A Heart FULL of Happiness & A Life Full of Love

  So the mail came today. And some Dingbat sent me an envelope with nothing in it. lol Of course, I received a separate envelope with TWO letters; one explained just what had happened. I CRACKED UP. It's something I'd probably do, too, Tracy. :-) That letter just topped off a perfectly awesome (however, slightly painful) day.


     I'm getting SO EXCITED!!!
  We had an ultrasound appointment this morning at 9:30. Last Wednesday, our doctor told us that my belly is measuring 14" from diaphragm to belly-bottom. This means I'm 4" over where we should be! That's all fine & dandy... except that it's why I'm short of breath & have trouble walking at the same pace & distance that even most pregnant women can handle. Because of all these things, the Doc wanted an ultrasound done to check on our little guy.
  Our U. tech, Lisa, called me back & we started checking out everything that's been going on with baby. It's too hard to measure him, because of his size (poor baby looked so cramped in there today), but Lisa estimated his weight to be 3lb, 2oz . . . which means he's BIG. We had to move him around a little bit to see everything, but he was a good sport & began to move for us a good bit. After the measurements & weight estimation, she said my due date of November 17 is now pretty much obsolete. He is big enough now that the machine says he should be here on November 9: a full 8-day advance! No wonder I'm so tired & out of breath all the time.
  Lisa also did a quick gender verification for us & we were able to see genitalia for the second time. Let's just say you can't miss it. Along with that, she showed us his heartbeat (which looked really good at 140+ bpm while he was resting) & his spine, which looked GREAT. Ronny & I saw his feet, legs, arms, spine, head...

& the best of it all made me cry...

We saw our son's face for the first time.

Above is the first shot we saw. Then... we saw him open his mouth.

He opened & closed his mouth several times... & then he opened his eyes! Ronny grabbed my hand & I immediately started crying. My joy & love exceeded words.

And I don't know how I could have been any happier. Our little boy is as healthy as they can tell, developing well (& quickly), & we were able to see all of that today. My heart is full with a feeling that I can only describe as awe. There isn't a big enough, good enough, strong enough word for what I have. I can only think... "The greatest of these is Love."


P.S. Thank you all for your prayers & encouragement over the past several weeks. I am so happy that I have this news to share with you!