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| This is a shot from below- the little white knobby below the "I'M" is the tale-tell sign! |
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| Baby's sweet face- I think he looks like his daddy :) |
On Tuesday the 19th we had our 20-week ultrasound. It was an amazing experience! We just loved seeing our perfect little baby on screen. Watching him kick and squirm and yawn and swallow made everything so REAL. The UT was very good at narrating for us as she found and measured baby's kidneys, bladder, cerebellum (part of the brain), diaphragm, spine, arms and legs, and heart. It was amazing to see all four chambers of his little heart pump- quite a difference from our six-week ultrasound when that heart was nothing but a pulsing smudge on the screen- and all we could see of our baby!
When she had reached that point in the ultrasound, she said "there is what baby is!" I had thought I saw what I would assume to be baby girl parts, and hadn't noticed the boy ones because they were so perfectly lined up with the umbilical cord, so I said, "A girl?" When she said no, I positively squealed "It's a BOY!?" It was such a thrill - It's a boy!
We had been really hoping for a boy in case this is our only chance to have a biological child. We want to perpetuate our family name, and won't it be so special one day for Garrett to pass his priesthood on to his own son? Of course a girl would have been just as wonderful, but this little man is an answer to prayer. I also feel that my husband will THRIVE with a son. He is like a little boy himself- he loves to throw balls, play with blocks and matchbox cars, and rough-house outside with all the little boys who are already in our life. Our son will thrive because he has Garrett as his father. I couldn't hold in my emotions, and Garrett caught a little sparkly tear on the video camera we had taken along. It was a really special moment, knowing Heavenly Father knows exactly what we need and what our son needs.
Some special thoughts and moments we have had since we saw our son for the first time:
1. Ultrasound day: Driving home, Garrett expressed his excitement about his little boy. He said "I always pictured myself with a boy first. I can't wait to play with him and take him fishing."
2. Ultrasound night: We went for a walk, and I told Garrett something I had been a little bit scared to bring up- all day I had been feeling that Miles is NOT this baby's name. Garrett had thought of and suggested this name, but to my surprise, he agreed! It is so unusual for us to be in accord about baby names that we knew there must be a special name out there for him. (Talk about PRESSURE! Now we have to FIND IT!)
4. Yesterday Garrett and I went to the temple. I admit I didn't pay much attention, because every time "Elohim" spoke, baby kicked around with more energy than he ever has before!
We love our sweet little baby boy. We can't wait to get our home ready to welcome him and meet him in 4 1/2 months!
