Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound

I had my 20 week fetal anatomy ultrasound this week!  It's so cool what technology can do.  They look at the baby head to toe and check all sorts of things to make sure all looks well.  This is usually the appointment when you find out if it's a boy or girl but since we already knew, we didn't have that anticipation.  However, it was still pretty cool to see Anderson with such detail!  

Our doctor refers out for this ultrasound and we went to the same company that we used for Cooper but WOW have they changed! Their office is located at St.Davids Hospital in Austin so it was a little drive. They were doing alot of construction so finding parking and where to enter was also an adventure. THEN, we searched all over for the darn place!  We probably asked 3-4 different people for help before we found the actual office only to find out that for this appointment, they send you to another place in the hospital that we just so happened to pass by 3-4 times as we were looking for where to go, so we were late!  But, everyone at the hospital was very helpful and nice as they tried to help us! Plus we were the only ones waiting, unlike our usually dr. visits where we wait and hour or more to be seen.  

Next, I had to register with the place which I thought was weird and they asked me all kinds of questions as if I were delivering there.  Then I got a hospital bracelet! Very strange, I was thinking, "Do they know I'm not having the baby yet??" haha.  But i guess it was all normal procedures for them.

Now the confession....during the ultrasound, the room was dark and cool and there was soft music playing and although it was cool to see Anderson, it took about an hour for the tech to get all the measurements she need and she was talking us through what she was doing but I have to admit, I was starting to doze off here and there!  I couldn't believe it!  I was just hoping I wouldn't full out fall asleep, haha.  When it was all done I told James and he said he was too! WE ARE BAD PARENTS, SORRY ANDERSON, we do love you!!!!!!

With that out of the way, they gave us some cool pics and a video of the whole appointment!  Anderson checked out great and is about 1lb. right now and has all 10 fingers and toes!  

Anderson's profile. He is either sucking his thumb or just has his hand up saying HI!

Yup....still a boy!!!

Cute feet!

Cool pic of the spine!

Today I finally broke out the maternity pants!  I'm at a weird stage right now because my regular jeans are just a little tight but I was pulling the maternity jeans up all day.  Cool thing though, I reached into the pocket and found a dollar!!! HAHA, it must have been in there since I was preggo with Cooper...too funny!

So there you have it for now! I go back to my regular doctor in a few weeks for my glucose test...yay! (sarcastic) I'll have the next update then! Thanks for reading!

Whats in a name???

I'm almost half way there, can you believe it???!!!  I am almost 20 weeks along and had my checkup today.  Everything went well and although I was there for an hour, it was still shorter than last time, haha.

I've only gained 7 lbs so far and my pants are just now starting to feel tight by the end of the day.  I have broken into my maternity shirts though mainly because I am so tired of my clothes and it seems like I've got new ones now =) I also have to thank my sister in law, Leah, for the box of clothes she is letting me borrow! There are some really cute pieces I cant wait to wear!

So, unfortunately, I did not get any pictures today =(  I did have an ultrasound and his heartbeat was great and he was moving quite a bit but the little guy is a stinker already!  He was facing toward my back and snuggled in tight. He refused to move so we couldn't get any good shots of his face or even side view. However, he was very willing to let us know he is for sure a BOY! LOL

I can finally feel him kicking/punching though! I really feel it at night when I get still but sometimes throughout the day I feel it too, I LOVE IT! James can't quite feel it yet but give it  a few weeks and he will be able to feel him move all around!

At 20 weeks, they typically do an in depth ultrasound where they measure every bone and look at each heart chamber and the brain, etc. My doctor refers his patients to a specialist for this so I will be going for that in the next week or 2 and I can't remember if they will give me pics or not but I'm hoping so!  For now you will just have to be happy with a belly pic of me =)

19 weeks-Not much there yet but it is growing!

Cooper is really into taking pictures right now and so of course he wanted to be in the pic and James told him he was taking a picture of my belly first and then he HAD to see my belly so we got this shot:

He is also very into giving kisses, which is adorable....he even makes the "muah" sound! So he had to kiss the baby. (he has no clue what that means but likes kissing my belly and had to kiss james' too!)

Thought this was a very sweet picture and im gonna see if it will work as my cover pic on fb!

My next appointment is time for the sugar glucose test so Ill have to fast and then drink that "yummy" fruit punch drink to get my glucose tested. It was fine for my first 2 so I dont anticipate any issues but my appointment has to be in the morning so I'll have to take off work which is not good since I don't even have 3 of the 6 weeks Ill have to take off saved up...boo! I really think they should let your spouse, or even friends if they sign a release form, give days to those who need them! When I'm done having kids and have plenty of days saved up I'll give back to those younger teachers that need them for maternity leave!

Finally....we have a name!!! James is very much into choosing our kids names which is nice as oppsoed to the standard guy who doesnt have much input but I will say it makes thing much more interesting.  We have totally different preferences in names so its really hard for us to even find any that we both kind of like.  James REALLY wanted a name with 3 syllables because j is 1 and cooper is 2 AND he wanted the name to start with an A so his initials will be AM for A & M, WHOOP! Crazy, I know! SO...how many A names have 3 syllables and aren't ridiculous??? EXACTLY!  However, with the suggestions from family members we came up and decided on...DRUM ROLL PLEASE....................................

ANDERSON HEATH MOSELEY

So james got his 3 syllable A name and I got my way to fit in a family name (obviously Heath after me)

I really DONT like Andy and will never call him that but realize people may and he may want to go by that and that's fine. I figure if he grows up and wants to go by Heath, I like that too so its a win-win!

So there you have it! That's all for now! I'll update again once I see the specialist and hope to have ultrasound pics to share then!