Week By Week: Lucky 13

We're almost done with our 13th week! While the first trimester seemed to take FOOOORRREEEVVVEEERRR, it was so worth the wait!

At the doc's this week we got to see our sweet little nugget! He/she has grown so much since our last visit at 8 weeks when they just looked like a little bean. Now the wee one's all baby-like and was dancing around like a fiend! We saw hands, legs, fingers, mouth, spine, so much! I think it threw both me and The Hubs for a loop. We knew we'd finally get to see something that resembled a baby, but neither of us was expecting just how active the little guy would be! Very much their father's kid, the baby was a bit camera shy, not wanting to show us their face at first. But after some hilarious tricks from our ultrasound tech (that I was horrified for The Hubs to witness but did without any hesitation because DAMMIT, MAMA WANTS TO SEE YOUR SWEET FACE, KID!!!), the little nug turned around and WAVED! He/she then immediately turned their face away from the camera again, but continued jumpin' and jivin' in my womb like they were in their own personal nightclub. Amazing, you guys. Just amazing.

This week's ultrasound had us a little nervous since it's when we were getting checked out for Down's Syndrome and all that. Everything looked great on the sonogram, but we're still awaiting my blood test results for the all clear. We were, however, very pleasantly surprised to learn that the blood test will also be able to show us the baby's gender! We'd thought for sure we wouldn't get that bit of info till 16 or 20 weeks when the little one could show us their stuff. But science is crazy, y'all. We may know as soon as 10 days whether we've got a girl or boy on board! Woot!

The sweetest profile I've ever seen.

A wave hello!

Week 13 baby bump in Big Bear!