Our Babe at 10 Weeks

This post is a couple weeks late but, hey, I've been a little tired lately so let's let it slide! I am 12 weeks now and - good news - I woke up yesterday feeling more like ME! I even laid down to take my Sunday afternoon nap (because even non-pregnant Bon loooves those!), but I couldn't sleep because I wasn't tired at all. I got up, cleaned the basement, did laundry that had been piling up, even did a few crafty projects! Let me tell you - that was a major, major improvement in the way things have been going lately! After church and dinner last night, I even stayed up late with Josh and watched TWO movies!

Okay, now to the good stuff.... Our 10 week appointment was July 21. Everything went as well as could be. I hadn't gained any weight since the 6 week appt (we'll see how long THAT lasts!). I just had lots of blood taken, had an ultrasound, and spoke with the doctor. The ultrasound was a.m.a.z.i.n.g.! As a side note - Josh and I had our two year anniversary dinner the day after our appointment and as we were talking about wonderful memories we've shared since July 18, 2009, we agreed that this ultrasound was the absolute BEST one yet! So before I give the details, here's a picture of our cute little button:

This is what we first saw on the screen. What a cutie! The lady scanning me showed us both legs and both arms (not visible in this pic) and kept saying, "Oooh, your little pumpkin is sleeping!" I didn't think too much about it because I thought that at just about 1 INCH in size, the baby just sort of floated around in that position. Well then she poked around at my stomach with the wand-thing (Laura, I don't know the technical term)... and MUCH to our surprise, that little pumpkin WOKE UP!! It streeeeeettcchhheedd it's little arms and legs and then just went to town kicking around! Oh my goodness, I thought I loved this baby before, but it just stole my heart with that little exercise routine!! I could hear Josh sniffling, but I didn't want to take my eyes off the screen to confirm that there were tears rolling down his face. :) Baby Little's heart rate was 163 bpm this time.... for any that may be trying to predict gender based on heart rate. :)

My next appointment (14 week) is August 18th. The doc said that they'll pretty much just weigh me and listen to the heart rate using Doppler. Maybe I'll have some gender-identifying pictures taken by Laura by the end of the month!!!!!

**This blog needs a major renovation. I think that I'll be emailing Haley Morgan sometime soon for some assistance! If you are not familiar with Blogger... well... it's awful. I can never get the header right or find a background that I just love or get the fonts sized correctly. Haley just did Katie's blog and it looks perfect!! (Maybe I can just use the same one?? :) Just kidding!) I think that if I didn't cringe every time I looked at my blog then I'd be more likely to post.