Today, I Fell in Love

I read a line in my book last night that said "They say you know the exact moment you fall in love with your child." With Stevie, it was the minute I knew she existed in the womb... With Ava, it took a while longer - I was so unsure about being a MARRIED mother, unsure about how Stevie would adapt. Even though I bonded very early with Ava, I don't think I fell in love with her until recently... You know, the kind of love that makes you just wanna stay home and stare at her all day!

However, with Baby #3, I fell in love today. I went in for a routine ultrasound, and it was the first time I noticed a BABY rather than a blob of mess in the womb :P I saw the head, the hands, the legs and feet... Dr. J turned on the 3D portion of the ultrasound and while I missed out on seeing the face, I got the back of the head, the ears and shoulders. The moment I fell in love though was when there was a full body, profile shot on the screen and n3 brought it's little hands to it's face and squirmed. It was then...

We tried hard to tell the sex, but the umbilical cord was between the legs, so there was nothing to see. Dr. J says he's putting 80% on the fact that it's probably another girl. We'll see!! My next appt is May 7th and that will put me at 16 weeks and 3 days, so maybe we'll know for sure by then :)

Below are newest pictures of n3. Enjoy!

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I really hope this baby grows into it's ears!
(3D image from the back)