On Monday we had our 20 week ultrasound. Halfway there…can you believe it!? The ultrasound went very well and baby Brown seems to be healthy and growing at the right pace. We got to see the little heart fluttering away, the hands and feet moving about and even a nice close up of the face. It truly is a miracle and we just feel so blessed. Baby Brown is about the size of a small cantaloupe this week and rapidly growing. We held strong in our decision to not find out the gender and we honestly have no idea what it will be (I promise mom!). We can’t wait to meet him/her in about 20 more weeks.
Despite the fact that I was sick with a cold all last week, I am generally feeling much better and seem to have a lot more energy. Still taking it easy and enjoying the simple pace of life for the moment. I also started feeling little baby kicks last week and it’s simply amazing; the kicks seem to be increasing with each passing day and I am absolutely loving it. Derek is looking forward to being able to feel the kicks on the outside one day soon.
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Taken from the crags on the eastern edge of Edinburgh while hiking with college housemate, Blaine Lee, who was visiting us as he traveled parts of Europe.
We’ve lived here over 2 years now and have never made it to the Edinburgh zoo. But since my good friend Lisa is visiting we decided it was time (she never went when she lived here either). We got together with our friend Sarah and her wee boy, Aaron, and we all spent a day at the zoo! I have to say that I was very impressed, who would have thought that Edinburgh, Scotland would have such a great zoo?!
To see the rest of the pics go to our flickr page
Today we had an appointment with our midwife. It was the second time meeting with her and we weren’t quite sure what to expect. She took my blood pressure, went over previous blood tests, measured the womb area AND we got to hear the heartbeat for the first time! We thought this might be the case but we weren’t quite sure as we had received mixed info from friends. Our midwife warned us that sometimes it can be hard to find, so if she can’t find it right away, it’s nothing to worry about. But the second she put that doppler on my tummy, we instantly heard the wee heart pounding away. It was simply incredible and just so reassuring to know that our baby is living and moving and doing everything it should be doing!
We also got a new due date of about 4 days earlier than we originally thought. Our due date is now March 18th, 2010 which puts us nearly 17 weeks along now.
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Our friend Rebecca has started learning how to make middle eastern cuisine and in the process she has started a great blog where she posts all of her recipes. Derek and I have been enjoying this a lot because we have been able to try some new recipes! Thanks Rebecca.
Last night we tried two of the recipes, Turkish meatballs with Gypsy salad together in pittas with some yogurt sauce. We highly recommend it.
Here are the meatballs before we cooked them
Gypsy salad
and the finished product
