What will it be?

I had my doctor's appointment this morning. I am measuring good, didn't gain any weight since my last appointment (we can thank the food poisoning for that one), and heard the baby's solid heartbeat at 160.

They scheduled my ultrasound at 10 a.m. on Friday morning. I am really looking forward to this. As I have told you before, we are taking Kyle with us. This will be such a neat experience for him. I am a teensy bit nervous that something would be wrong with the baby and Kyle would be there when we learned about it. The chances of that seem small and if something was wrong, he would have to know eventually anyway. The downside is that he sees the immediate emotional reaction to something like that rather than us telling him later in a more controlled setting. Oh well! The decision is made to include him.

Kyle is VERY happy about the ultrasound. Then I had to tell him not to fuss about it when Conner is around because we didn’t want Conner to be sad about not going with us. Then he burst into tears. In his little sense of justice, it seemed like such a cruel thing to him to not include Conner. At first, he could not understand how we could do that to Conner.

I explained that they don’t do ultrasounds so we can find out the sex, but to make sure the baby is o.k. If we were to find out something was wrong, it wouldn’t be good for Conner to be there when he is so little. He reluctantly agreed to not fuss around Conner. Plus I explained that to Conner this is not nearly as big of a deal as it is to Kyle and we can bring pictures home to show Conner and tell him all about it. (Let me tell you he did make me feel guilty, but I do think it is the right decision. Conner sometimes gets extra patience and love being the youngest so this is just one of the perks of being the oldest!).

So be sure to check back on Friday for news and maybe some pictures. Our scanner doesn't work, but I am sure I can take a picture of a picture to show you. They will not do a 3D one, but it will be neat none the less.

P.S. I have so many people pulling for a little girl (including Kyle who confessed he might be a little disappointed if it is a boy) that I not looking forward to telling everyone if it is a boy. It just wouldn't have the same effect as a girl. I am so glad that this is all in God's hands because I honestly don't know what I would prefer. I love my boys and love parenting boys. I don't know a thing about girls even if I am one. However, I would absolutely love to decorate a little girl room! What a reason to have a girl.. :)