Ultrasound pictures!

Our first doctor's appointment was yesterday and it went really well. We got an ultrasound and everything looks good. When the image first popped up on the screen I saw what I thought was the baby. The doctor pointed at it and said it was my entire uterus then zoomed in like ten times and pointed at a tiny speck that was the baby. Things are good so far according to the doctor. Our next appointment is on the 29th. I'm excited to move things along. The due date is October 12. We had heard that Chinese calendars and pretty accurate at determining the gender so we looked it up. According to the calendar, it's going to be a boy. I'm posting some pictures of the ultrasound. There are two little plus marks and that is the length of the baby. There's a white blob and the top but that isn't part of it.





It was pretty funny during the ultrasound. The doctor puts the gel on me and he's looking around and then everything gets dark. It happens again and again. Then the doctor says, "You see that dark spot covering the picture? That's stuff moving through your intestines that is blocking our view." As if that isn't embarrassing enough he adds, "You must have just eaten lunch." It made me laugh. We were able to see the heartbeat. It was beating away and we could see it as a little flicker on the screen.





Meanwhile, everything else is good. We got a doggy door for our puppy and she loves it! We love it too because now she just comes and goes as she pleases instead of needing us to let her out. Annyong likes to bring in giant sticks from outside to chew on but she can never get them through the door. She also likes to just stick her head out the door and look around. She's a funny dog.

Blake's job is going well. He starts his first incentive program in the next week or so, so that's been exciting to see develop. I'm excited for it to become a full-time job. School is good. A week and a half till Spring Break. The semester is about half over. So far so good.

This is our cute dog cuddling with my leg