Baby update

Just a quick update on "#2". . .

I went to the doctor yesterday and he says everything looks great. I love getting to see the baby on ultrasound every time. It's amazing to see the changes and how much he/she is growing! This time I could see the left and right hemispheres of the brain, the spine, the stomach, and I could see the heart, arms, legs, hands and feet more clearly. At our next appointment--Sept. 17th-- we will find out the sex and they will record everything on a DVD-R for us so we will have more than just still pictures. Pretty cool. Here are the stats and specifics for the baby at this point: 4 to 4 1/2 inches, 1 3/4 ounces(about the size of a softball), is covered with lanugo hair, may be sucking its thumb, and bones are ossifying so that that they would be visible on x-ray.

On the Avery front, we have been gearing up for "school", aka mother's day out, and Sooner football. She starts Mother's Day Out at Richland Hills on Sept 13th. She will just go one day a week for now and then maybe 2 days a week starting in January to give me some relief and more time alone with the baby when he/she makes a debut. We have her little nap mat, which her Mimi is making a cover for, and a tiny ittle backpack-- so I think we're pretty much set. In preparation for football season, I decided to teach her some OU cheers. Yesterday we worked on her saying "Go OU" and saying "Sooner" after I say "Boomer". She needs a little more practice and something new to wear for watching the games, and then she'll be all set!

First belly shot!

Last night we took my first belly shot since I did my first one with Avery at 12 weeks. I decided that I should stick to the same schedule to be fair. The baby is going through a period of rapid growth now that will last through about 24 weeks. He or she is probably about 2 1/2 to 3 inches long (crown to rump) and weighs between 1/2 and 3/4 of an ounce-- about the size of a peach. Growth of the head is beginning to slow down however. Eyes are coming closer together and ears are coming to their normal position to help make him/her look more humanlike. External genitalia are fairly well-developed now, but I guess we won't find out the sex until the appointment after next, which will be in September. I'm getting really curious about it though. I'm ready to start planning and decorating and all that fun stuff!


12 weeks

Girly Girl, "Da-do", "Ma", and "happy"

Avery's version of "cheese!"


Avery has become quite the girly-girl lately. She likes dressing up and she even asks me to take her picture. She loves jewelry, purses, & bows, notices the flowers, butterflies, etc on her clothes, and hates having dirty hands. If she's eating anything the least bit messy she says "wipe" after every few bites and holds her little hands out to me. It's funny to me because although I'm fairly girly now, I don't think I was at her age. I loved playing in the dirt, hated putting on makeup for dance recitals, and was apparently a very messy eater who often went straight from the table to the bathtub.
Looking at Memaw's cross stich

Playing balls with Dedaw

This past weekend we had a visit from Avery's Memaw and Dedaw (Scott's parents), who she calls "Da-do" and "Ma". They had a lot of fun playing with her now that she's older and can pretend a little bit and interact more with them. I love hearing her call them by name and seeing her give them hugs and kisses. We'll get to see the whole Bedichek clan this next weekend in Keene, TX. It is Scott's grandmother's 93rd (?) birthday and we are all going to see her at the nursing home where she lives.

On a humorous side note, we took Avery to Braum's for ice cream tonight, which she absolutely LOVES by the way. She turns into a total spaz when she eats it. But anyway, we were trying to get her to say ice cream because she already says "ice" really well. But every time we tried, she would just say something that sounded kinda like "happy". Wouldn't that be a better name for ice cream anyway?