On September 3 we had our 4th sono. I just love being able to see my precious baby boy. Everything still looks great and he is one BIG boy! I've decided he is already so much like his daddy...he can't sit still for anything! He kicks, flips and turns all day long and everytime we try to get a good picture of him he swims out of the way.
Two months after Rusty took his captains test they finally had his promotion ceremony. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. This is such an amazing accomplishment and I am so proud of him.
On our last sono we saw 4 chambers of the heart which was a huge relief. However, there are more that 4 parts to the heart and being that I see children with heart defects everyday at work I wanted a better look at the heart so I decided to have a fetal echo. Even though heart defects are very rare I see them all the time and I knew I would feel much better if I could see a normal, healthy heart. I am happy to report that William's heart looks great! It was such a beautiful site!
Last night after a long day at work I came home and took a warm bath to relax. I'm pretty sure William liked the bath because I felt him move for the first time! At first I wasn't sure if it was gas or what and then I realized it was my sweet baby boy! It was such an incredible feeling. God has blessed me so much!
I'm now 17 weeks and today we went for sono #3. We saw 10 fingers and 10 toes, 4 heart chambers and were very happy to find out it's a boy!!! We are so excited! He is measuring in the 80th percentile so it looks like we are gonna have a big baby boy! It was so fun to watch him squirm and run from the camera. We can't wait to meet William David! We have another sono next month so we can see him again!
For the most part I haven't had any weird cravings. I've craved fresh fruit for weeks...especially watermelon and cantaloupe but I love those so that's not weird. Unfortunately I haven't found a really good watermelon or cantaloupe. Bought another cantaloupe tonight so I'm hoping it's a good one. I've eaten tons of mexican food...that's not odd either...however I know I've eaten more than normal. Dairy Queen nachos are great for an after dinner snack. The craziest thing I've craved is ice cream. This many not sound weird but I've had ice cream four times so far and I don't even like ice cream. Gabby doesn't seem to mind my cravings...she always gets a bite. Below are pics of her and her first ice cream cone.
One week from today we go for sono #3 and should find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. I've always wanted 3 boys and then a girl cause I'm afraid I really don't know what to do with girls and I don't want to be a bad mom. However, the closer we get to finding out the more I realize that it really doesn't matter as long as our baby is healthy. Please pray with us for a healthy baby and please keep a precious little girl named Hannah in your prayers...she is very sick and needs our prayers.
Yesterday we went to the doctor for sono #2. Everything was great...nice strong heartbeat and we got to see baby kick it's legs! It was incredible! We also got more good news...Rusty's CF test came back and he is not a carrier!!! That means we don't have to worry about the baby having CF, such a huge relief! God is good and we are so blessed!
