22 week ultrasound plus some other cool stuff

The past couple of weeks have been pretty eventful for us! Last week we had the "Big" ultrasound. Which we found very interesting, and fun. They checked everything, and it took a lot longer than I thought it would. All fingers and toes are present and the baby looks very healthy and strong! The heartbeat was 158, and all of Cletus's organs looked good. We were very excited to hear all of this of course. The ultrasound tech kept the sex from us well, although it was hard to tell what was what anyways. At the end of the scan she had us look away to check that area. She said she already knew though, so clearly we had no idea what we were looking at the whole time. She gave us a few pictures which are below. She told us Cletus was being shy, so unfortunately the pictures aren't very clear.

The weekend before the ultrasound was Lauren's birthday! We didn't do a whole lot, but it was a good day. The highlight of the day was definitely Melting Pot, which is a favorite of our's. We've gone there for several big occasions ever since college when we were dating. It was a great dinner and a fun time. Lauren had a virgin pina colada with dinner.

The next day we decided to go to breakfast and do some baby shopping. On a tip from our good friend Jamie, we hit up Burlington Coat factory (which I would have never guessed had baby stuff). They had the cutest bedding stuff, and we really liked this turtle themed bedding. We liked the jungle theme idea, but we really liked the turtles. We wanted to check out Babies R Us first (of course). After looking around there and not being too excited about any of the themes, we decided we were definitely stuck on the Turtle theme! After starting our registry at Babies R Us we went back and registered for the Turtle bedding at Burlington Coat Factory. We are really excited about it. So if you see any turtle themed stuff let us know!

Last weekend, we saw Lauren's parents and they gave us their gift to us for the baby. An awesome stroller and car seat travel system. It's really nice and we are very grateful for their generosity.

This past week Lauren was a little sick again. They were painting at her office and as you can imagine, the paint fumes didn't help. She is feeling a little better now, but we are laying low this weekend.