24 week ultrasound

Hello everyone!
We had a great doctor's visit once again today. we are very lucky to be having such a wonderful
experience so far, thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. So, to fill you in on what's been happening...

Lil mama Lauren came down with a pretty bad head cold and near sinus infection this past week, but got some
meds to help with it and she's doing better. I think it jumped from her shnyder over to mine. Thanks hun. Baby BOY
Schmidgall has been making sure mama knows he's there after Lauren eats and every night around 10:00.
He's definitely active, I was lucky enough to feel him kick on Monday of this week which was pretty sweet!
Also, you can see him ever so slightly make mama's stomach move now and then. Very cool stuff...definitely makes
it very real! We have also got the crib assembled and have started accumulating our baby needs inventory.
The other cool thing is that we are very close to having our name selection down to 2 or 3, we actually agree on this, now
food, that's whole different story. (I have good taste, Lauren's is questionable at times. =)) BUT, we are going to wait until
JUNE to let you all know what the final final name is for our little baby boy. I have also started planning my training for the
little big man for world domination. But, that is top secret.

Ok, back to today's appointment. We were both pretty excited all week so when the time came to start the ultrasound
we were both pretty shmiley! Today, baby had his arms above his head during the ultrasound, just like both Lauren and I sleep
so we may have caught him at nap time to start. Dr. Lo continued to measure out the cabasa or head and femur, check the heart, kidneys, the different parts of the spine, footsies, and hands, ALL of which came back very normal. We took numerous pictures and got to see baby open and close his mouth a few times, pretty cool. He did a test to guestimate the weight of the baby, it involved measuring the femur and the knoggin and it equated to the baby being 1lb 8oz at 24 weeks. Average at this time is 1lb 4oz so he's right on track. He moved quite a bit during the ultrasound which was very cool to see on the big screen. Dr. Lo also said that this time he was 95% sure it's a boy...he won't go above that but assured us he has not been wrong about it in 10 years so we are pretty sure he's right. If not, he and I will have words. =)

So there ya go mama and baby are doing great, I am doing well too, thanks for asking. We are right on track for development and all other aspects! Our next appointment is March 26th in which they will test for gestational diabetes. Lauren gets to drink some go juice that looks like orange cool-aid but probably taste like the inside of a shoe.
We also, picked a baby doctor, Dr. Evans in Carroll. He has 5 boys of his own and coaches TEE-ball for Ayden, so he knows what's up then, we're golden there.

Quick Update

Usually Cory does all of the posting on here but I figured since we didn't post an update after our 20 week doctor visit I would attempt it now. (He's a little bit better at this blogger stuff than I am!) As of today I am a little over 21 weeks along now.

We went in about a week ago for our 20 week appointment and all was well. No ultrasound this time. The baby's heart rate was in the 150s, which is where it is usually at and is completely normal. They also measured my belly this time (since it's definitely noticeable now), and I'm measuring normal there as well.

I'm feeling pretty good, I really can't complain about anything so I'm happy about that! I first started feeling the baby move around 18 weeks or so and now I feel it quite often. He seems to enjoy kicking me and doing flips around the same time each day. It really is an awesome feeling to finally be able to feel the baby move, it definitely makes it so much more real. Cory even got to feel him kick the other night, just slightly, but he still felt it!

It seems like the time is really flying by and June will be here before we know it. We go in again when I'm 24 weeks where we will get a full ultrasound. Dr. Lo will check all of the baby's organs and make sure everything looks good. We will also have him double check to make sure the baby is still a boy before we go out and buy too much blue! =) The baby's room is also slowly starting to come together. The room is painted a light pastel yellow color and we have a crib and dresser set up already. The furniture is an espresso color and looks really nice. We can't wait to keep decorating!

Anyway, I will quit blabbing now and pay more attention to the Super Bowl. Just wanted to give everyone a quick update. I'm sure Cory will want to add his own comments as well. Stay tuned for more pictures after our 24 week appointment!