Belly Shots!

Six months ago something completely different would have come to mind when I thought about the phrase belly shots, and even then it has been since my college days that it even crossed my mind :). Now I am referring to my growing belly, of course! There is not a whole lot to show, but here are a few pics we’ve taken along the way (by the way, once I start really showing, this growing belly will likely be cloaked!)…

Also, here is an updated ultrasound shot from the anatomy scan where we found out we’re having a boy (19 weeks 2 days). He is 10 inches long and weighs 10 ounces:

On that note, we’d like to make a quick request to ask that everyone pray for our little boy as part of the results of the anatomy scan showed that he has an echogenic focus in one of the chambers of his heart, which is essentially a calcium deposit that causes a bright spot on the ultrasound. It is considered one of the markers for Down Syndrome when combined with other chromosomal abnormality markers, but isolated is often completely benign. There is a slightly (very slight) increased risk of Downs with this “problem”, but since all of my genetic bloodwork came back negative for chromosomal abnormalities, our boy should be completely fine. Otherwise, everything else is progressing well and Andy and I are counting down the next 20 weeks!