Official New Due Date

We had our monthly doctor visit yesterday she reiterated the new due date of November 1st...so I updated all the ticker's on the blog and she jumped from being the length of a cantalope to the length of a banana (~ 10.5 inches). This definitely explains the major bump I've got going on. I'm still able to hide it with the right clothes, but it's definitely there (measured 22 inches). What's crazier is that she'll practically double in size over the next three weeks. The doctor confirmed that all genetic testing came back negative...so we have a healthy baby girl.

We're getting serious on getting the rooms ready, now that we're done travelling for a few weeks. Guest room is getting painted tonight...we may even pick out new carpet this weekend. Eventually we'll get around to that registry : ). No new pictures this time. Probably won't have many more. I'll think about posting a pic of my belly in a few weeks. I'm sure one will surface anyway once I'm in my bathing suit on the river trip.

I'm starting to show

Baby's now the size of a mango!
A greasy white substance made of lanugo, oil, and dead skin cells (yum) called vernix caseosa now coats baby's skin, shielding it from the amniotic fluid. (Picture yourself after a nine-month bath, and the need for protection makes sense.)

I still haven't really felt her move yet, but I definitely have a little belly now. Not big enough to take picture and share them here though. We're almost half way done though. Sunday will mark the half way point. Our next doctor's appointment is Monday...so hopefully we'll have some more stat's for you then.

It's definitely a Girl

We had our second ultrasound today and they confirmed it's definitely a girl. She's 8 oz and everything looks good. You'll see the video pause often and it's usually because the ultrasound tech is checking her spine or her heart to make sure everything is healthy. She has 5 fingers and 5 toes which she'll show you in the video and her heart, kidneys and stomach are all functioning properly. I'm amazed that they can tell that from these pictures. We could also tell that she has Cory's toes. In one view you can see that her 2nd toe is just a little longer than her big toe. You'll even get to hear her heartbeat. It's beating at 147 beats per minute today. At the end of the video when the technican is looking for her foot you can see how active she's getting. She's wiggling all over the place. To view larger versions of the video, right click and select watch video at YouTube