My Pregnancy: Week 17 (Gender Reveal)

Baby's now the size of an onion!

Baby's skeleton is hardening, changing from rubbery cartilage to bone, and fat is finally accumulating around it.  The umbilical cord is getting thicker and stronger, and those little fingers and toes are now topped by one-of-a-kind prints.

It was an exciting week for us because we got to do an ultrasound to find out which flavor of baby we're having!  Jason got off work early on Wednesday and my mom came over to babysit Leila while we took off to the doctor.  We got in pretty quick only to find that the baby was curled up tight in a ball and didn't want to move.  So, we got lots of other pictures while we waited for "the one."

Eventually, the technician asked me to turn on my side to see if we could get the baby to shift a bit and we were finally rewarded by finding out that we are having another GIRL!

We raced home knowing that Grandma Larsen was going to be anxiously awaiting our news.  I had made up some playdough earlier and added a couple drops of pink food coloring into the middle of the ball of dough.  Then I had Leila and Mom play with the dough until the color started to come through.  My mom was thrilled as soon as she saw the specks of pink coming through.  Leila just thought it was "yucky" that the color started to change on her.

We're announcing the news to my extended family tomorrow, so we've kept it pretty hushed up since Wednesday.  I did tell my siblings and Jason's family though.  And here's my first belly shot!