Week 21

Our baby is bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S! This week Jericho is the size of a banana! Seven inches in length and almost 11 ounces in weight. He still has a great deal of room in my belly and plenty of space for twisting, turning and somersaulting. Which JJ & I got to experience live at our ultra sound.

We had our second ultrasound on Thursday. We arrived to the hospital that afternoon and after a little wait we were placed in a dark room with the ultrasound technician. There I laid on the awkward patient bed with the technician and monitor at my left and JJ enthusiastically at my right. She lifted my shirt and squirted tons of gel on my belly, similar to the way my niece pours ketchup on her hotdog, messy and without warning. She placed the cold doppler on my belly and we could immediately see Jericho. As the technician was measuring Jericho, he kicked towards the doppler and turned away from her. Not even out of the womb and he’s already misbehaving. Jericho soon got comfortable and the tech was able to confirm that he is developing perfectly. She wiped the gue from my belly, missing the pool in my belly button. I walked out of our appointment with a wet stain on my shirt were the gel dripped out of my belly button and the great photos you see here. Definitely worth the the gooey discomfort.

Photo 1 – Showing his moon and doodle to the world. No doubt its a boy!

Photo 2 – His perfect bohemian feet.

Photo 3 – His tiny lil’ hand

Photo 4 & 5 – His Profile