Say Cheese, Baby Archibald!!

Well, today was the "big day" - our big Level II ultrasound! The little one was NOT very cooperative. It laid with its back toward us almost the entire time and would not roll over. The tech kept poking and prodding, trying to get the little one to move and FINALLY at the very end it rolled over just long enough for the tech to get the few images and measurements she needed. We got one quick profile shot and that was it, so here it is...

A doctor came in and reviewed all the scans and measurements and said the little "bean" looked great! He/she weighs 8 ounces (1/2 pound), which is exactly where it should be at this point. All the measurements (organs, limbs, head, etc.) were normal and the heartbeat was good and strong (151 beats per minute).

We also have a new nickname for the baby - Skeletor! Okay, we won't really call it that, but there was one picture we got from the ultrasound of the baby looking directly at the screen and you saw the outline of the skull (eye sockets, nasal opening, etc.) - it looked just like Skeletor! Tom thought it was too scary.

It's strange to think how much this little one has grown in the past couple of months - from a little tiny "peanut" to a tiny human - and a stubborn, uncooperative human at that! Is this a sign of baby's behavior to come? Yikes! :)