The Big Reveal #2 and 16 weeks

Mark and I decided to go a little early to find out the gender of our baby…our doctor doesn’t do an ultrasound until 20 weeks but we really wanted to know what the baby was before Christmas! I can’t remember feeling more nervous, anxious, and excited all in one day! (not for a long time anyways..like probably not since the morning of our wedding waiting for Mark to get to the temple)

We had to wait until about 7:10 to finally be able to go into the ultrasound room. I will never forget seeing our baby for the first time on the screen. It was unreal. I told Mark that I always thought I would cry but I just I stared in  disbelief at the screen that that baby was actually in my stomach…it is incredible knowing that I have that little cutie inside my belly(I had a big grin on my face throughout the whole ultrasound) :D

Marks thoughts on seeing the baby for the first time: He says he was in Awe…he just wanted to keep seeing it and was so sad when it ended.

She first found our babies arm, and then a leg. Our little one was just curled up in a ball and it was adorable. Just chillin all comfy in my tummy. The tech had  to work at it to make the baby wiggle enough for us to see that it was a boy! :) But when he moved he stuck his butt right at us haha it was so funny. It was fun to see the little bit of movement but for the most part he really was just relaxing…he was also face down. I told Mark he was going to like sleeping on his tummy like us haha

Here are a few pictures. If you want a better view of his manly parts you have to watch the video…the tech really took the picture at the most inopportune moment! He had his legs open for a while but by the time she took the picture his legs were closed so its not as good.

I love all of them…I think I have looked at them 100 times! :) They are my favorite. I especially love the arm one. I am so excited to hold those little hands.

In the video the best moment where you can see that he is a boy is at 1:30

Here is a bump picture at about 16 weeks and 3 days. (I decided to stick my 14 week picture next to it so that you could see the difference better) It is so crazy to have your belly growing but I LOVE IT! Last week I could wear most of my pants still buttoned…this week almost every pair is unbuttoned and some unzipped! haha but only because my belly is growing! They fit fine everywhere else  (I have these bella band things that make it so I can still wear my jeans just unbuttoned)

Just an interesting fact…the doctor thinks we are actually 17 weeks right now especially after measuring me last Friday but they aren’t sure so we currently have a due date window of May 11th(if I’m 17 weeks) to May 21 (if I’m only 16 weeks.)

We have another ultrasound with our doctor on December 23rd and we will have a better Idea of how far along I actually am on that day :)

I’m almost 4 months! yay!