Elias in 3D

We had our 3D ultrasound tonight, it was amazing! We got over 100 pictures of the little (chunky) guy and I wish I could put them all on here. But I picked out some of the clearest and best ones, so hopefully that'll suffice for now! :) It was really awesome to see him so clearly. I thought he looked a lot like Daniel, but we're gonna pull out some baby pics tonight of the boys and really see if there's some resemblances. The boys are getting anxious to see him in "real life" (as Josiah puts it) and ask me pretty much every day now if we can go to the doctor and get him out of my tummy. Don't I wish...it's really getting hard to move these days! I'm noticing more discomfort every passing day.
Oh, unfortunately they couldn't tell me how big he is. Apparently they can't do that unless they have a diagnostic order from the doctor. So, we'll just have to wait and see!

Monster Baby

I had a doctor's appointment today and I'm measuring 34 weeks!!! Seeing that I'm currently 31 weeks and 4 days, that only puts me 2 1/2 weeks ahead of schedule. Yikes! Hopefully this means I won't be going over my due date this time and maybe he'll come a little early (fingers crossed!)! Also, I'm a little afraid of birthing a 10 lb. baby, so I'm praying they won't let me go too long if he's getting huge.
As for his heartbeat, it has sounded fine the past two doctor appointments, YAY!! My doctor said that it's either resolved itelf or the arrhythmia is really sporadic. Either way, they'll be able to tell when I'm in labor, so we're assuming he doesn't have one until we hear otherwise. Other than that, he's moving fine, not super active, but he does let me know he's there! I've been having contractions pretty much every night for the last week and a half as well. Nothing too bad, but sometimes I'll get a good one here and there! Never really had that with the last two, but then again, this pregnancy has been really different all around!

Silly boys

Ok, so the other day Daniel was going to the bathroom and I went to go check on him...this is what I found. That would be a Time magazine he's reading...favorite bathroom reading material of his dad's!! Pretty funny! Josiah got a good kick out of it too and decided he needed to have a picture taken with him reading one. :)

Daniel's new thing is that he thinks if he looks in my belly button he'll be able to see the baby! A couple days ago he started doing this, lifting my shirt and looking very intently into my belly button. He'll stare for a couple seconds, but the hilarious part is that he's kind of creeped out by it. It's like he can't help looking, but he'd seriously freak out if he saw anything!! We asked Josiah how the baby got in my belly and he very confidently said, "Because you prayed for one!" I thought that was so sweet. He came up with that completely on his own. :)

The belly

Ok, so I finally got Cisco to take a picture of the growing stomach. This was taken today, at 30 weeks. Only 10 weeks to go!!! If the little guy decides to come out in a timely manner, that is....

And the verdict is...

We just got back from our appointment and there is NO arryhthmia!! The doctor said that he "couldn't be more reassured" by what he saw and that there is less than 1% chance of something being wrong, according to what the ultrasound shows. I asked what happens if Dr. Lebo hears it again, and he said they're happy to see me as many times as she wants to send me down, but there is absolutely nothing to worry about. I'll take his word for it.
So, very very happy to have a final answer and know that everything's ok. As far as little Elias's lack of movement goes, turns out he's not so little!! Yes, he's a chubby dude. He currently weighs 2lb. 14 oz. He's about 10 oz. over the "norm", so a little ahead of the game. I'm hoping this means he'll break the family tradition of being (way) overdue and actually come out near his due date! :) And hopefully he won't be too huge...
So glad to see he's healthy and happy in there and thank you Lord for easing our worries! And thanks again to all of you for your prayers!