ALieNs

So we had our "anatomy" ultrasound last week. what an event. I gotta tell you, i was way freaked out. a few weeks ago, we had our genetic ultrasound where they check for problems in the brain and heart and i had nightmares about missing it. ONLY to wake up early and drive to the wrong office and actually miss it! yes, i broke into tears and yes, i felt like an idiot. when i went to the rescheduled appointment 2 days later, the lady at the counter actually apologized. out of all the pregnant ladies she sees daily, she remembered that she had made me cry. my only response was "no worries. i'm seriously pregnant and it wasn't your fault." yeah. anyway...i digress. so setting up this appointment, i knew i should brace myself for some anxiety. the night before, we talked and talked about all the what-ifs. about problems, and miracles, and fears and excitements. and i felt like things were pretty good for both of us. that is, until i woke up at 3 AM to the most terrifying dream. in my dream, our baby was dead, it was an alien, and it had (sorry for the honesty...) a half formed little boy part. seriously, it was a lifeless, green monster with a little taquito. i was terrified. the next few hours of dreams were just as bad and i got out of bed early in a terrified fog. man, pregnant dreams feel SO real!

The U/S tech starts out taking pictures of different parts of my insides before ever getting to the baby. i'm just dying inside thinking "what's the point, it's gonna be gone anyway." but low and behold, i was wrong. :) 2 hours of taking pictures of every nuance that is the human body. AMAZING. what a miracle to see that little thing that was once a blob with a heart beat, then a wiggly worm with arms and legs, and now is a full fledged functioning body. we just loved every second of it! and of course i had to tell the technician about my dream and we got to have a good laugh about it. so she takes an awesome opportunity to snap this one for us to hang on our fridge.

how's that for a freaky alien baby? haha.

the good news from our appointment...our baby looks healthy. everything measures right and it is one wiggly worm. also, for anyone who cares, we're about 90 percent sure it's a girl. :) she wouldn't QUITE spread her legs (good girl...) so the view wasn't 100%. we go back in 3 weeks to get a few better pictures of her heart for her records and hopefully we'll be 100% then. Dr says "i wouldn't quite paint the room, but go ahead and shop." that's enough for me. :) we are SO SO SO very excited.