The U/S went well. At first the doctor said..."there's one over here" and then moved the wand and said "and there's one over here." Ty and I just looked at each other and then looked at the doctor and said "So are you saying it's twins?" He just laughed and said no he was just playing with us it was the same baby just different views. We all laughed and then proceeded on. We are having a girl (which we suspected) and it looks as if she will be big. Jona (our first was 9 pounds 8 ounces) the other two have gone down in weight but he said it looks like this will be another large baby. I realize that you can't tell everything from an U/S and they have been known to be wrong but we have "known" with all of our children before we had the U/S and it's matched up every time. The doc said that everything looks as it should and we got to see her little face and a bit of hands, feet and legs...she was very active.
We also decided on a name....Jillian Fae.
This is what McKenna and I did this afternoon.
She got the polish and glitter for her birthday and is constantly bugging...I mean asking me to paint her nails and her toes. I finally gave in today and did it.
Tomorrow is the big ultrasound day. I am really excited to "see" this little one. Our appointment is first thing in the morning, for which I am glad. I was thinking about taking the kids but decided against it. We are getting a video and we will show them when we get it. Hopefully we can find out if it is a boy or a girl. Will let you know tomorrow!
I am sure that you have all heard of the saying All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten....but did you know it is a book too? It is by a wonderful man...Robert Fulghum. Ty and I were able to hear him speak about 8 or 9 years ago and he is very insightful. Anyway this book is one of my favorite reads. What is really neat about it is that you don't have to read it all at once, you can read it in bits and pieces because that is the way it is written. He writes about crayons and dandelions and leaves among other things. He tells of a game called Giants, Wizards and Dwarfs and a little girl that was a mermaid. Sounds like silly stuff but some of it can really make you think and most of it really makes me smile. Oh and he can describe Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" like no one else I know.
So I have been re-reading bits and pieces of this book. In one of the last sections he writes of Mother Teresa and he gives a quote from her...she said "We can do no great things; only small things with great love." As I read that it really struck a chord with me. As I review my daily life it is made up of many, many small things. Doing the dishes, making beds, doing the laundry, making breakfast-lunch-dinner. Thinking of these things. How do I do them? Do I do them with "great love"? Or do I do them begrudgingly with a bad attitude? How would my day, no....how would my life be different if each day I did these many "small things with great love"? My guess is that my life would be fuller, richer and much more brighter. Growing up service has always been a big focus in my life but I know that I haven't been giving it with the right attitude. This past while I have been trying to have a better attitude toward the "small things" and it has seemed to help but I have a long, long way to go.
20 more weeks (half way!) to go until we get to meet our new little family member. Friday we hopefully get a peek at this wonder that is growing inside me. I have been more anxious about this pregnancy than all the others. From very early on I have been able to feel movement so when the baby isn't as active I get nervous. This morning is one of those anxious mornings. The poor thing is probably tuckered out from the weekend...it was really moving but so far last night and this morning I haven't felt anything. I also think I am more nervous because I know a few couples who have lost their babies at around this time in the pregnancy during the last year. So I am off to get something to eat and drink and then lay down and see if I can get at least a little kick or nudge out of this little one. Have a great day!
Just wanted to let you know that the baby is kicking and nudging away now.
