Here is Little Bean with his/her face looking toward us. You can see the right eye near the top, the belly on the left, and the hand (sort of in a fist) in the middle. This picture kinda freaks us out because it really looks like an alien/skull!
Here is the baby's beautiful profile! (As if it is laying on it's back, looking up at the sky.)
Another profile view, but the baby has it's hand to it's mouth, either with it resting on it's chin or sucking it's thumb!! How adorable!!
This is the left foot. The toes are pointing toward the right. (There appears to be a white shadow by the heel; that's not the toes.) And we counted...there are ten perfect little toes!! 
Here is the baby's spine, with the head on the right, the butt on the left. Also perfect!!
And here is the right arm, hand and fingers. Again, we counted 8 perfect fingers and two perfect thumbs! I can't wait for those little hands to be wrapped around my finger!! (Or playing the piano like his/her daddy!)Well, today was obviously our 20 week ultrasound! Everything is absolutely perfect with the baby. The heart rate was 136 bpm. In addition to the photos above, we also saw the 4 chambers of the heart, the cerebellum, the stomach, kidneys, the 2 arteries and 1 vein of the umbilical cord, the insertion site of the umbilical cord (future belly button!), and the choroid plexus (which makes the cerebral spinal fluid in the brain). The ultrasound tech saw the bladder, but to prevent us from seeing the sex of the baby we didn't look, but the bladder is working so the kidneys are, too. What an amazing miracle babies are!! A perfect human being in only 20 weeks!
I can't believe that we are already half way through the pregnancy. I have gained 3 pounds total...this will be the LAST mention of any weight gain because I'm sure it will go up dramatically from here!! I'm fitting quite nicely into my new maternity clothes and there is definitely a noticeable bump now. Adam will take some belly pictures this week-end, I'm sure! (No, not of his rock-hard abs, MY belly!)
In case we don't post until after Christmas, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Holidays to everyone! We hope everyone is healthy, happy, safe, and as blessed as we are! Love you!
5 comments:
Oh, what good timing I had to check out your blog just now! I made all the pictures big and said, "Hi little bean!" to every one! Congrats you guys, how exciting to see such clear pictures! See you tonight!
That last comment is from me. I'm not sure how blogger decided to start calling me Katherine!
I'm tearing up! What a wonderful miracle. I cannot tell you how excited I am for yall and can't wait to see you again and say hello to little Scheuer. Jill, enjoy every minute of your pregnancy because it will be over before you know it!
What a wonderful little bean you two made. I can't wait to see you next week for Christmas, and to see what you look like in maternity clothes. I'm so glad you can share these pictures with us and that I was home when you put them up. We love and miss all of you. Love Mom W
how was your christmas?
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