Ultrasound #1

Today was a HUGE day!!! Second only to the delivery day!!! If the baby was not in a particularly modest mood, we would find out the gender as today was our first Ultrasound. I barely slept last night!

Tiffany and I arrived at 9:00 a.m. for our 9:20 appointment. Heather (the most incredible Ultrastenographer in the WORLD!) called us in right on time. She wasted no time – poured the “warm” gel on Tiffany’s belly (which she was very thankful for) and immediately we saw the baby. I can’t describe the rush of feelings that went through me at the first sight of a real, live little baby that will be in our arms in a matter of months! So amazing!! All of a sudden, Heather jumps and squeals, “Oooooh, I know what we’re having!” She didn’t even have the opportunity to ask if we wanted to know. I was almost on her back with my face 2 feet from the monitor yelling, “Where is it? Where is it?” She points between two obvious legs and says, “IT’S A BOY!!!!” I’m not sure how I got there but in an instance I was on the other side of the exam table hugging and kissing Tiffany and thanking her again and again! When I finally stood up, I realized my face was soaked. I looked to see if Tiffany was crying. She wasn’t. She was just smiling from ear-to-ear. Yup . . . it was me . . . crying again.

I suddenly had the overwhelming urge to talk to Chris and I commented out loud that I left my cell phone in the car! Heather interrupted me with a firm, “Call him!! Use the house phone!” And so I did. I was crying when he answered and tried to talk through my tears which scared the heck out of him! He thought something terrible had happened. I finally got the words out, “IT’S A BOY!” and I cannot adequately describe the sound he made. He repeated the words back to me and then said, “That’s just what I wanted!” I knew that. From the beginning, I wanted a baby but Chris wanted a baby boy! He would have been happy with a little girl but all of his dreams have been around having a son to teach how to play baseball and football – to take fishing and hunting – to teach Aikido to - to be “buds” with. He admitted that he could have done all of that with a girl too but a girl couldn’t be his son! He was thrilled and it overwhelmed me to hear it in his voice! He won’t miss the next ultrasound. I’ll guarantee it!

We thought we had the names all picked out – Riley if it was a girl and Rylan if it was a boy. And you know how when you tell people that and wait for their reaction, most people say, “Awwww, those are nice names.” Not Marlea. Noooooo, that girl has way too much opinion for niceties. She came back with, “OK, do you want to re-think that? Actually said the name Rylan was too “gay” and sent me via e-mail her list of “strong, Godly, Welsh names. I love that girl!!! Another friend, Jessica advised that you don’t pick the name before you see the baby’s face. Well, today, we saw his face and the search goes on for the name that fits the face – the baby – the boy and some day – the man. Thanks for your prayers and support!