Baby Games

Today was the day that I had been looking forward to for 5 weeks...well, in reality I have been looking forward to this day for my whole life. Today was the day that we would find out if we were having a little Adrian or a little Brady! Can you just imagine how amazing this day would be?! Well, I am still imagining ha! Our little one seemed to be playing games on mommy and daddy- already! Oh, he/she stared right at us the whole time and in fact waved several times (which was very very cute)but decided that he was not going to open up his leags for anything! The baby was in a breeched position with his head up and his legs crossed. So not only was she in a strange position but the legs were closed tight! We tried everything - full bladder, empty bladder, laying flat, laying at an incline with my head down, Stacy the 1st Sonographer and then Jackie the 2nd Sonographer but our baby was determined not to move thier bottom half! I have a feeling that our baby was just not ready to show his or her true colors yet so he just didn't!

As you can imagine we were very let down by this anticlimatic event but we do have good news to report - everything is still looking good! We could see the babies heart beating away, his stomach, eyes, profile, all the fingers and most of the toes, her ribs and spine were also pretty amazing. The baby is measuring at 17 weeks and 5 days which is only 1 day behind which we were told is right on track. The baby actually wieghs 7 oz. now and should wiegh 1 pound in just a few weeks - the Sonographer said that was about the size of 4 sticks of butter! wow

We are not scheduled to have another sonogram for 2 more months due to insurance reasons but if you know me at all I cannot and will not wait that long to find out so Nick and I will be visiting an off site Sonogram place called Blooming Baby where they can take 3D and 4D images next Wednesday at 3 pm. You better believe that I will be giving little Hamilton a pep talk before we go in! :)

On a lighter note we did begin the registering process last Saturday at Babies R Us! Wow was that overwhelming but so much fun! My mom and Allison came along for the adventure and that is exactly what we had. We were able to register for all the necessary items such as bottles, bath stuff, healthcare, breast feeding and toys. All the larger items and gender items we will do at a later date so Nick can get involved. We will probably also register at BuyBuy Baby since they have a larger selection in some areas. But this has given us a great start especially since we have a shower over labor Day with our Indiana family. I think Allison now has a leg up for when it is her turn! She will be an expert by then!

I will post pictures tonight of the new sonogram so you can see just how big baby has come! Be thinking of us next Wednesday at 3 pm for baby to be prepared and for this future mom to keep her cool if he is not! Love you all! :)