Ultra Sound (Mostly for journaling purposes)

We had out ultra sound on Tuesday afternoon, and found out it was a girl… obviously! :) I went into the ultra sound telling myself that it was a boy because I just felt like that way no matter what I would be excited. As the tech started looking at everything I always looked for three lines when she was down around the baby’s bum area. However, with my incredibly untrained eye, I couldn’t tell what was what. :) When she finally went down to check, the baby’s foot was right in the way of the “area”. So we couldn’t see anything. I told the tech, “Oh, it’s being modest so it must be a girl.” My  only experience with finding out was Tucker, and when they tech checked him he spread his legs like a champ, he was dang proud! :) I then proceeded to tell the tech we weren’t leaving without knowing, and that I would stand up and do jumping jacks if I had to. She laughed and promised we would see it. So, a little while late she went back down and points the arrow and says, “There it is.” And I said, “What, his weiner?” She laughed and said, “NO, the three lines. It’s a girl!” I about fell off the table. I turned and looked at David and said, “IT’S A GIRL!” David had the cutest grin on his face. I loved it. I honestly wish I could’ve had a picture of him at that moment. I think he was seeing a mix of dollar signs and 16-year old boys. :) Tucker’s reaction was more or less… whatever! He’ll be excited when she comes.

When we went in for Tucker’s ultra sound I don’t remember him moving a ton. I remember that he was very cooperative with the tech, and she even said that he was one of the easier ultra sounds because he was pretty mellow. The few times that he did move I remember thinking to myself, “That is so weird that he is moving right now and I can’t really feel it.” Well, with this ultra sound, Bailey was moving all over the place. She would open and close her a mouth a ton, she would stretch her arms constantly, and was moving her legs like she was in a marathon. It was really cool to see how active she is. I’m just hoping that she gets it all out now, that way when she gets big enough for me to really feel her, she’ll be too tired from moving earlier on.

So, my honest feelings on having a girl. I’m still not sure. I feel like David and I knew it from the beginning of this pregnancy that it was going to be a girl, but I still wasn’t able to really prepare myself for it. I can’t help but wonder if it will be difficult for me when she’s born because Tucker is my best buddy right now. We do everything together and it’s just he and I. I know that I am going to be VERY protective of him and sensitive to making sure he’s just as much in the spotlight as he is. We are now always referring to the baby as Bailey, and I’m hoping that helps him get used to “her” being around once she gets here. I want him to definitely help in the transition to his new room, as well as changing his old room into Bailey’s room. Yesterday I let him pick out her first onesie, and I want him to be with us as we do different things like that. I want to get him a remote control car that we can give him at the hospital so he feels special too. I’m sure that as time goes on we’ll know of ways to help him prepare and understand what is going on. I’m not so worried about him with the transition so much, as I am worried about me. I guess only time will tell! :)