There really is a baby in there!

I just sent the first Baby Update email to a few family members, having not yet committed to the idea of a blog...and then created a blog. So rather than reinventing the wheel, I'm going to copy and paste the email I just sent.

8:46am July 15, 2008
Sub: Ultrasound--Not ours, but can you really tell?

Hi, guys!

So we had our first ultrasound yesterday and everything's looking good. Actually, looking quite like a Lima bean, but sounding human anyway. We heard the heartbeat, which was really amazing! I sort of wish they didn't make you hold your urine for these things, because I would have enjoyed the experience much more if my teeth weren't floating. In any case, it was certainly memorable and it made it very real for both of us. Until we got proof, I think we were both a little apprehensive. But there it is--hanging on tight, little heart pumping away.

I thought our printer/copier had a scanner option, but alas it does not, so I'm sending a link instead to some stranger's ultrasound that looks remarkably like our baby! Go figure. According to the calendar, the baby's age is 7 weeks 2 days, and according to the crown-to-rump measurements, the baby's age is 7 weeks 4 days, which puts us at a due date of February 27. But I'm sticking with my story that the kid is 8 weeks and just really, really petite. I'm almost positive. Time will tell, as the measurements get more and more accurate the bigger the baby gets. Right now taking the measurements is literally like splitting hairs, but at this stage, just a couple days here and there makes a huge difference! We're talking the difference between toes and NO TOES! Or TAIL and no tail! Huge, I tell you.

So it was really important that Sean and I tell as many people as possible IN PERSON, which is why we are waiting until our weekend down the shore with Sean's family to tell his siblings. Of course, his mom and dad know already. That will mean that most of our close friends and family will know by the first week of August, but we're waiting until the end of the 1st trimester, AUGUST 15th, to make it public knowledge, and at that point you can all feel free to tell whomever. Thanks for keeping it to yourselves in the meantime!

We're toying with the idea of keeping a blog because so many of the important people in our lives don't live near us. I'm still trying to get used to the idea. We'll keep you posted if we do.

Here's the stranger's ultrasound. Seriously, the only difference is that the stranger's baby looks like it's swimming in the middle of the sack, expending a whole lot of energy, and mine is chilling like the sack is a womb chair (huh...), like a smart little bean.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://bp2.blogger.com/_OFODEphY20A/RqVs3bves1I/AAAAAAAAABI/SPLDOh8RxEo/s320/baby%2Bcanar0003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://babycanar.blogspot.com/2007/07/our-little-peanut.html&h=236&w=320&sz=16&hl=en&start=14&sig2=RiHplVxUEtV0CZcgoOkDjw&um=1&tbnid=E9n4f7g3bRA_gM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=118&ei=xpJ8SIDXOYXOggL--pGaDw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dultrasound%2B7%2Bweeks%26ndsp%3D18%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

And here's a cool picture of what it looks like close up. Much more endearing than the fuzzy gray spot in the ultrasound.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IFYXp_KJ0YM/RlCRKftxZjI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gpzMHpQh9LQ/s1600-h/7weeks.jpg

Hope you're all well and that we get to see you soon!!

Love,
Jessica, Sean & ?