Get out of mah belly

Found a ticker online to help count down to Baby v2.0’s arrival. Now that the little bear has passed the halfway mark, it’s more exciting to look at. Haha.

Speaking of exciting things to look at, we got another peak at little Elvis earlier this month. He/She is looking great! Chad and I got to see all kinds of details – all four chambers of the heart, the spine from end to end, a close up of the perfect little lips, and even parts of the brain. We can’t get over how much the technology has improved in just four years. It’s not just fun to see those things, but it really puts our minds at east that the baby and pregnancy are healthy. We weren’t able to see such detail with Ruby, especially not this early. The pic below is quite clear and you can see the baby relaxing with its knees up to its belly as well as the umbilical cord at the top. You can check out the rest of the ultrasound pictures here.

It was harder this time to stick to our decision to keep the baby’s sex a surprise. The technician told us she had checked the sex and all is normal and healthy. Once Chad knew that she knew the gender he had lots of questions for her, but she managed to avoid giving us any hints. Even our doctor and nurses won’t know what we’re having, much to everyone’s annoyance. It will avoid any slips, at least. We both have an inkling that this may be a boy, but are far from sure and are just thrilled whoever is coming seems healthy.

We’re also happy that whoever is coming should have a name when they arrive. With our first pregnancy we had names picked out the first day we found out, this time it was much more difficult. We have tossed around tons of ideas and had a hard time agreeing. Fynn has stood out as a first choice from early on and with my dad’s passing we have decided to use his middle name, so a boy will most likely be named Fynn Martin Klein. Girls were much harder, I think because of Ruby’s name. We couldn’t choose anything plain or that couldn’t stand up. It wouldn’t do to have a Ruby and a Jane or Gertrude. We played with Isla and Tula and Nora and all kinds of pretty ones, but have finally settled on Violet Marie Klein. Well, probably. After all this indecision I don’t think we will be 100% sure until the kid is here and the birth certificate is filled out!

Yet another cold has been passed around our house, other than that I have been feeling good and all seems to be going well. As you can see below in a picture Ruby took of me, my baby bump continues to grow. Elvis’ kicks are getting much more noticeable and this week Chad was first able to feel the little one kicking for himself. So exciting!

We’re getting out of town this weekend to visit family and friends, may be be one of my last adventures that far from home for the next four or more months. We’re hoping to see snow. Keep an eye out for pictures in the photo gallery on our website.

Kate