Our exciting day!

Today was a great day. Actually this whole weekend has been very nice. Jesse and I had a little bit of extra time off which was originally for a camping trip. Unfortunately the weather here was overcast and rainy, so we canceled the reservations and spent the weekend out and about around Seattle. Despite all of the extra R & R, Jesse and I went shopping for a maternity outfit (my pants are just too tight :), and we also saw the movie "Superbad." The movie was absolutely hilarious, and I highly recommend it to those who enjoyed the movie "knocked up." We also enjoyed dinner out and a couple of nice long naps. I think we need weekends like this once a month!

That brings us to today. Today, Jess and I had the pleasure of viewing our little baby during my second ultrasound at 11 1/2 weeks. We were able to watch the baby for about 30 minutes while various measurements and such were taken. For those of you in the generation prior to us, I understand that this technology was nearly unheard of. We feel very lucky to be experiencing all of the new and upcoming breakthroughs in science. Today we were able to see the baby's face, eyes, nose, mouth, and both arms and legs. We were able to see and count 5 fingers on each little hand, and what appeared to be 5 toes on each foot, but the baby was nearly constantly moving and crossing it's little legs!

We were also able to see quite a few of it's internal organs eg. the stomach, liver, kidneys, brain, and bladder. Every so often it would drift off to sleep until I would laugh or the ultrasound technician would wiggle my belly to wake it up. We actually saw it stretch once after being woken! We were told that it is swallowing the amniotic fluid and then urinating, and that it's sleep wake cycles are 10 minutes or less. We saw it change position from left to right and it would turn over on its belly and cross its legs. It also seemed to be pre- occupied with its face as you can see in the pictures. The heart rate today was 174 beats per minute which is normal, and its size (crown to rump) was within normal limits as well. We still do not know it's gender, but should find out in 5 weeks during the next ultrasound! Please check out the pics, as we will be posting them regularly. We hope everyone is well. Have a great week!