Peeking at Sweetie

We are all so excited to meet Sweetie that we decided to take advantage of the 3D ultrasound option that my OB's office offers.  We also did this with both Cameron (first child - have to!) and Leah (we thought Cam would be interested in it and also didn't want to shaft the second child), and it was so neat that it was an easy choice to do again.  As you can see in the link (on Cam's name), Cameron showed us his face pretty well.  Leah, on the other hand, was not interested in showing her face to us at all, so we don't have any 3D ultrasound pictures of her.

We took Cameron and Leah with us to see Sweetie - we have been talking about the pregnancy so much so we thought it would be fun for them to get an early look at our baby.  When the 3D ultrasound first started, it looked like Sweetie was going to be hiding just like Leah did.  The first few pictures weren't too great and we couldn't see much because Sweetie's face was turned toward my back.

Regular ultrasound picture of Sweetie's face - kind of creepy

Since Sweetie was hiding his/her face, we looked around at the rest of Sweetie.  Here is a foot.

And a video of Sweetie's heart beating

Here is a video clip of the first part of the 3D ultrasound - pretty neat but not the great pictures and view of Sweetie we were hoping for.  It is cute though because you can see Sweetie moving his/her lips around.

Then Sweetie decided to turn and show us his/her face.  We got some great pictures and videos!  Here is one of Sweetie with a hand by his/her face.

You can see two hands here.

Cute profile

And the best of all - Sweetie with eyes open!!!  It was amazing, we didn't know that babies opened their eyes in the womb, and it was so awesome to see.  We were very happy that the ultrasound technician caught this picture!

This video is pretty cool - you can't see Sweetie's face all that well but he/she is moving all around and doing cute things with his/her hands.

And another cool video - Sweetie pouts at the beginning, and then rubs his/her hand and nose using a hand.

The videos and pictures are so neat, and the kids were really interested in seeing that Sweetie looks like a baby even inside my tummy.  Tim and I loved getting a sneak peek at our littlest one, and it was awesome to see Sweetie with eyes open and doing adorable things like pouting and sucking on a fist.  We are so excited to meet Sweetie in a few months!