Saturday, March 13, 2010

Thank goodness!

We are still having a baby girl! Mark and I had another sonogram done yesterday to see how big our little Charlotte is getting. I was so nervous that we were going to find out that she isn't a she after all, but no worries! That is a really good thing since everything we own is pink!

Here is her profile. Just below the exclamation marks is her forehead. Below the "and" is her nose and then you can see her little mouth sticking out.
Here she is looking directly at you. You can see her little eyes, nose, and mouth. You can also see her little chipmunk cheeks sticking out! How cute!
Here is her foot pressed up against my stomach and you can see all her toes.
Finally, the sonographer informed us that she is not going to be a bald baby and we will have to make sure to have bows for her! On the upper right corner of this picture is the back of her head. All the little stringies floating out from it is all of her hair! At another point we were able to see the same thing on the top of her head. Mark and I can't wait to see what color her hair is!
We were so very blessed to be able to see her again and be reassured that all is well. The most beautiful word that we heard over and over again as the sonographer was checking all of her organs was that they were "normal". There is nothing more precious than hearing that our baby is growing and healthy! Her head is measuring 37 weeks and the rest of her is measuring about 36 weeks and 3 days (4 days ahead of where I was in my pregnancy yesterday). So, she is a big headed baby - poor me! She is measuring about 6lbs. 5 oz., but that is give or take a pound. So she could be over 7 lbs. or under 6 lbs. at this point. That is in about the 52nd percentile. She is approximately 17.9 inches long. Her heartbeat was 135. The sonographer actually had a hard time getting just the heartbeat by itself because she was doing so many "breathing motions" that is interfered with the sound. All in all, we were given a wonderful report on our baby girl. Charlotte, we love you and we are so excited to be meeting you soon!

5 comments:

Alli said...

What great pictures you got! I'm predicting a little tow-headed blond like your nieces & nephew.

Winters said...

What wonderful news to hear that she is thriving and healthy. Y'all did get some great pictures! Oh, and those sweet, little toes...even if they may keep you up at night :)

JessBless said...

LOVE THIS POST! The pictures are just wonderful! Oh, and I must say I'm jealous that you are going to have a baby with hair you can put bows in! Everyone will actually know she is a girl!!! Best news is that she is perfectly healthy!!!! I know she will be perfectly precious as well. So excited to meet my new niece!!

Varner said...

What great pictures! I wish we could have another sono. I guess we will just have to wait and meet the little guy in person. I'm glad to hear that little Charlotte is healthy.
I'm sorry I missed your shower. It looks like you got a lot beautiful things. If you ever need any girl things, just let me know...I have tons!

Hang in there, you are almost done!

Amy said...

LOVE the pic showing her hair! Warning: that is what ellie's sono picture looked like. and she had A LOT of hair. love it! so excited for you guys.