baby's a growin'!

i went for my monthly dr's appt. today, and all is well. i'm 11 weeks along (as you can see from the ticker on my blog), but my dr. thought i was 12 weeks for some reason... so he tried to listen for the heartbeat using the little wand (not sure what it's called). (typically the heartbeat can be found this way starting at around 12 weeks)... when he couldn't find it, he decided to do a quick ultrasound since the equipment was right there. i'm not exactly crazy about having a ton of ultrasounds (this makes 3 so far this pregnancy when i'd had none at this point with ethan!), but he made it short and sweet, and of course, it was fun to see the baby again! this child has really grown, as you can see from the picture below. i posted the 7 weeks picture again so you can see how much growth has taken place in one short month! i could see the face and little arms moving.. so neat. ok, i'll shut up. here's the pictures.

baby at 11 weeks

baby at 7 weeks

oh, i almost forgot! the heartbeat was a strong 171 bpm... that is really high... so could this be a girl?? several people have already guessed that this will be a girl since i've been feeling more nauseous lately... i never felt bad at all with ethan. so we will see. i haven't been super sick, just sometimes a "can't get off the couch or open the fridge or i'll lose whatever i've eaten today" kind of sick. praise God for mothers and mother-in-laws that come to feed me and my child when i can't open the fridge and my husband's out of town!!! :) really, i am ok 90% of the time, so it could be much worse. at least it's all for a precious baby...