Baby's Sailboat Blanket

Here's the effects of my nesting instincts this past month. It's not quite done, but it's getting there!

Five Pregnant Ladies

Here I am with 4 of my pregnant cousins, all standing in order of due dates. I'm about 28 weeks here. Melanie is due this month, followed by her sisters Tracy and Lisa and their sister-in-law, Katie, is due in August. Pretty crazy!

Ultrasound: 10 Weeks.

The little peanut got hiccups here. It's a profile; the head is on the left (about half of the body) and you can sort of make out the little arm and leg buds that were squirming around.

Ultrasound: 16 Weeks.

It's a...BOY! It's probably for the best that the quality on this picture is so bad. It's just a shot from underneath that the doctor labeled for us. It was an exciting moment, though. It seemed to make the whole pregnancy thing a little more real for both of us.

External View: 24 Weeks.

The baby's been kicking a lot more recently. It's kind of a strange feeling, but very exciting. Sometimes, you can even see the him moving through clothes. According to the doctor's measurements from the ultrasound, he's about a foot long and 1 lb. 10 oz. His original due date was June 12, but as he's consistently measured larger, he'll probably come more like early June.

Ultrasound: 24 Weeks.

This is the first ultrasound that, in my opinion, didn't look like Skeletor. If you can't tell, he's looking right at us. He has a really defined jaw line.

3D Ultrasound: 24 Weeks.

We thought this picture was incredible. If you can't make it out, it's a profile shot of the head and the right hand nestled up against the wall. It's funny how much personality he already has; it was really tough to just get him to show his face at all. He kept burying it where he knew his picture couldn't be taken. Granted, it was only 8:30 in the morning.