Doctor's Visit

Hello there. HI! Today we had a doctor's appointment to go over the sonogram from Friday.  Basically that just means that Victoria got an excuse to have, basically, 2 half days at work in a row.  The sonographer had said everything looked fantastic, so I wasn't expecting anything crazy.  She also said that the baby vaguely resembled Mike Wazowski.  Which is a good thing because who wants to have a villain for a baby.    Before we get to the appointment, let's go back to Friday. Aside from the explanation Caleb gave as to what the baby looks like, I figured you might like to hear the story.

The sonographer started by taking a bunch of measurements.  I couldn't even see the screen at this point, but I noticed the baby wasn't moving very much.  I asked why, and the she said that it was probably just the time of day.  However, by the time she moved the screen so we could see, someone had woken up.  Baby Boy Whitley was wiggling up a storm by the time we got a good look at his cute little face.  This first picture is the first image we saw.  He seemed pretty peaceful.  You can see the head on the right of the screen.  If it just looks like a blob to you, you can just pretend you see it.  If you think he looks a little like Skeletor from He-Man then you don't have to pretend to see it because you do see it.

So, he started getting busy after that.  The sonographer kept trying to get a picture to prove to us that he was a boy, but our son is too modest to give up the money shot so easily.  He kept wiggling out of view and covering himself with feet and hands.  It's like he was playing keep away.  So silly!!  While he was squirming, she got a picture of his tiny little feet.  We were lucky enough to see wiggling little toes, but sadly for you, all we can show is the feet, or is it a dragon? It's a little blurry, but hopefully you can see.

Finally, she got the picture to prove he's a boy. This one's still a mystery to me, but she's a professional so I believe her.  Just in case you are confused, Victoria is referring to the picture below, not above.  He said "I am a boy!!" and she got it in the picture (the sonogram machine does subtitles, technology is pretty amazing.)  I'm not real sure why Victoria can't see that.

Last, we got to see a picture of his face.  Caleb posted this one previously, but I wanted to post it again because it's so special. You can see here that the sonogram machine was able to record him saying, "Hi Mommy!!  Hi Daddy!!"

Hopefully you can see more than just a Disney cyclops, if you can't that's because it might actually be a Disney cyclops.  I see our sweet little baby's face.  It's amazing how far we've come in just 19 weeks, or for those who are bad at calendar math like me, almost 5 months.  In four and a half months, or for those of you who are good at calendar math unlike me, 18 weeks, we'll get to meet him in person.  I can't wait, neither can I.  It's a beautiful feeling to have such big love for a baby that's part me and part Caleb (and maybe part monster).  I never had a clue that I'd feel this way.

Okay, so back to today's appointment.  The doctor verified all the sonographer's comments.  She said that all the measurements look perfect and that everything is looking completely normal.  We got some blood results back, I think for spina bifida (this is just gibberish for general diseases), and she said everything came back clear. So basically, mom and baby are where we need to be. She used the doppler to check the heartbeat (it's like a tiny phone she uses to call the baby).  It was really funny because as soon as she'd find the heartbeat he'd move and she's have to find it again.  Looks like we'll be adding another jokester to the family. :)

We won't have another appointment for another month, but we'll be posting in the meantime.  Now that we know the gender (aka the color - blue), we'll be able to start planning the nursery and whatever else we need in preparation for the baby.