After 6 years of trying for Garrett, it only took 2 months for our second little peanut! God works in mysterious ways, doesn't he?
Yesterday (1/6), at our 12-week appointment we got to hear the heartbeat - after a few panicked, anxiety-stricken moments. The doctor tried to hear baby's beat using the hand-held machine. We waited...and waited...and nothing. So he very calmly brought in the portable sonogram machine. We could see baby, but it didn't appear to be moving around much, and it was a grainy picture, so it was hard to see the flicker of the heartbeat. So...Doc sent Steve and me down the hall to the high-tech sonogram machine. It only took about 5 minutes to get it set up, but those 5 minutes seemed like an eternity! Finally the technician got going and right away we saw little baby squirming around, legs and arms kicking all over the place, and it's tiny little heart flickering away. Whew! That was a moment of Joy I won't forget!!! (Steve claims he heard the baby when the doc couldn't...so he wasn't nervous at all - Hmmm...?)
So baby's heart rate was 157 bpm - which some have told me means it's a girl. This pregnancy has already been a lot different than my first - nausea, exhaustion, heartbeat scare, etc., so maybe they're right?? We'll have to wait at least a few more months to know for sure. Until then...here's another cute pic of Big Brother Garrett!
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That is awesome Kim! Garrett will make a great big brother. We went to Beckley last night to find an appropriate Xstitch pattern for the next album. I almost got a book that had separate boy and girl pictures, but went with the generic instead. Now, where is my DMC floss?
Garrett with both slippers on! That doesn't happen very often LOL!
Dave - I know! That's why I took the pic! Ha!
Sandy - I forgot to send mom's floss w/you...I'll put it in the mail if you'd like???
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