C'mon...THIS is cute!

How cute is this? Baby Jaxson with his Uncle Shooter.

Seeing the heartbeat

This was by far the best part of my week! I had such a crappy week at work and there was no better way to end it than to see our little turd measuring right on track with a heart beat of 146 beats per minute. I was so nervous today and I could hardly sleep last night knowing that today was the day. It was such a bittersweet moment. It brought back a lot of memories of having the first ultrasound and not being able to detect a heartbeat. I was dreading going to the appointment in fear that it would happen again but thankfully everything turned out perfect. Gosh, I'm super happy today.

here's a little info I found online. We'll see if it's true or not!

Fetal heart rates were recorded with a doppler fetoscope for 1 min. The theory is that if the fetal heart rate is 140 beats/min or greater, the fetus is female, and if the fetal heart rate is 139 beats/min or lower, the fetus is male.

According to this myth, we would be having a girl...yay! I totally want a girl but Craig is positive that it's a boy. I'm always right (just ask him) so I bet we'll have a girl. After all, the Chinese Calendar says so, too!! (ok, so I'm really bored at work and have time to look up pointless stuff like this)

7 week appointment...

So the 7 week appointment was pretty uneventful. I just have to go have my blood drawn next week and I'm also scheduled for a level 1 ultrasound next week! I'm nervous/excited/hopeful. Here's what the little turd looks like...