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What a fantastic day! Jonathan, Ruthie, and I just got home from our ultrasound appointment and celebration brunch at the Waffle Shop. We only were able to make two phone calls on the way home and then Jon had to rush off to work so we'll be calling the rest of our family tonight! As I have said, it has truly been an amazing day. I can't believe we are so close to getting to meet our son or daughter... and YES!! You read that right, son or daughter!! One thing I've learned about how I carry babies is that they LOVE to curl up in a tight ball and hang out with me. I feel him or her kicking me a bunch these days, but!!! when it comes to the anatomy scans- I have bashful babies!! Jon and I were def on the fence again with whether we as a couple wanted to know. Jon being yes, me being no! Our game time decision was to watch closely and see if we could tell ourselves and then have the lady write it down and put it in an envelope so if we decided later, we could find out! But!! This way is wonderful too!! We actually will have another shot at finding out this time around! Because this little one was so curled up, they weren't able to complete a couple of things on the scan, so they want to check me out again in 4 weeks. So- stay tuned... maybe we'll get an actual answer... but hey, maybe we won't! October 29th is the next ultrasound date!

( I can't get enough of looking at this beautiful baby!! )

I love being a mommy and I can't wait until this little one is in my arms. Ruthie seems to be getting it more and more that their is a baby coming! She was very excited about the ultrasound this morning and a few times said "there's the baby!" From everything the technician could see, we have a very healthy little baby. Everything is measuring correctly and the baby's heartbeat is strong! We met with the doctor afterwards for my appointment and got to talk about my options for the delivery of this little (hopefully little) one. Towards the end of this pregnancy they'll actually do a baby measurement and see how big they think the baby is and then we can decide from there. Obviously, the tests aren't as accurate as they would be right now (which by the way- the baby is measuring at 15 oz- that's almost 1 lb!!) (Ruthie is 30 lbs more!) but it will give us a rough idea. This just gives us the opportunity to schedule a c-section if we choose or go with the flow and see what happens. One more opportunity :) -Though I will say, as long as the baby is healthy, I fully anticipate trying to deliver naturally. They did stress again that if I want to have this child naturally I cannot be induced, so atleast I know I have some time if the baby isn't ready to come again on his or her due date.

All in all- it was a great appointment and I just feel like the luckiest woman alive to have this little one snuggled up comfortably inside me. Here is one last picture:

To the Left- Baby #2 and to the Right- Ruthie: 20 week ultrasound:

(Baby #2- 20 week ultrasound) (Ruthie- 20 week ultrasound)

After looking at these two side by side- I think they have the same button nose :) Is it just me, or do they look a lot alike?!?!

Love you Baby Stube- Mommy <3