31 weeks!

Reagan Elizabeth

I had my 31 week check up this morning. Things are looking good. I begged for another ultrasound in the hopes that we could get better images of our little girl than when she was 20 weeks. Plus, since Craig missed the 20 week scan I was hoping they would have pity on us and fit us into the sonographer's schedule. We waited for quite a while for her to fit us in, but they ended up doing a complete scan to get all her measurements! I was just hoping for a couple of pictures of her face. Many of her pictures have either her leg or her arm up by her forehead. I'm sure it's getting pretty cramped in there. We did get to see her swallowing and moving her mouth! It was so great!

My fluids are good and she is measuring in the 50% for each measurement, but the machine averaged her overall size is about 75%. It estimated her weight at 4.3 pounds. If this keeps up, she will be as big as Hayden was! I will definitely have to watch my eating. That's going to be hard considering Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming. At least I can probably stick to my new year's resolution to lose at least 30 pounds next year! In fact, I will probably reach that goal pretty quickly! Ha! It's the weight after that that I want to lose. I hope it comes off quickly too.

As of right now, we are planning an induction for January 11. Only 8 more weeks to go! I can't believe how fast it has gone by and I know it will only go more quickly as we get into the busy time. I can't wait to meet our little girl.

Thump Thump

She's kicking! I can't believe that I am finally feeling those little kicks. In typical fashion, she started kicking as soon as I got into bed last night. It was such a great feeling. I'm 23 weeks today and I was able to see my belly move last night! I am so thankful to have made it this far and am looking forward to the weeks and months to come.

Thank you GOD for this little gift.

It's a girl!!!

Isn't she just so cute?

I hoped and prayed for a healthy little baby regardless of the sex. And after our ultrasound last Wednesday we found that we have a healthy little baby girl! The doctor was pleased with all the images and said that there is nothing that concerns her at all. She was a very active little baby. The technician said that she was having trouble getting good images because of the activity. She said that little boys are usually so active and girls are usually really calm. I hope that's not a sign of something to come! I don't care as long as she is happy and healthy.

We are still stumped as to what to name her. We have two names picked out and can't decide between the two. Actually, I like them both, but have a preference. We even had a drawing and the name Craig likes won, but then he said that we didn't have to name her that. Who knows? This may be one of those times that when we see her we decide what her name will be. Sometimes they look more like one name than the other.