Baby's heartbeat.....finally!

We had our doctor appointment last Thursday. The med student that was rotating with our doctor came in first. She used the doppler to find and record the heartbeat before the doctor came in. It took her FOREVER to find it...it was all I could do not to grab it out of her hand and start looking myself! Once she even checked my pulse to compare it to what she was hearing on the doppler to see if it was mine or Baby's!!! It was mine...I could have told her that. FINALLY she found it, although it didn't sound as clear as usual and both Ron and I still thought we were hearing mine. It was reading 160....the reading must have been baby's heartbeat, because although I was getting nervous and I am sure mine was increasing, I don't think it was quite that high!

The good news is that doctor wrote the order for my level 2 ultrasound to be done before I go to Dallas on the 9th of July. Soooo on Friday the maternal fetal department at the hospital called to schedule my appointment! Yippee! We go a week from tomorrow on Tuesday June 26th. This is the ultrasound where they will look in detail at all baby's organs to make sure everything looks great and they will also be able to tell us if we are having a boy or a girl....as long as Baby co-operates!! I can't believe that in just over a week we will know! We are really excited!

Saturday Mom and I took Rebecca shopping to look at wedding dresses. We had a lot of fun! At the second store we went to, she found it! So we came home with her dress! It was a very successful shopping day and Becky was ecstatic....very fun to see!

Sunday we lazed by the pool at Dad's house and tried to stay cool. Not an easy thing to do when it is 91 degeres outside!

Baby was very active yesterday afternoon....very busy kicking me....over and over and over and over! It was pretty cool! I love the reassurance that he or she is doing well!