Hellooooo Second Trimester!

Amy's cute little outfit she got for him!
I will post the actual ultrasound pictures when I finish scanning them onto the computer!

It's a BOY!!

Who would have thought?? We went yesterday (7/2) and found out the sex. I was 14 weeks, 6 days. I read and researched about what to do to help before an ultrasound to better see. I filled my bladder up with lots of water and sipped on a coke 30 minutes before to get the baby moving. Brent, my mom, Kasey and I went to the appointment.. They looked like we were crazy when the four of us walked in! Amy came to meet us before her and Sean left for Oregon to give a key to Kasey and brought the baby's first gift! So sweet! I had two to choose from, a boy and a girl gift.. Thank you Amy! I have never had to pee SO bad in my life, but I had to hold it! We went back, and Dr. Shilling's wife Denise was the one who did the ultrasound. I had heard many great things about her, so I wasn't too nervous about not being able to tell. As soon as I looked at the screen I knew. He was squirming around and and I could have sworn I saw his "third leg." I didn't say anything, everyone just knew it was a girl! She said, "Are you guys ready?" She changed the view to be between the legs AND... there it was!! It was SO obvious.. I cried! Of course we talked about girls way too much, but I cried out of happiness.. it just made it so real! It's a BOY if I had ever seen one before! :) I guess my husband isn't capable of producing girls, hehe.. but we can try later on down the road (wink). Anyway, we got to the fun part of just playing around and he was just a waving! His hands are huge! I guess the coke helped because he was putting his hands on his head, waving, and kicking his feet. We even got to take a look at this heart, which was cool because they usually don't do that until 20 weeks. His legs are measuring to be 3 weeks ahead of what I actually am.. he is going to be tall like his daddy! Also, Denise said that she had been doing ultrasounds for 20 years, and at this week in pregnancy, she had never seen feet that big! He was measuring at about 4 ounces, and she said his feet were alteast an ounce of that! WOW! Oh, this has been the best day of my pregnancy yet. It was so real!

And let the SHOPPING begin! I first opened THE cutest little outfit from Amy! Then, Kasey and I headed to Tanger. I got some outfits from Carters and then headed to Target to buy a baby book.. I can't wait to write in there! I decided to stop and just look in Marshalls and that's when I emptied my wallet.. I couldn't believe all of the name brand CUTE boy clothes in there! I am getting so excited about meeting my little man!

From BabyCenter.com: This week's big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb! Thanks to brain impulses, his facial muscles are getting a workout as his tiny features form one expression after another. His kidneys are producing urine, which he releases into the amniotic fluid around him — a process he'll keep up until birth. He can grasp, too, and if you're having an ultrasound now, you may even catch him sucking his thumb.In other news: Your baby's stretching out. From head to bottom, he measures 3 1/2 inches — about the size of a lemon— and he weighs 1 1/2 ounces. His body's growing faster than his head, which now sits upon a more distinct neck. By the end of this week, his arms will have grown to a length that's in proportion to the rest of his body. (His legs still have some lengthening to do.) He's starting to develop an ultra-fine, downy covering of hair, called lanugo, all over his body. Your baby's liver starts making bile this week — a sign that it's doing its job right — and his spleen starts helping in the production of red blood cells. Though you can't feel his tiny punches and kicks yet, your little pugilist's hands and feet (which now measure about 1/2 inch long) are more flexible and active.