8 weeks 2 days Pregnant

We finally got to see our baby and hear the heartbeat today! It was a strong 172 beats per minute. We let Gator join us at the ultrasound and he was so excited. I think he was expecting to see a baby doll though. It's hard to explain to a 4-year-old but he's really grasping things very well and is so ready to hold his baby "sister."

Here's what's going on with development. It's all very exciting. :)

New this week: Webbed fingers and toes are poking out from our baby's hands and feet, its eyelids practically cover his eyes, and breathing tubes extend from its throat to the branches of its developing lungs. In baby's brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. We may be daydreaming about our baby as one sex or the other, but the external genitals still haven't developed enough to reveal whether we're having a boy or a girl. Either way, our baby — about the size of a kidney bean — is constantly moving and shifting, though I still can't feel it.

Here's the little bean's first photo shoot. Head's on top, and you can see an arm waving hello on the left and what appear to be little legs. Ain't it cute!!!