We have also had our anatomy scan which confirmed that we are having a baby boy! Last month we saw a little nub that we thought were boy parts, but now we definitely know!
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| Here we are at the anatomy scan |
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| Boy confirmation! |
Carlton was able to make it to our appointment, which was great!!
The ultrasound picture showing the boy parts is a bit fuzzy. It definitely helped that the sonographer added an arrow to make it easier to see!
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| Baby's profile |
The baby's profile picture looks like he is blowing bubbles but it's actually his other hand next to his face. He's been in that position in our past ultrasound pictures as well.
So we used the dogs to send out the announcement on Facebook that we are having a boy. For those of you who did not get to see it, here you go!
Their expressions are too funny! We had a hard time getting Bubbles to stay in place and kept having to move her back next to Edge. By the time we took the picture, she thought she was in trouble! LOL
At this point the baby is sleeping quite a bit (about 12-14 hours a day). When he is moving moving around, it is usually when I am sitting or lying down. His inner ear is developing now and his pancreas is creating his own hormones. He is currently about a foot tall and weighs about a pound. His eyes are still developing and currently have no pigment in the iris.
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| Bumpie photo for this week! |
Other than having fewer items of clothing out of my normal wardrobe that I can wear, the only other change I notice is pregnancy brain. It hasn't hit too bad (I don't think) but I had two instances this past week that stood out. I needed to write my phone number down on some paperwork and for the life of me, I could not remember the first three digits! The other instance was when I was baking. We had a mini Thanksgiving with some friends and I wanted to make an Apple Spice Cake for dessert. I was finishing up baking it (just took it out of the oven) when I checked the recipe again to see what needed to be done as it cooled. The recipe calls for powdered sugar to be sprinkled on top as the cake cools down. It was at that point that I realized I hadn't put the apples in the cake batter!! It hadn't even occurred to me before that. Ha!! So I ended up making a second one just to make sure it actually had apples in it.
Yes my bumpie photo is in front of our Christmas tree; you may be thinking its weird that we already have our Christmas tree up and normally I would agree. However, the guys are heading out the day before Thanksgiving and will not be home for the holidays at all. I didn't want to try to put up the tree by myself and Carlton didn't want to miss out on decorating it with me. So we put it up this past weekend along with Christmas lights on the house. I will slowly put out the other Christmas decorations I have over the next few weeks, but those were the two big items that I knew I couldn't do by myself.
I hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!! Carlton wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!
XOXOXO
