Camilla the Ham

Today marks 29 weeks and that also meant that we got to see Camilla in her 4D ultrasound today! I never got a call last week, so I've been cleared of gestational diabetes (whew!), but still bear a not-so-attractive-rather-heinous bruise where they drew my blood, but what a small price to pay for my sweet baby.

Camilla gave us a pretty darn good show today during her u/s, which makes us think that she will indeed be a ham. Hmm, wonder where she gets that from?? Both Rod & I have been known to be hams one way or another and our firstborn, Sophia inherited the gene too. Makes a mama quite proud! To ensure a 'good' u/s session, I ate a lunch I knew Camilla likes: turkey/swiss panini, Granny Smith apple with peanut butter, pink lemonade and a bit of ice cream.

Once we got all situated, we immediately were able to tell a few crucial things:

1. my placenta had indeed moved up and back - hooray!
2. Camilla was breech
3. Despite being breech, was in PERFECT position for photos!
   

Lisa, the u/s tech, was tickled like us to be able to snap some great shots for us. We were thrilled to get to spend the next hour with Lisa as she showed us our sweet girl! We got to see Camilla smile, stick out her tongue, yawn, hiccup, grimace, open her eyes and even flash the "a-ok" sign! We truly couldn't have asked for a better session! We heard a very healthy heartbeat of 127bpm in addition to seeing her. Camilla measured a tad small (about 27wks), but Lisa said that was no concern since her head, body and legs were measuring proportionate and her weight was 2lbs 7oz....she said since I was little, that she would expect Camilla to be on the petite side too. I'm anticipating her birthweight to be 6lbs and a few ounces (big sis Sophia was 6lbs 9oz).

According to our weekly babycenter.com email, Camilla should weigh around 2.5lbs and measure a tad over 15" (head to toe). Muscles and lungs are continuing to mature - all while her head is getting bigger to accomodate her growing brain. Her brain is busy developing billions of neurons too! Each day, about 200mg of calcium is deposited in her skeleton, which is now hardening. Grow, girl, grow!

Here's a few of our favorite snapshots of our precious baby girl:

So tired!

Sticking out her tongue - silly girl

I'm a-ok in here!

Mommy can't wait to kiss those lips!

Already looking cute & chubby!

Looking like big sister Sophia!

We were having so much fun comparing the girls' 4D u/s photos - we came to the conclusion that Camilla will bear a pretty strong resemblance to her very proud big sister, Sophia! Sophia's 4D u/s was taken at 29w4d, while Camilla's was 29wks even. I had determined from earlier u/s photos that Camilla seemed to have a very similar nose as Sophia, but today solidified it. Now, if only they could tell us if Camilla will have the same olive skin, thick curly locks and hazel eyes as Sophia. We wonder if Camilla will pick up the recessive genes like Sophia or if she'll have the dominant genes of olive skin, dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. Hmm, only 11 more weeks until we'll know!

Work on Camilla's nursery is slow, yet steady. Furniture is already shipping and headed our way, bedding should arrive any day, and her chandelier was ordered last night with it's arrival by weeks end. I worked HARD this past Saturday sifting, sorting and digging thru extra STUFF in our guest room - ended up donating 3 BIG boxes full of stuff we had no business keeping! Felt like an episode of Hoarders or something. Tragic. Looking forward to finishing that all up!!

Ant situation is still that, a situation. They've taken to bait in two areas which is a.) creepy and b.) effective. I'm having a hard time 'relaxing', but thankfully we have not seen droves of them for awhile. PLEASE keep us in your prayers so that this nightmare ends and those things die off from the poisonous bait or LEAVE. I'm so over dealing with this everyday.

Onto happier things...I just felt Camilla move her head and wiggle her arms...since her head is by my belly button, I'm watching her move across my tummy as I type on the laptop...time for me to go and play our usual game of "hide & seek"! Goodnight!