Over Half Way There!

This picture was taken a little over a week ago at the over half-way marker. Since we know I'll have a repeat c-section the baby will come at 39 weeks. I've been feeling great and this baby is so much more active than Ava was! I've decided we could be in trouble when the baby makes his/her appearance because he/she likes to be awake around 7:00 and party during the night.

 The 27th we went for my routine ultrasound. I was exactly 21 weeks. We took Ava with us so she could see the baby too. She asked a TON of questions about what was happening. She thought the images of the baby were cool and first but lost interest after awhile. She seems a bit more open to the possibility of having a little brother. She is now calling the baby Mr. Fredrickson (the old man from the UP movie.) I went and bought a couple boy newborn sleepers. When I got them home she asked if those were clothes for Mr. Fredrickson. I will go back for a growth ultrasound in 4 weeks because my maternal fetal medicine doctor (Dr. M) said the baby is still weighing within normal limits, but is on the very small side. She wants to be sure the baby is continuing to grow. I am still amazed at how much things have changed since I had Ava. Dr. M. did another ultrasound when she came into the room and went over EVERYTHING with us. At the end she said, "Now you do not want to know the gender of this baby right?" I quickly confirmed we did not want to know. She very quickly took the wand off and said, "Well, I've seen all the parts I need to see and they're normal. We'll be done then!" Later that day I had my regular visit with Dr. H. She said she went over my ultrasound results and at the end of the report where gender is recorded it said, "All anatomy looks normal." She was disappointed she doesn't know the gender of the baby and will have to wait. She said typically they do put it in the report so she knows. Guess she'll be just as surprised as we are when she pulls him/her out.