Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Hooray...he's not an alien!!!

After meeting Nephew Newt and hearing about Justin's cousin Laura's awesome experience with a 4D ultrasound, we decided to fork out the money and go for it.  We just couldn't wait 12 more weeks to meet our little guy!  We wanted to see what he looked like, see how he was growing, and make sure he was indeed a little dude, and not a little dudette!  I actually think that was more a concern of mine...for some reason I had a giant fear we were going to go in, and they were going to be like, "Um, you are an idiot...you're having a girl."  

Thankfully, he was indeed a boy - we have the pictures to prove it, but I will spare him the embarrassment of posting it on the internet for all to see!  He also was not an alien.  :)  In our 20 week ultrasound, he totally looked like an alien!  Check out the pictures in our very first post to see for yourself.  It was kind of scary!

Some other things we found out about our Little buddy...
  • We might need to change his name to Big buddy!  He is a chunky monkey!  He has at least one super chunky cheek already (that we could see) and he even has a fat roll!  And he's only about 2 1/2 pounds!!  Just wait until he's 8 or so pounds!  
  • He is currently in a frank breech position, meaning his head is up and he is butt down.  He should be the other way around!  Hopefully we can get him to flip around (although, we have plenty of time!)
  • He kept his legs crossed and completely in front of his face the entire time.  In fact, his toes were almost digging into his forehead throughout the ultrasound.  He did not want to be moved - what a stubborn little guy!
  • He also kept his left arm curled up in front of his face nearly the entire time.  It made it difficult to get some good face shots, but we managed to get a few.  He even gave us a quick grin!
Now for what you really want to see... :)

Here he has his big toe smashing into his forehead...yes, that thing coming out of his head is his toe!!!

Here he's flashing gang signs.  Just kidding :)  He's just saying "hi" to everyone!

Take a look at that chubby little cheek!!  McDonalds and Chipotle are doing his body good.

Here is his precious little grin :)  For all you IU fans, he is also practicing his first down cheer for when he goes to his first football game next fall.

We hope you enjoyed your first glance at Little buddy...we sure did!  It makes us super excited for the next 12 weeks.  We can't wait to meet the little guy!  

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So fun! I'm glad that you guys got to have the 4D ultrasound done. I can't believe how flexible he is! We're looking forward to seeing you guys for the game on Sunday. Hopefully it will be much less frustrating than last year! Can't wait to see the nursery! :)

Krista