This was first thing in the morning. Let me be the first to tell you, as the day goes on, and you eat breakfast and lunch and a mid afternoon snack, I swear the belly expands and I look a LOT more pregnant by 5pm then I do at 9am. Just saying :)
Like I mentioned above, week 18 was great. We had our 18 week ultra sound on Wednesday. They did the "anatomy scan" where the tech measures EVERYTHING. The ultra sound lasted about 45 minutes. It was amazing. She talked us through everything she measured which was very interesting. It's crazy what they are trained to see. She explained to us that everything looked perfect. I cried... of course!
She got to the part where she needed to determine the sex of the baby and she knew we did not want to know so she told us to look away. She took out the pictures at the end so we would not have any clue. The general consensus right now amongst our friends is that everyone seems to be convinced we are having a boy. I will be happy either way :) We will find out in about 5 months! Here is one of the ultra sound videos from Wednesday. You can see those arms and legs kicking around. It's absolutely crazy. I've started to feel the "flutters" as everyone calls them. It's like you had a little twitch in your stomach. It's wild. I'm not sure how long it will take till Lenny will be able to feel the baby. Enjoy the video!
Pretty crazy, huh? It's amazing all the things we got to see - Arms, legs, fingers, toes, the brain, the heart. It's incredible. Every day it feels more "real".
Another VERY fun thing Lenny and I got to do this week was go to CLEMSON on Saturday and watch the Tigers play UNC! They are doing great this season and the games have been very exciting to watch on tv so were really pumped to have the opportunity to go down and get tickets to the game and tailgate with friends. Here are a few pictures from the trip.
Tailgate time! Sara Bryant (who is very newly a Blondie by the way!) and I at her parents tailgate. It was so good to be able to see and catch up with her.
Shelly and I at the tailgate! I love me some "shelbell" as I call her. She had me laughing so hard I was crying yesterday. Literally. Crying.
I miss these girls so much. We don't get to see each other as much as we'd like and yesterday was so fun but I was also left with a sense of sadness because we pick up right where we left off each time and it makes me miss them that much more. I need to be better about planning get togethers - even if it's meeting halfway for dinner. It's a small thing to do when people bring you so much joy.
I also got to see one of my best friends Caroline at half time (WAY TOO SHORT OF A TIME!) and sadly don't have a picture to show for it :( It was so good seeing her too. She just passed her boards and is going to be the best nurse in Greenville, SC. Again, another friend I need to make more time to see. Especially before the little bean gets here.
I am off now to eat dinner with our neighbors. We do "Soup Sundays" when the weather starts getting a little colder and we switch off each week. It's their turn and we are having chicken noodle soup and grilled cheese sandwiches! We are even going to get yogurt afterwards. YUM!
Until next week!
xoxo,
Sara
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