that day, considering I haven't bought a single thing so far! I am excited to start setting up the baby's room. I just hope Baby Jones cooperates. The doctor told me 18 weeks is still a little on the early side to be able to tell the sex but I "shouldn't" have a problem. We'll just hope for the best! All I can truely hope for is a happy and healthy baby! I've definitely felt the baby moving a little. It's not kicks just yet but there's definitely something swimming around in there. So far, I haven't gained a single pound but I look like I've gained 10. I started showing a couple of weeks ago, around 15 weeks (picture above), and now strangers are asking me if I'm pregnant. At first I thought, "wow these people are really daring to ask if I'm pregnant. I'm not even that big". I don't mind it now though. My stomach has gotten larger and I actually enjoy my belly. I know I'll miss it when it's gone. The nausea still comes and goes but is nothing like it was in the first trimester. However, where the nausea went away, loads of others things came and filled it's place! They may not always be fun but it's a reminder that I have a life growing inside of me. I will update again after my next ultrasound and hopefully have a name for him or her!

Doctor Visit

I had another checkup today and everything for the most part went as planned. I was a little bummed when my doctor told me that my due date needed to be changed back to November 29. My first ultrasound measured 6 weeks exactly, which initially gave me the due date of November 29. I had another ultrasound a week later, measuring 6 days ahead, at 8 weeks 2 days, so they decided to change my due date to November 23. Well, I guess he reviewed my past few visits and realized they shouldn't have changed my due date. He said the earlier the ultrasound, the more accurate it is, so we will just go with November 29. Oh well...the baby's going to come when it wants to come anyways! Once again, we had to chase the runt around for a few minutes with the doppler. Once we did catch it for a few seconds, the heartrate measured at 154 beats per minute. I also scheduled my anatomy ultrasound on June 30, when I'll be 18 weeks 2 days. I'm so excited! Hopefully, Baby Jones will cooperate and we'll find out if we need to buy pink or blue! Oddly, my insurance doesn't consider the anatomy scan a necessity, so we'll be paying for it out of pocket. I've narrowed my baby name list down to about 20 names per sex...haha. I wanted to pick out a girl and boy name before finding out the sex but Ty prefers to wait until after we know the sex, so I guess we'll be waiting. I guess that would be less work! I never thought picking out my child's name could be this difficult!