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June 20, 2007
ultrasound pics
We went to the ultrasound for the new baby on Monday morning. Due to scheduling difficulties I am a good 5 weeks later than when we had ultrasounds with the other two munchkins so that made the picture only that much better because he is so much bigger. Yes, I said he. I know we have been telling everybody that we were going to let this one be a surprise, but we couldn't do it. Brad was the one who really wanted the surprise. But the morning of the ultrasound Brad saw some of the pictures of Stephen from the hospital hanging in the hallway and noticed the picture of Stephen in the special pre-selected to go home from the hospital outfit and that started him thinking. How would we do little things like that if we didn't know what this baby was? It was all downhill for him from there. I am not disappointed that it will be a surprise. I have really enjoyed picking our kids' names the day we found out their gender and making everything special just for them before they get here. It felt like we already knew who they were and had bonded with them before we ever even got to the hospital. That is just the way we like it.
Stephen and Lexie went with us to the ultrasound and that actually worked out really well. It made it a little harder on daddy not being able to devote all of his attention to what was on the screen, but hey aren't we just adding one more to juggle? Lexie didn't know what was really going on, though she kept saying 'baby.' Stephen, I think, followed stuff much better. This baby being bigger was easier to see and identify. I think Stephen was able to see the face and arms and things. When the technician told us that it was a boy (something we could clearly see for ourselves!) Stephen was excited. He told us right then and there that he was going to teach this baby to tee-tee standing up. Good for him. Isn't that the job of every big brother everywhere?
We are very excited. I had been feeling like it was a boy all along anyways. She would have had a hard time convincing me that it was a girl. His measurements all averaged out to move up my due date a little bit which makes me very happy. So now we know we are expecting Nathan Isaiah sometime around October the 1st!!!
Family , kiddos , photographs , preggerpost | By adrienne | 01:10 PM
Comments
I love the name you picked. I have a brother named Isaiah and a brother named Nathan. :)
Posted by: Rachel at June 20, 2007 02:09 PM
I'm a total 'know the sex' advocate, myself. mostly because i feel like, when i am finally pregnant, i am going to want to know EVERYTHING about that baby i possibly can. i'd want to know what color its hair would be, whose nose it would have, what its personality would be like, etc etc. so why not the sex? i'm just not a "surprise" person -- i'd rather know. i mean everything about a new baby is a surprise; there are plenty to go around, am i right?
but this struck me as interesting: "How would we do little things like that if we didn't know what this baby was?" well, you could always pick out something in a nice shade of green or orange or yellow, no firetrucks, no ruffles, completely gender neutral. though shopping for my totally awesome new niece i discovered how hard this is, nowadays. the non-gendered clothing is always so boring, and the sparkly pink is way more fun.
Posted by: Sara at June 20, 2007 06:09 PM
I am so excited for y'all and can't wait to meet Nathan Isaiah! I miss you guys but have enjoyed seeing the pictures of the kids. They are getting so big. Hopefully I can come visit soon!
Posted by: Vickie at June 25, 2007 03:18 PM