Mom and baby had another excellent appointment yesterday. Baby Riley's heartbeat was 154 beats per minute which is good and strong, and the baby is 8cm long from head to rump, as Dr. Putterman says it.  The first picture is a bit blurry, but in the second and third you can see skinny little legs and a spinal cord. Because of the spinal cord, I think the baby looks half human, but still half alien at this point.  But I will take my little alien and love it forever. : )

Still no definitive answer on the gender yet, but Dr. P said he wants to see us again in three weeks, then the next one after that would be "the big ultrasound".  I am so excited!

Mom and I were bickering as normal yesterday over the ultrasound pictures, by the way AKA B-T-W, I'll try to get some better pictures and post later this weekend. Dr. Putterman laughingly said "I think she's confused over who's baby this is." In that same respect, I received a text from mom on the way home suggesting that we begin referring to the baby as "grandbaby Triplett" rather than "baby Riley". I believe this child will be so spoiled, they won't know what hit them!

With the wedding getting so close, I am beginning to concentrate more on how I'm going to set up the nursery, but first and foremost, how I'm going to rearrange the other three rooms in the house to make room for the nursery. Or rather, how Dustin is...he..he..he. We have discussed a few themes which include something with elephants (as if you didn't see that coming) or the zombie apocalypse, or even more ridiculous than that, dinosaurs riding unicorns. As you can see, we have quite a lot of thinking to do.  The good thing is, we still have plenty of time for that.

Next appointment is in three weeks where Dr. Putterman said we would get better pictures. But in the meantime, I will try to get better pictures of the ultrasounds from yesterday, and possibly a picture of myself.  I don't believe I'm showing yet, but it may serve as a good comparison to a couple of weeks down the road.

14 weeks mom