Dear Baby

Dear baby G

I had my first visit to the doctor today!

I was soooo nervous I made my blood pressure go a little high!

Last night I had a dream that I missed the appointment because I was at church. Good thing that dream was not true! Along with the dream I had last week that they told me I wasn't really pregnant! I'm really glad that dream didn't come true!

Your dad says he was also nervous at first. Seeing you was exciting but then he felt overwhelmed! Taking care of you will be a big responsibility.

So I gave the urine sample, answered a few questions, they gave me a gown and I couldn't figure out how to put it on or what clothes I was supposed to take off/leave on. I was so flustered!

The doctor came in and was talking to me about all the stuff about being pregnant (foods, exercise, weight gain...) and the whole time I'm just sitting there thinking "Ok, that's all great and important but are you sure I'm even pregnant?!?!"

Apparently you are 16 1/2 weeks old! (a week and a half further than I thought!) And she said the Estimated delivery date is June 19th, which is exactly what I originally calculated! I really hope you come within a day or two of that date. June 11th is our anniversary and I'm going to be selfish and pray that your birthday is not on our wedding anniversary. Your dads birthday is on June 24th and I'd be ok with you coming then (best birthday present ever!) except that it's a few days late and I imagine by that point I'll be ready to have you in my arms. I'm so excited to see what happens!

I learned my uterus is tilted back a little. Because of the tilting, she was unable to hear your heart beat with the little machine. Instead she wheeled a super old ultrasound machine into the office and let us look at you! You're really there!

This is not you, I got this off Google... but you get the point ;)

Maybe this is weird but I think you were talking to Heavenly Father and decided to move around a lot so that she couldn't hear your heart beat. This (soon-to-be) momma needed to actually see that something is inside of me so I can stop stressing about this all being a dream!

It was so cool. She says she could see your heart beat but dad and I couldn't really. But we could see you moving a little and 'breathing'. I was just telling dad that even though I was freaking out before this appointment, now I am excited to go back to see you again and talk about you more. Is it possible to get addicted to the OB GYN office?

She told me everything looks good and sent us on our way!

Because I am already so far my next appointment will be on January 29th and we will get to find out (hopefully) if you're a mini-dad or mini-mom! I say hopefully because if you're as stubborn as you were today we'll never know!

I originally definitely wanted you to be a girl. The past few months though I've come to the conclusion that the pro's and con's of boy or girl are the same and I'd be perfectly satisfied with boy or girl. But I have a feeling you're a boy. A stubborn little boy just like your father! We'll see though, in exactly three weeks from today...

AHHH!!

Well, apparently I don't have any baby pictures of me on my computer so here are a few cute ones of dad... wait until you see mine though. I'm freakin' adorable!

We love you Baby G and can't wait to get to know you better!

Love,

Mom and dad

P.S. That is the weirdest thing I have ever typed!