We've got an over achiever!!!

Perhaps that is why Mommy has been so sick? Poppy is growing at a feverish pace!
We had my "first" OB appointment today, and by "first" I should say "sixth". But you know.
Their ultrasound machines are newer (and way cooler) so my doctor wanted to do another ultrasound just to be sure the info gathered Monday morning was accurate. Which it was not.
Poppy consistently measured larger today.. at 9 weeks even. WOOHOO. We get to skip ahead a week! Well, its only skipping ahead 6 days, but close enough.
My due date has now been changed to September 1st. Yay!!
Does that mean I should only be feeling crappy for about 3 more weeks?
I think so! And again we say.. YAY!!!

It was so fun to see Poppy again. I missed him/her from yesterday. haha
And a quick little disclaimer: I know I say "he" a lot, and I would love to be carrying a precious little boy in there.. but I would love a little princess just as much. Truth be told, I feel bad saying "it" and for some reason "he/him" seems to just roll off my tongue. Mother's Intuition? Perhaps. But I wouldn't put any weight in my gender references quite yet! :)

Back to the appt today...
His (haha) heartbeat was still strong at 171. He (now I'm just messin' with ya!) measures right at one inch. And man oh man, he is a squirmy little thing. We sat there for a few minutes laughing with the tech, just watching him dance around. We could see his little legs kicking, his little arm waving around, and his little head bobbing. I think he really was dancing, maybe to the beat of that fast little heart of his! I just loved staring at that screen. We both did. A was just amazed. And when we got to hear his heartbeat, wow. That is when I got a little teary. Seeing the flicker is the most amazing sight.. but hearing it.. I can't even explain. It was wonderful. What an experience.
This time we were able to have 2 pictures printed off.. so let's get to it.
Forgive me for the crappy quality.. our real comp is fried, and our printer software can't be installed on my old old laptop (that I'm using).. so this is a camera phone pic, emailed to me, then uploaded. But you get the point when you see the pic...
Its kind of funny to me that the tech felt the need to put an arrow pointing to the baby... just in case we were confused. Its hard to see on the pic, though it was crystal clear in real time, but his head is on the left and his bum is on the right. You can see his little feet buds sticking up, and the darker lines of his little arm/hand buds below his head. That circle to the right is the yolk sac.

Look at our little babe. So perfect. The tech predicted he has brown hair and blue eyes. LOL. We all got a kick out of that.

The rest of the appt was typical 1st appt stuff: pee in a cup, exam, Q&A, lab work (even though they've drawn blood from me 4 other times in the last 2 weeks!). Before we left we scheduled the appt for our "first screen" test.. which will be Feb 24. I am so glad we will get to see Poppy again in just 4 short weeks!! Then again 7 wks later to find out if Poppy really is the he I have been alluding to. YAY!

And before I go, can I just say how AWESOME it is to have a whole post with nothing but good news!!! Thank you, Poppy!!!
9 weeks. 9 weeks. Yay, 9 weeks!