The stem fell off...

At 12 weeks the doctor made no promises but thought she may see a stem on the apple; she made the disclaimer clear that it was just too early to tell. Kale was really excited, and I was glad baby was healthy but wanted a girl first (we're such good babysitters and helpers).

So we had our 16 week appt yesterday. It's a girl! My official due date was changed to Oct 3 2009. Kale and I have the name picked out: Sophie Anna Bettolo. I lucked out and was able to get an external ultrasound. The doctor looked... for a long time. The baby had knees together and hand cupped over the "parts." My mom made the comment "He sure is modest" to Kale. By this time we still had no idea what gender. Then the doctor was like.... oop! There is the hamburger! She said she is 99.9% sure it's a girl. She had to wiggle my belly a lot to get a good view but she finally got one. I looked over at Kale and I thought for sure he was going to cry, he looked devastated. My mom was really sad too, she said it was all she could do to keep from crying. They both admitted later it's not that they don't want a girl, they were just set on the idea of a boy because of the previous appt.

So the doc measured her leg and her head. Her head must be huge cause it's measuring 16wks3days while the rest of her is measuring 15wks5days. She weighs only 5oz right now.

Kale had to go to work after the appointment. My mom and I ran some more errands. It was my sisters birthday yesterday! We got her a couple things, and stopped at the DI. I like that store because if you take the time to look you can find some cute things. We looked through all the baby clothes and found some darling baby jeans and a ton of almost perfect condition sleeper sacks/pjs. It was fun. We went to chuck-a-rama for my sister's birthday dinner, and luckily this time around I was able to keep it down. My mom showed me a blessing dress that I wore when I was blessed as a new baby. She made it too! It was so precious! I am totally going to use it for when Kale blesses Sophie. We also looked through some more clothes my mom kept that I wore. It was fun. Then my mom helped me clean my house really good (dust, vacuum) and we moved a piece of furniture out of Sophie's room-to-be. She helped me do all my laundry. She is the best mom ever. I don't know what I'd do without her. Kale got home a little before 11 and has seemed to recover from the earlier trauma.