11 Weeks...Second Ultrasound and Surprise Birthday/Baby Announcement

Joe and I had our second ultrasound on Monday to remeasure baby and decide on a definite due date.  It's official...January 28, 2016!!! (which was the original date).  It was great to get a second peak at the baby, especially since we won't have another ultrasound for awhile.  I guess my motherly instinct has kicked in because of course I am excited, but I also get very nervous before appointments.  I just want to know that everything is progressing as it should and our baby is healthy.  It is so exciting to see the baby on ultrasound.  This time it was very easy to make out the head, body, arms, and legs.  We could see (and hear!) the heart beating and we could even see baby moving around.  It is such a blessing and a miracle.  Everything is looking great, and I won't go back to the OB for another 5 weeks.

"Teddy Bear Pose"

Hi Mommy and Daddy!

Measuring 3.5cm

HR 169 bpm.  This makes a Mommy and Daddy perfusionists hearts flutter :)

Fourth of July once again was a very busy weekend for us.  On Friday we loaded the dogs up (they love road trips...but it will be interesting when we start traveling with two large dogs and a baby!) and headed over to Joe's hometown.  We stopped by Jeremy and Nikki's house to meet our new niece, Greer!  She is so incredibly adorable, and it makes us even more excited to have one of our own.  We are also excited to know the cousins will be so close in age :)

Joe and I had been planning to get together all of the siblings to make our baby announcement on this visit.  But to his surprise his Mom Linda and I had also been planning a surprise 30th birthday party for Joe at a Mexican restaurant (Joe loves Mexican).  We were so happy to have almost all of Joe's siblings, nieces/nephews, aunts/uncles, and cousins in one place.  After we ordered food Joe stood up to congratulate Nikki and Jeremy on the new addition, Megan and Rick on their pregnancy, and let everyone know we would be adding a new baby to the family as well!  We spent the rest of the evening enjoying food, catching up with family, and of course having a few good laughs.

We spent the Fourth of July with the Mayhills and Stimsons for a cookout.  We finally announced the news to Nate and Callie's families, and everyone was very excited.  Chris (Callie's Mom) gets the award for funniest reaction.  I showed her the picture from the NKOTB concert and told her she had counted wrong (3 of 6 of us were pregnant but she only knew about 2...) when she told the 8 of us to have fun.  She was like what?! Let me look at the picture...then it hit her!  LOVED her response, we all got a kick out of it!! :)

The rest of the week has been pretty calm.  We have both been keeping busy at work, and I finally let Joe share the news with all of our coworkers.  News has traveled fast! We haven't been working at OSUMC very long, but it has been such a great feeling to have so many people (perfusionists, scrubs, nurses, surgeons) happy for us.  Even Ty said "Congratulations...I think...." haha.  You have to know Ty, but he is a man of few words, and that is pretty good out of him :)

Baby is the Size of a Lime

 

Best moment this week?  Seeing Baby Lude on ultrasound :) We are so in love.
Movement? Can't feel it but we sure could see it on the ultrasound!
Food cravings? No.  But I did have some delicious Graeter's Buckeye Blitz Ice Cream!
Anything making you queasy or sick? Not at all this week! It has all been very minimal through my pregnancy.  I am thankful.
Have you started to show yet? Same little bump, don't think there has been much change this week?
Gender? Y'all will know when we know...after delivery!
Happy or Moody most of the time? Generally happy.  Although I had a minor break down Friday evening, but I think I was just exhausted.
Looking forward to?  Joe's 30th Birthday tomorrow...which we will be celebrating on our vacation with Nate and Callie to Punta Cana!!!