It’s a Girl! Introducing Sadie Joann Thoma!

Today was my 20 week prenatal appointment.  We had a great visit.  Chris, Casper, my mom, and Chris’s mom were all able to go to the ultrasound to see baby Sadie and find out that she was a girl.  Chris and I were told at our 12 week appointment that they thought that it was a girl but we hadn’t shared that with anyone else, even though we told a lot of people that we suspected it was a girl.  Anyway, here is a picture of me this morning at 20 weeks and 3 days.  Casper wanted his picture taken too.

Just for fun, here’s a picture of me in December 2008 at 20 weeks with Casper.  I think I’m much smaller this time.  I even met my goal to only gain 5 pounds in the first 20 weeks.  I know that I will gain more than that in the second half, but at least its a good start.

On to what you’ve been waiting for, here are some pictures of Baby Sadie.  These first two are side views, she was tucked in there like a pretzel and sleeping away, so it was hard to get good shots.  In these, you can see her head on the right, her right arm touching her face, her left arm over her head, and her left leg.  In the picture on the right, you can see a little spot of her right leg.

In these next two, she is looking out at the world.  The picture on the left is zoomed in to see her head on the right, her little fist by her right cheek, and her belly on the left.  The picture on the right shows the same view, zoomed out to see more of her belly.

 

Here is a picture of her feet, and the money shot.  The picture on the right shows the view of her bottom with an arrow pointing to the important parts…and since there isn’t anything there, it’s a girl.

In comparison, here’s a picture of Casper showing he was a boy, it was pretty obvious!

I mentioned that they said it was a girl at our twelve week appointment so, I thought it would be fun to show you that picture and give you the explanation they gave us.  The picture is below.  See the two white lines on the left of the picture?  At this point in time, the boy/girl parts aren’t completely developed.  But, they can tell what they are going to be by the position of those  lines.  If those lines are parallel to the baby’s body, it’s a girl.  If those lines are perpendicular to the baby’s body, it’s a boy.  These were fairly parallel, but the tech wasn’t 100% sure.  I loved her Angelina Jolie lips in this picture, I was really hoping she was a girl with those pouty lips!

Anyway, now we are even more excited for Sadie Joann to join us in the real world.  Only 20 more weeks to wait.

In case your interested, Chris picked Sadie’s first name out of the blue, and it was already on Mommy’s short list.  When we found out it was a form of Sarah and meant Princess, we decided that was the right name.  When I was looking for possible middle names, I searched for those with a religious meeting.  Joann means God is Gracious, and it’s my aunts name so we thought that was a good choice.  Besides, we love the idea of calling her Sadie Jo, even if it is a little country.