Multiple personalities of my stomach this week...

I have had many weird, random stomach "happenings" this week. Below are just a few...

1) Bubbling (aka gas...sorry!)

2) Stretching (My uterus is growing. It's about the size of a melon right now so it can hold that 5 inch baby.)

3) Tightness

4) Constipation

5) Growth and Roundness

*** But it's all worth it for our little one! We love you little man!***

I bought baby BOY clothes..

Here are two pictures from my latest baby boy shopping outing (by latest I mean my first ever).

We are going to dress Lil Chapps right. Or at least try to...

Preppy clothing here we come.

(My sister better have a girl because I already have quite a few girl "hand-me-overs.")

My New Favorite Snack

PICKLES!!!

Dang that girl has been drinking lots of beer...

or is she just in the early stages of pregnancy?

I am officially in that awkward stage of beer belly vs. baby lump/bump/pooch. Some clothes you can't tell anything is different...some clothes I look like I have fat rolls and have been drinking too much...and some clothes my belly looks a teeny bit round.

Waiting for that time to actually fully pop so I'm not feeling self conscious about having a "big belly" and not a "baby belly."

As much as I don't want to post this picture, we gotta start somewhere huh? Here is me at 15 weeks....

Lil Chapps is a Boy!! (We think...)

Aaron and I went to the doctor on Thursday to do our first trimester screening tests. Unfortunately, we discovered that Lil Chapps was too big and too far along to perform the tests for Down's Syndrome, Trisomy, and Congential Heart/Birth Defects. However, the ultrasound and screening from the doctor provided a lot of information. Baby Chapps has a very clear, defined, dense nasal bone. This is a good indication that Down's Syndrome is not an issue at all. Usually children with Down's have no nasal bone at this stage. Also, the doctor measured the fluid sac at the back of the baby's neck, another indication of Down's or Trisomy. The baby's fluid sac was translucent and thin (two great signs). Also, the doctor was able to detect the areas of blood flow that are currently present in the baby. Most babies with any birth defects only have one area of blood flow on one side of the stomach that is smaller in size. Our baby had the expected two areas of blood flow that were large in size...third good sign that nothing is wrong. The heart beat was very strong and regular...fourth good sign! Lil Chapps was moving and kicking and punching like crazy. HE (yes, he) was awfully comfortable and sleeping at the beginning of the ultrasound when doc came in and messed up his world. :) He was originally all curled up in the smallest part of my uterus, an area the doctor says is very comfortable for the babies. Then doc started pushing really hard on my tummy and Lil Chapps started jumping and kicking and moving all around. So cute! The doctor then asked us if we wanted to find out the sex of the baby because he was able to tell us at the point. We were very surprised since we didn't think we would be able to determine the sex until the beginning of February at our next appointment. The doctor said that he is 99% sure it is a baby boy! We are still digesting the fact that we are pretty sure that we know the gender of our baby. Aaron is totally convinced, but I am still holding out for the next ultrasound in February to be 100% sure! My world is a little rocked since we had already chosen a baby girl's name, baby girl bedding, and bought some baby girl clothes. Not that we are disappointed at all, nor were we expecting a girl. It was just a lot easier for us to come up with a name we both liked and find bedding that we really liked for a girl. These two tasks for a boy have been tougher...But we know it will all come together. We got to record our whole ultrasound appointment on DVD and we'd love to share it with anyone who might be interested. We are going to try to post part of the video on our blog once we figure out how to take out a clip from the DVD. Here is the latest ultrasound picture of our little one! Check out the toes on the one ultrasound picture!