Sweet Baby Face

As an update from the last post - no nosebleeds since then (and thank goodness!).

Our appointment this morning was fun. We got to see a lot of Baby Pete's organs, like his stomach, kidneys, heart and ventricles, cerebellum, etc. It was amazing to see God's knitting so up close and personal.
Baby Pete is within all of the "normal" parameters, but we all know that as part of this family, he'll never be normal! And that's a good thing! The really neat thing about this morning's appointment is that they took 3D ultrasounds of the little guy. I'm not sure if we'll have any more ultrasounds from here on out, but we can almost see what he looks like with these, so I guess that's pretty good!

Oh my - isn't he so cute!? If I do say so myself... Now that is not a hole in the top of his head, that's just how the image is translated since those bones won't be fuzed for many months. I think his whole face is precious and can't wait to kiss it. Brad thinks the little guy has his nose and my mouth (we get into guessing what he's going to look like). What do you think? Leave a comment to vote on who he looks like more at 20 weeks past gestation!

Baby Pete was unusually shy this morning. He's usually a big ham for us, but today, he was hiding a lot, so although we have more pictures than this, these are the best. Speaking of shy, look at him covering his face! We had just viewed his boy parts... What do you think of those cute hands!? And yes, that's the umbilical cord hanging out in front of him.

Another exciting development - Brad can feel Baby Pete! He's moving all the time now, and sometimes, I think he's knocking on me to get out of there. I don't blame him; he did look rather squished today. I told him he better stay in and get healthy - let's see if he starts out a listener.

Brad and I will attempt to choose baby things this weekend. We love all the little themes, so it's hard to choose! I hope Baby Pete will like it (like he'll notice).

We're just so thankful he's healthy and developing well. We pray all the time for how God will use him greatly. I pray he knows Jesus at a young age and shares Him with all he knows. That's a tall order, mister!

One side note on today's appointment: I refused my flu shot. I just don't like the idea of putting trace amounts of mercury or aluminum or whatever other junk is in there in my body while Baby Pete is developing. My doctor obviously let me make this decision (he is legally bound to of course), but he highly discouraged it and suggested I get the H1N1 vaccine as well (which I will also politely decline). I do know that if a pregnant woman contracts the flu, her system is not always able to handle it well. Please pray for strong immunity, health, and special protection during this time - especially since I will be pregnant most of the winter.