Growth Ultrasound and Baby Shower #2

We got to see the baby again today! This u/s was so much different than all the other ones we have had. She is so big now and takes up so much room that it just looks like a big blob on the screen. According to her head and abdomen measurements she weighs about 5.5 pounds give or take a pound. She is in the 33rd percentile. Now we will just wait until tomorrow to see what the Dr. has to say about it. Tomorrow I'm also having my test for Group B Strep and having my first internal exam to see if there is any action going on down there. Here are the pictures from this morning. They aren't the greatest since she was all curled up on one side with both hands and both feet in front of her face the whole time. It was neat though to see her move and feel her move at the same time.

This is a profile shot. You can kind of see her nose sticking up and she was sucking while this was taken.

This is her foot. Just not a great shot.

I also had another shower yesterday with Corey's family. It went really well and more people showed up than I thought would. We played two games made up by Corey's step-mom's sister(I know, confusing) she has a very off the wall sense of humor but the games cracked me up. The first one was a multiple choice quiz and some of the funny questions were..."What does Corey like to do for fun?" A. Hunt B. Fish C. Ashley D. All of the above! "When will Ashley go to the hospital?" A. When the contractions are 5 minutes apart B. When her water breaks C. I can't remember this one D. Two weeks early just to be safe! There were also two questions about when and where the baby was conceived. They had Corey come in and answer the questions for everyone and he got quite a kick out of that. The other game was a word scramble but didn't use the typical words like diaper, rattle, pacifier, but instead used words like, nursing bra, no sleep, no sex, returning period, poopy diapers, you know, all the joys of giving birth! They were fun and all the ladies got a kick out of it.

We were so lucky in the gifts we received also. We got a TON of clothes ranging from 3-12 months! She has quite the 1st year wardrobe at this point. She even got a jacket that she will be able to wear next Spring that is so CUTE. We also got a bunch of smaller things like blankets, bibs, burp cloths, and a really cute picture frame. The biggest surprise was that we got out TRAVEL SYSTEM! The hostesses put a note in the invitations that they wanted to purchase the travel system for us so if they wanted to just go in on that with the hostesses that would be great. I know it doesn't sound very kosher the way I'm describing it but it was really done in a classy manner and people loved the idea. So that should be delivered to our house on Thursday.

Here are some pictures from yesterday, but I must warn you that my mom takes horrible pictures, so they aren't great.

Quilt made my Corey's mom.

Corey grandma had a stroke this past summer and has been in the hospital/nursing home since. She has her good days and her bad days and it's been pretty tough for Corey, he hates seeing her like this. This is one of her rosary's and I think it meant a lot to Corey to have this for the baby. He explained to me last night what rosarys are used for and even told me about some of hers that he has seen.

Corey's cousin gave us this picture frame and I love it. It's sitting on the floor in the picture but you can either hang it like this or each frame unsnaps and you can use them seperately.

And here is her adorable little jacket. It has a hood that detaches too.