First Ultrasound

Today Ryan and I went to our first appointment in Annapolis. The people there were really nice, and our appointment was reasonably quick. I was a little nervous about the whole thing because this is the first time we will be using civilian care vs. going to a military treatment facility but so far, so good!

Here we are showing the first (of MANY!) photos of the newest little blob:

And here's the actual ultrasound. Yup, that white-ish spot inside the darker grey-ish spot is a tiny .5cm baby. Strong heartbeat, and looking good! Is it just me, or does that look like a big pink bow on the top of it's head??? ;) (Just teasing!) I know it looks like a blob, but it's our tiny developing blob and we love it!!!

Number THREE, how can it BE?!?!

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This morning I took a pregnancy test, and it said yes. Seriously. It said yes.

I'm a little surprised because I had taken two prior to this HOPING they would be positive, but since they were not, I'd kinda lost hope. Not as though I was depressed about it, but more that I had resigned to the idea that it just was not going to happen this month. But, it did.

How do you express being speechless on a blog?!?! I'm speechless. Three kids. It is an incredible blessing. And now, we wait until our doctor's appointment, and verification that this is really happening, and that everything is okay. I hope hope hope everything is okay.

I know the line is faint (it was this way with both the girls too) but it's there:

We've known for about 7 hours now. It's fair to say I'm still a little shocked.

My family. I can't help but dream about what that third little face will look like. A boy? A girl? At the risk of having to apologize to our future son, I'm kinda leaning towards having another girl- Ryan said three girls would be "Charlie's Ryan's angels"

The biggest sister:

She sure loves that Daddy! How lucky our kids are to have such a wonderful Dad...

Family photo:

Seriously? Another one? How could we be so lucky?!?

I know this is totally gross, but Jillian asked to hold the pregnancy test and I told her she could not. When she asked why, I didn't want to lie so I told her, "The way you find out if you are going to have a baby is by peeing on this test. So, there might be some pee on there and I don't want you to touch it." She said- "Oh, I don't mind touching pee pee." lol. Still, no.

Yes, I told her to make that face:

In this photo I believe Liv is thinking- "Did that stick just tell you I'm stuck being the middle child??? Aw man- prove it!"

For documentation sake, I also have to record how I told Ryan. There's a story before the story...

A few days ago, Jillian and I were talking about car manufacturers and how vehicles are built. She was curious if they used a crane to build cars. I explained the process and she said, "Ohhh... and then you bought this car so you could drive us around wherever you want, whenever you want- like just now, to the store!" Yup, that's correct.

Then I added that if we added another baby to our family we would have to get rid of the SUV I drive now, and get something with more room.

Jillian agreed- "Yeah, we would need room for more car seats."

Then she asked- "Mommy, if we have another baby, what will it's name be?" I said, "I don't know Jillian, what do you think?" She pondered it for a moment and then said (totally serious) "Crouton?" When I laughed, she decided she was being funny so she added more silly stuff (strawberry, pineapple...) But Crouton. That's a riot. We're considering it for a middle name. (Just kidding).

Anyway- I had told the story to Ryan who thought it was rather funny...

So, fast forward to this morning:

Me: "Jillian, go tell Daddy that Mommy has a crouton"

Jillian: "okay Mommy!.... Daddy! Mommy has a crouton!"

Ryan: "(suspicious) Where is the crouton? In her belly?"

Jillian: "no... well... um... Mommy? In your belly?"

I nod.

Jillian: "Oh, YES! In her belly!!!"

Ryan: Big grin.

More later!!!!