We saw our baby girl, we see the possibilities of us.

Yesterday I had a sonogram to check the weight and growth of our baby girl.  We got to see her in 3D, which was interesting, but not as neat as all the information we got about her!

She has HAIR.  She has "long" hair according to the sonographer.  The sonographer at Dr. Kerry Kirkman's office is SO communicative!  She doesn't just shoot the images, print a few, and leave.  She spent a ton of time viewing our baby from every angle, showing us and telling us everything you can see and read from a sonogram - so freaking awesome.

You can see the sonogram pictures here.

Great lungs, spine, feet, hands, brain, bones, heart, etc.  She said that our baby was so much fun to view because she kept moving and showing new angles!  I've never heard the phrase, "She has a beautiful spine" before in my life until yesterday... :o)

Anyway, baby is 3lbs 14oz, and is measuring right on target at 32 weeks.  Approximately 8 weeks to go (to full term, 40 weeks)  So she's looking at being between 7-8lbs, not bad, fairly on average, just like my skinny mini, Aiden.  HOWEVER... supposedly she's got a "fat" face.  :o)  She looks different than Aiden did in the sonograms, Aiden was a stick the whole pregnancy and had a thin face unlike this one!

I lost 3 lbs.  Doc says not to make a habit of it - I wasn't aware of any habit I had at all during this pregnancy - and I definitely wasn't making a habit of losing weight (I thought I was gaining weight!) 

Aiden is being such a great boy lately - always getting smiley faces at school for his overall day - participating in everything, talking clearer and clearer every day, becoming more and more independent every day.  He's going to be a fantastic first born - and an amazing helper and big brother.  He's such a sweetheart.

I'm not feeling pregnant yet, not during the day, that is - until I have to bend down to get something or talk to Aiden - whoops!  My balance is bad!  And then my legs thank me for getting off of them when I lay down at night, but the feelings of the baby girl moving and reacting are constant and reassuring.  Doc says her good movement is a sign she's getting plenty of oxygen!  *takes a bow*  Not really sure how I have anything to do with that, so, Thank You God!

Anyway, been working our butts off to pay off the baby - and we're done.  $3000 for the doc, appointments, sono's, labs and delivery.  $3300 for the hospital stay for delivery room, 2 days in a private room, meals, baby's needs, my needs.  $1500 for the epidural.  (whether you agree with that or not, I felt the contractions last time pretty bad, I don't mind having the epidural and I thank God for giving mankind the knowledge to research, create and advance technology.  Heck, they keep babies alive at only 24 weeks into the pregnancy that are delivered early now, in the 80s that wasn't possible.)  $7800, DONE.  Could have been a great paydown for one of the cars, but this is so much more rewarding! 

I'd say Josh and I make a spectacular team.  When we set our minds to something, we both keep to it to the same caliper.  Josh works like crazy dealing with the "crazies" that want the expensive bikes at the shop, I do what I can to keep the average customers... well... average.  And on our days off, we work (it's my fault).  We painted a kitchen today and had to change colors half way through - we're both exhausted, but it put a little bit more money in our bank account.  Two weeks ago, we painted their master bedroom and bathroom, and last week I contracted to have hand-scraped wood floors installed in their bedroom.  Josh sells stuff and I work and we both put the money to pay down whatever we can.  Now we just have to join forces to get our OWN house up to par for when it goes on the market!  (March 15th)  The possibilities for us are endless, it seems.

My birthday is March 12th, the baby shower/birthday party is March 13th, and Aiden's Birthday (listing day) is March 15th.  Beware the Ides of March - I'd say.