Anatomy Scan

This past Friday was our 20-week Anatomy Scan and I'm soooooo relieved to report that it went well!  Baby measured right on size and all the parts seemed to be present!  Similar to the Fetal Echo appointment, the sonogram technician said our baby was "very active".  Unlike the Fetal Echo though where the technician had to chase the baby all around my abdominal area, the Anatomy Scan technician joked that all she had to do was hold her wand in one place because the baby was turning so much that he/she was showing her everything.  At least it wasn't another wild goose chase all over my belly!

When the sonographer said our baby was "very active", I jokingly replied that I wonder where it gets that from, because I'm pretty lazy myself.  Her response?  "Not for long!!!  You better buy yourself a pair of roller skates!"  Gulp!!

As we mentioned in a previous post, we did NOT find out the baby's sex.  I realize this puts me in what seems at least in my life as the very minority of pregnant women, and I also fully realize that in some ways we're making things a little harder on ourselves by not finding out early, but what's done is done!  We are committed to being surprised, and {although I caught Shep momentarily trying to sneak a peak at the monitor while the sono technician checked out the lower half of our baby's body} surprised we will be!  Don't worry, he didn't see anything -- I made sure of it.  ;)

Here's one of the photos we got to take home:

Like a proud papa-to-be, Shep sent the photo to our moms and some other family members when we got home, and my mother-in-law replied that the baby has my nose.  Not sure how she could even tell from a photo that small and blurry, but I'll take it!  Either way, I think he/she is very cute!  ;)

This pregnancy is now {finally} starting to get very real to me!  I was a bit nervous going into the appointment, no doubt thanks to PGAL brain, but feel a bit more relaxed now.  Now I'm just realizing there's so much to do and dwindling time to do it!!!