He’s already measuring 15 ounces and about a week ahead right now.  We got to get a good look at his little heart beating away and the ultrasound tech said he has a “beautiful heart”.   He’s still very active and wiggly and growing very quickly.  We can’t wait to meet him, we’re so excited!

Don’t forget it’s not too late to guess Furio’s date and time of arrival as well as his height and weight on our online baby pool at www.expectnet.com .  Just enter the game name Benikki to enter your guess.   New ultrasound pictures coming soon!

The baby has almost tripled in size and now looks like a human!   We’re still seeing a high heart rate of 162 beats per minute.  Ben’s favorite part is getting to hear the heartbeat so loud and clear.   The baby was very wiggly and active, which was fun to watch and is my favorite part.  We’re getting excited to find out if we have a little boy or a little girl in there and we are hoping for a gender prediction at our next appt. in early March.

Also, we are taking guesses if you have a gender prediction for us.   So far ‘girl’ seems to be the most popular guess.  Here are a couple new pictures of our little bean, it’s fun to compare to the pictures from last month.

As some of you may not know we have been waiting for this moment ever since the day we got married.  It’s been a long wait (2 years), but we know that it is not in our hands.   At this point things looks good and we hope they continue to go well.   We had a 2nd doctor’s appt. on 1/9 and there was a good strong heartbeat.   The ultrasound machine predicts a girl based on the heart beats per minute.   At this point it is still a 50/50, but we will be tickled pink (no pun intended) with whatever we are blessed with.   Here is the baby’s first little pictures, looks more like a little blob then a baby, but we should have a better picture to share in another 4 weeks.   Until then, enjoy!