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Sweet baby....GIRL !!! Here's a profile pic!

Jarrett and I had our second trimester check up and ultrasound on Friday, Sept. 25. We got our Quad screen test results back (tests for Down Syndrome, Neural Tube Defects, Spina Bifida, etc..) and we are happy to report they came back negative. Our Girl (yay!) weighs approximately 12 ounces, and has been busy growning and moving!! Mommy's blood pressure was nice and low and weight gain was right on target (8 lbs total), although I feel like I've gained much, much more... and to think I am only half way done!

I think I felt her moving last week, and this week I have been feeling the same light, tapping/fluttering, unlike anything I've felt before! I was laying in bed last week before bed and reading and I told Jarrett, "I think I just felt her move!" I was laying on my back and waited for a few minutes and felt it again! It was so exciting and awe-inspiring to know that a precious living, little person is growing and changing every day. God is so Good!

The last few days it seems like she is active in the afternoons around 2 or 3pm and at night right before bed... usually around 9:30 or 10pm. I am looking forward to the day that Jarrett will be able to feel her too! Jarrett and I have been working on names... to begin with we had over forty, and now we've narrowed it down to 3. We are trying out one of the names each day (calling her by that name when we refer to her) and are (slowly!) narrowing it down to one, perfect special name for our perfect, special little girl!