20 Week Ultrasound & Doctor Visit

Well look how far we've come already! And as I am typing this, baby girl is kicking away in my tummy. She is one active little girl, I tell ya! I can see her kicks from the outside already. It's pretty amazing!

Yesterday, we had our 20 week appointment (although I am 19 weeks 4 days) and it went great! They did the scan of each of her organs and everything checked out great as far as size is concerned. We saw her full bladder and her full tummy, pretty amazing that we could see all of that. I wasn't expecting it! Joni came along with us on this visit which was a nice treat! And we got the "best" ultrasound tech who only works Monday mornings -- woohoo! We watched her scan through everything for what felt like awhile (maybe 20 minutes) although I could have watched our baby forever. The tech said she is a squirmy one and we have a mover on our hands. She wouldn't sit still at all and even kicked the scanner when the tech turned on the dopler noises. Guess she didn't like that?! The only time she calmed down was when she soothed herself by sucking on her thumb. That's when I lost it and started crying -- she's got a personality and it's so amazing to see. She even stuck her tongue out at us a couple of times. The second trimester blood tests also came back great so everything is healthy on that front, too. Next appointment is scheduled for Monday, August 3rd at 8:30am.

Since this was our last ultrasound at the doctors office unless something goes wrong, I'm really looking forward to the 4D ultrasound appointment where everyone can come watch her wiggle on the big screen and we even get photos and a video to take home. I need to find a really good place so the date is TBD. Probably the end of August or beginning of September.

We will be going to register at Baby's R Us on July 25th with the help of some experienced Mommy's - Barb, Debbie, and Joni. It's going to be a bear of an activity so we are super grateful to get a lot of help!

Belly update: My skin is definitely hit its maximum stretching point...it's super tight most of the time so I am putting lotion on it as much as I can to help the stretching process. Sometimes it aches a little bit but the pregnancy yoga is helping out with the expansion.

So that's about it for now! Baby girl is doing great and Mommy & Daddy are doing fabulously ... getting super super excited to meet her. Officially, watching her suck her thumb yesterday rocked both of our worlds. We found it very hard to concentrate at work yesterday. :-)