Hello everyone! This blog is shorter than the last one, but hopefully, just as exciting! This week will mark my 16th week and I am doing very well. Since the last time I wrote, my queasiness is gone, my appetite is up and my pants are much tighter! The last time Josh and I visited the doctor, we were lucky enough to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time! I still can't believe it. I've included a small clip from our last visit and a few ultrasound pictures. However, we are very excited for our next visit on February 17th because I'll be 18 weeks along and we are going to find out the gender of the baby! I'll definitely update all of you with that exciting news once we find out!

15 weeks!



I know this ultrasound looks like a big, blurry blob, but it is a zoomed in picture of the profile of the baby's face! If you start from the top left corner and work across to the right, you are looking at the baby's forehead, the eye socket (slightly sunken in), down to the nose (sticking out--hopefully mine and not Daddy's), and then the lips that slightly stick out. I love this picture because if you look at the right side of the picture, you are looking at the baby's hand and it looks like he/she is waving at you!



This is the baby's profile. For those of you like me who have difficulty reading ultrasounds, the big round thing on the right side of the picture is the baby's head!



This is an ultrasound of the baby staring directly at you! The two brighter circles that are close together in the center of the picture are the baby's eyes.



This short video is the first time we were able to hear the baby's heartbeat! It is so amazing to think that inside me there is a tiny person with a tiny heart. I still can't believe that my body is creating another little body with its very own organs!