"That's the craziest thing I have ever seen!"

On Monday, February 27th Daniel and I were finally able to see our sweet lil poppyseed on camera!  I had been waiting for our first OB visit for what felt like months.  When I was first told my appointment was on the 27th I thought, "How can I possibly wait that long?!"  Alas, the day arrived.  I was feeling less than fabulous.  By this point major nausea had set in making every waking hour torture.  The only reason I got out of bed that morning was to meet our baby.  Once we arrived to the doctor's office we were met by some of the friendliest staff I have ever met.  We were immediately taken to the exam room for the ultrasound.

I think Husband was semi-prepared for this event.  Just like the movies he was ready for the goo to be plopped onto my now pudgy (no bump, just pudgy) belly and the ultrasound thingy to scroll over it looking for baby.  Much to his surprise we were met by another fun tool...a vaginal ultrasound tool.  Nice.  Poor Husband didn't know what was about to happen.  I had to explain that the baby was likely too small to hear the heartbeat externally so they had to do it internally. "Oh wow, ok."  Those were his words.  After I convinced him that standing by my side was a much better prospect than standing by the doctor the procedure began.  

And almost immediately there was our sweet lil poppyseed...no longer a poppyseed and now the size of a kumquat.  Tears welled up in my eyes and my throat clenched up as I said, "that's our baby!"  Writing about it now makes me all weepy again.  Nothing can prepare you for that moment....nothing.  It is an absolute miracle by God that life is created in such a perfect fashion.  The tech then told us our baby was upside down...."great, it's going to be hyper like Daniel, it can't even sit straight" was my response.  I am sure it was because, like it's mother, that was it's best side---photographically speaking.  :)  I can respect that.  I mean who wants their first major photo shoot to be a dud, give em something they will love!  As we stared at our lil angel all DJ could say over and over again was, "That's the craziest thing I have ever seen!"  

Well lil Baby J we can't wait to meet you in 6 more months!  I'm already smitten.  Love you Baby J---upside down and all.