Sweet Validation

Alot of you already know, and some of you very well may not, that Aaron and I will be turning our canine/feline/and bird-ine (I know that's not right...ova something I'm sure) family into a more "traditional"family unit this coming Spring of 2008. Or if you really want to try to pinpoint it...April 14th.

The annoucement came as a surprise. Were we trying? No Were we avoiding? eh, kinda. But after being married 3 years (as of August 26, the "news" came down on the 15th) it's the next step we knew that we'd make sooner or later.

So Aaron entered "financial-freak" mode, and I entered "moody-gassy-puking" mode. Honestly, we're both still in our respective modes.

I had my first official appointment today. And after waiting almost 2 hours (not kidding) I got to meet one of the doctor's in the group who was about as gentle as Sandpaper-Charmin. She seemed fairly certain I was further along than the estimated 8 weeks and 5 days, but the primitive sonogram shows our peanut "perfect for the 8 week range".

Since I had guess this appointment would be just a physical exam and a "see you next month", I told Aaron he didn't have to come along. So when the surprise sonogram came up, I was sad he wasn't there to experience it with me.

For the past few weeks since I found out I'm pregant, I've felt a bit miffed. I don't "feel" pregnant. I don't "look" pregnant. And it's not as if I'm really jumping for these things, but something, anything to cement the fact, is what I wanted.

So when the doctor ordered the sonogram, I got excited (well, first I got kinda annoyed b/c she told me I had a "large uterus", then I kinda freaked b/c I thought "large" might mean, more than one). And when the sonographer put the wand to my belly and that little peanut (only one) popped up on the screen, it was like no other feeling I've had before. There it was (and yes, it still is an IT, scientifically the he/she parts haven't fully developed anyway) laying there on it's right side (my all time favorite sleep side), snoozing away. The little backbone was clear, the back of the head, and the rushing fluttering heart (that I got to hear if but briefly)...it was all there. It was amazing. It IS amazing.

Of course my sonogram print out doesn't look at all like what the screen showed me. You can't see the heart beat, in fact, you can't see much of anything. It's a blob.

A blob for our blog. But to us (and for me especially) is the validation we needed. There is a baby in there!!