Well here is our little babe's left foot. Does it look like a boy foot or girl foot? Silliness I know.....a foot is a foot, right? It was lots of fun seeing baby's parts, all intact and miraculously perfect. heart, spine, face, hands and feet. They also gave us some 3-D photos, but they are rather creepy if you ask me, and I certainly won't post them because I cannot explain them..... I will stick with the standard pics for now.
Here baby is! Today was the ultrasound and the baby was really active. It is always crazy to see the baby moving on the screen, but not feel it. We did not find out what we were to expect in August, but I can tell you all I was thrilled that everything was in the correct place. I was having totally irrational fears about medical issues, so all of wonderful findings were great today. Baby is measuring 13 ozs. The girls went with us to the appointment and did a really good job (the snacks might have helped!). I know I was thinking girl lately, but after seeing this little being on the screen, I am back to thinking boy. I have a 50/50 shot of being right, right?
Only in Minnesota do kids play at the playground when there is still snow on the ground. Last week I got the girls to the park twice and they had a blast swingin', slidin' and screaming. Josie mastered the fireman's pole and so this is all she can talk about! Natalie secretly honed her climbing skills, so she was scaling walls, climbing this bar contraption and doing a darn good job of not falling.
I love this photo of Scott, I think he looks rather handsome myself. Josie has mastered posing for photos and Natalie, well Natalie has mastered "CHEESE" as evidenced by ALL the other photos of her on this blog!! Gotta love it. 
What all started as a quick belly shot of the growing baby became a maylay of kids playing with cameras and acting goofy. So while this is not the best photo, it sure seems like we are having fun, doesn't it?
Well, it struck me quite suddenly...it's a girl. I am not sure where it came from, or why, but I feel girl. Here I had been thinking boy and out of the blue (no pun intended) I thought....GIRL. So who knows, maybe tomorrow I will be back on the boy track, but right now, I am back to a pink world. That's ok too, only a slight gear change.
Any thoughts? What are all you guys thinking? Boy or Girl? Either way
So my life is full of my kids saying interesting things, that I always seem to forget to write down. Today was just one of those situations. Since scrap booking has been on semi-permanent hiatus, I will jaunt down those profound little kid things here....
As we were pulling out to go to daycare this AM, Josie starts in about not wanting a sister, at least not the one she wants. She wants a new sister...."or brother" she says.... I respond that this is an awful thing to say and that Natalie is a great sister...blah blah blah....
I go one to say, PLUS, we don't KNOW what we have in there, could be a boy or girl. She says to me....."Like at McDonalds when you don't know which toy you are going to get? It's a surprise?"
I could have just stopped the car to give her a big squeeze. "Yes Jos, just like at McDonalds, it will be a big surprise in August"
Kids, gotta love 'em, even when they are tackling each other over who can hold the book-
more soon
Today was another OB appointment and today the girls joined me. They were able to hear this elusive baby that is living in their mom's belly. The doppler was loud, so Natalie was a bit freaked. ( Our little noise-sensitive girl) Josie just stood and listened. Heart rate was in the 140's.....I say to myself...The girls heart rates were always in the 160's. Could it be? A boy? The wives tales are leading me to believe it is so, but we won't know until August. We have elected to wait until baby arrives to see if we are welcoming a little guy or gal. I imagine this will be the last time we take on this endeavor, so I will relish all the sweet surprises while I can!
