So I alluded to all this in my last blog, but I figured a whole posting would be more appropriate for the exciting news of our soon to be SON!
On July 5th, we headed to my doctor in College Station for the special 20 week/half way point ultrasound. A lot of people don't realize the medical importance of this ultrasound because its always associated with the gender reveal, but I went into it excited yet anxious because I knew a lot of bad things could be revealed as well. As of this point, we are beyond blessed to have a healthy, 4 chambered heart, all vital organed, slightly above average sized boy. :) We walked into the ultrasound lady's room and she said "Are we finding out today?" and I said "Yes please!" I've always known I'd want to find out but Derrick was the one cracking me up as he just COULDN'T handle not knowing.
We spent about 20-30 minutes with the ultrasound lady and Derrick was in awe..."how do you know what that is?" "How do you know what you're looking at." "Wow, I'm impressed you can tell what's on the screen." lololol....Babe, she does this EVERY day!
They measured his femur length, head, abdominal cavity, heartbeat, etc and identified all his major organs as well as a healthy, beating heart. And somewhere in between, we found the evidence of his manhood after he stretched out a bit for us.
I was thinking boy (I had 2 vivid dreams that we were having a boy and never dreamed we were having a girl). Derrick thought girl....but then I expected girl just because I was thinking boy. Ha... well we got a baby boy and I'm thinking Derrick is just a little bit excited about that fact.
Once we knew, we set up some pics that I had planned in my head for the reveal. I didn't want to just text out the news...I wanted something cute to go along with it so we took a progression of photos that I just love. We had to head to Fredericksburg very soon after so we took the pics then I downloaded them onto my laptop on our drive, then I did all the photoshop work, then we pulled into McDonalds to get wifi so I could email the final photo from my laptop to my phone, then I downloaded it onto my phone, and then I texted and emailed it out as we drove. :) What a fun day it was!
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| In the waiting room |
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| After we found out... |
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| And the proud father!! |
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| Our photo shoot...I ended up splicing all the photos together but figured I'd post them individually here |
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| Notice the blue ribbon around my waist. :) We had purchased a pink polka dotted one too but the blue won the day! |
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| Our precious little baby boy! (lying on his back looking up. Silhouette of his face on the right. Cute lil button nose! |
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| The 2nd and well defined spotting...he's definitely a boy! :) |
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| His 4 chambered heart and healthy heartbeat...always a precious sound. |
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| His little leg...up on the top rightish area of the ultrasound photo. You can see his foot pointing northeast. |
Love it all!!! Praying for you & a continued healthy pregnancy/development for baby boy Ratliff!!
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