Pictures From the Second Ultrasound

Here are the new ultrasound pictures. These were taken at 7 months on a newer machine (4-D) so the resolution is better than the last set of ultrasound pics. They may be more difficult to make out though because the baby is so much bigger now. Whereas before, the entire baby fit in one frame, now just a part of the child does. These are of the baby's face (on the right). The second one shows only the mouth, but the others capture the full face pretty well. Except the last one -- that is of the spine.

Everything looks perfectly normal. The baby is now 4 lbs 1 oz. Only a couple more months to go! I can't wait, but my wife really can't wait!

Also, here is a newer recording of the baby's heartbeat. The louder sharper thumps (for the first 8 seconds or so and most of the recording) are the baby kicking. The more pounding sound is the heartbeat. These were taken with a digital recorder, then edited with audacity and converted into mp3 using LAME. (Thanks again, JV, for hosting the sound file)