Well, it's not exactly the 1st picture of our 3rd addition, but it's the 1st one where he/she is starting to look more like a baby. :) I had an ultrasound in CT at about 5 weeks and the baby was too tiny to see yet. I had one more ultrasound at about 7-8 weeks and you could just barely see a tiny blob with an even tinier flickering heart beat. SWEETEST. BLOB. EVER. The 7 week ultrasound was also in CT so my OB advised that once we get to NE I find a new OB within a week or 2 to continue my prenatal care. So even though this wasn't exactly my 1st appointment for baby #3, this is the appointment that made it seem a little more real. When I got to the appointment, I got to have my 3rd ultrasound (1st in my new office) so that my OB could "confirm" my pregnancy. Let me just say, there is nothing that is music to my ears like the sound of that sweet little heart beat. I felt the need to tell the ultrasound tech that too. I don't care....baby #1 to baby #3, it is still just as exciting with this one! The tech printed me a little keepsake to bring home. Not the best pic of the ultrasound for the day, but a pic just the same. From there I had the whole work-up. Seriously, never got so much from a $35 copay! Blood work, internal exam, PAP, breast exam.....I know, enough with the details. Anyway, when I sat down to get my blood drawn the tech brought me a big bag of baby stuff. For those of you that may have had a baby not so long ago, you might recall being given a diaper bag filled with formula samples, diapers, etc. I got that at this appointment. The look on my face must have made the girls in the lab laugh because they asked me if I was ok. Here I am, not showing at all, having my "first" OB appointment, and now toting a diaper bag. WHOA THERE. I was NOT ready for that! I told the girls that I was still in the "surreal" phase of pregnancy and could you PLEASE give me this later??? The answer was no. So I put my big girl panties on, had my blood drawn, and darted to my car right after the appointment. Once home, I had one of the boys bring it upstairs to the baby's future bedroom and lock it in the closet. It's weird. Had this happened to me when I was preggo with Harrison OR even Emerson for that matter, I think I would have been SO excited! I'm not sure what my problem was. Maybe I just didn't want to jinx anything. Maybe I'm in denial we are having #3. Who knows.....but I know I'll get to the point sooner or later where I feel the sudden urge to fill this house up with baby necessities. I did show the boys the ultrasound of their new sibling. They were both so excited when I told them I had a picture to show them. When Harrison looked at it, I pointed out the face and body. He looked up at me and said, "Mom, I don't get it. Can you show me again??" I'm not sure he really could make everything out (even though he claimed to) so I'm hoping to have a really great picture to show them from our "big ultrasound" around 20 weeks.
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