Wesley Ray

Wesley Ray. This is a name I have been loving for many, many months.  After making Nick go through 1000 names, we agreed this was the name.  

I am absolutely thrilled.  

I was thinking I was slightly preferring a girl, but I felt guilty even thinking that.  I prayed so much for God to give us what we need.  And He did!  He really knows what He is doing.  I didn't realize how much I really wanted a boy until we found out Wesley is boy.  

I find little tractors and cars in random drawers.  My house is full of balls, airplanes, and hot wheels. I love being a boy mom! It's perfect.  Baby boy will be born in January (more on that at another time...) so the seasons match up perfectly for us to reuse all of Tanner's clothes. 

This is so exciting to me. I was packing up Tanner's closet this weekend, putting things he outgrew away.  And it hit me that I would see ALL of those clothes again!  

The best part is hoping Tanner and Wesley will be best friends.  I know it may take many, many years, but my heart could burst imagining them as adults, spending time together. And hopefully their own families will be close.  

Wesley looked great on the ultrasound.  I was still so amazed at how you can see so much, so clearly.  I loved being able to see all 4 quadrants of his heart.  His little legs, arms, fingers, and face.  I wonder if he will look like Tanner.  

He has his hand in front of his face in this picture

My next appointment is in two weeks, and we will go over the ultrasound and make sure everything looks good.  

It's a...

BOY!!!

I'll write a longer post with the ultrasound pictures later, but I just wanted to get this out there! We are so happy!!!

18 Weeks and TOMORROW!

My appointment was on Tuesday, and it went great!  My blood pressure was 108/47 (which is my normal, just like with Tanner. If you were reading back when I was blogging about being pregnant with him you'll remember how I knew I was creeping up on pre-eclampsia because of my blood pressures)

I still haven't gained any weight.  And actually I've lost it.  I guess that happens when you can't eat much.  And on that note, I was able to get a new prescription for zofran!  Hopefully I won't have to refill this one. 

Baby's heart rate was 160! Tanner's was mostly always in the 140s.  This was such a great time.  I haven't felt the baby move in a week so knowing it was fine was such a relief.  And it was the first time I got to hear the heart beat!  My last appointment, my doctor couldn't find it and we had to have a quick ultrasound.  

TOMORROW is the day I've been looking forward to for a month (since I found out the appointment date).  It's anatomy scan day!  I hope baby cooperates and lets us see if it's a he or a she.  But most importantly, I hope we can get a good measurement and see that baby is healthy!

YAY! 

***Edit to add: this is my 200th POST! Crazy!!!***

Team Blue!

I am so happy right now!  I had the anatomy scan this afternoon, and I can officially start referring Baby as Tanner! That's right, it's a BOY!  My intuition was right!

The ultrasound went very well! I enjoyed every minute of it, and it was a long 60 minutes!  The ultrasound tech was great and told us what we were looking at and made jokes here and there. I was also able to find out for certain that the little kicks I'm feeling actually are kicks. It was incredible to see Tanner kick and move while feeling him do it! 

We got measurements of his brain, femur, heart, and abdomen.  All measuring him to be a little over 20 weeks!  He must have had one big growth spurt, because I'm only 18 weeks 5 days.  If my doctor decides to change my due date (since it's over 10 days difference) he will be due December 1st.  

We were able to see the ventricles in his brain and heart, everything looked great.  We were also able to see his little bladder and kidneys.  

The ultrasound tech said he likes to move in weird shapes.  He was on his head for a little while, and a strange "yoga position".  She then asked if I've been getting kicked in the ribs yet because apparently his little legs are up under my right ribs. That surprised me! I didn't think he was that big yet, but I guess if he's measuring 20 weeks, he's the size of a cantaloupe. 

I am so in love! And of course Nick is happy he gets to buy the plane bedding he has been eyeballing.  

Here are two profile shots. The first he has his hands by his face.

Here Tanner is all curled up.  I am so sure he curls up like this so he can kick me. :) I love those kicks!

Two pictures of the front of Tanner's face.  We were able to have one picture we picked to be printed large, we picked this first one.

And the proof he's a boy.  He's not shy at all! It was very easy to spot!

I am so blessed!