Just wanted to take a few minutes to elaborate on the last ultrasound. Aside from being a girl the ultrasound tech said she was a little bigger than average (big surprise there), she has long fingers and is very active.

She let us see the 4-D ultrasound (which I wish I could post but the scanner isn't cooperating right now) and it is so cool. The tech said that a lot of women want to see the 4-D and then get upset because the baby looks weird at this stage, so they usually wait until around 30 weeks when the baby looks a little more like a baby. We though she looked cute anyway. She was sucking her thumb and we could see her getting irritated that the umbilical cord was touching her face.

We've decided on a name- Alexandra Hall Mayfield. Hall was my Godmother's maiden name and I was very close to her. Hall is also my middle name- although I have 2. Alexandra has no real significance other than we liked it and though it was pretty. We will probably wind up calling her Alex.

We are both doing well-Ransom and Randy are out back putting up a fence and I'm making a small effort to clean the house. Hopefully Ransom will be able to reason with the scanner and we'll be able to post the 4-D ultrasound pictures.

It's a Girl!!!!

Week 16

This has been a very exciting week for us. We recieved great news from UAB that all of the results of the screening tests came back normal! The blood tests screened for Down's Syndrome, Trisomy 18, and a few other awful things I can't remember the names of. So of course that's a giant relief and a load off both our minds.

Tuesday we have another ultrasound but this is the one that lets us know what color paint to buy for the baby's room!

I'm feeling much better than I did during the first trimester-not nearly as queasy and nauseated as I was feeling, but now none of my pants fit and I've never had such terrible heartburn.

We will let you know what we find out on Tuesday.