It's a....

BABY!

*giggle*

We went yesterday for the sonogram, and I must say, I was.....nervous.

I can't really explain why I was feeling that way, but my hands were clammy, my heart was racing, and I sort of felt like I was back in high school again, getting ready to play an important volleyball game, or getting ready for a big music competition.

Except, on a much higher and more important level.

We walked in still 'having discussions' about whether or not we were going to find out. I still didn't want to. Shane did.

We entered the sono room, and almost immediately, the tech asked us "If I am able to tell, do you want to know the sex of the baby?"

Now, I will back up here and say that, with all the other babies, I didn't want to know either. But, as soon as I knew that that tech knew what the baby was, I folded and had to know, too.

This time, I didn't feel like that. I really, really did not want to find out. I just thought 'to be surprised at the end' would be so cool.

Did I mention that Shane did want to know, though? He likes to be prepared for things, and I really do understand that.

So, we told the tech that we weren't sure yet; that I didn't want to know, and he did. We also chit-chatted a bit, and told her about the three boys we have at home. We were still chatting when, a few minutes later, I saw something on the screen.

Two little circles, and one bigger more oval shaped thing in between.

"SHANE! I see something! Do you see that!"

The tech froze the screen.

"I see that. Right there! *pointing* What is that? Is that....what I think it is? A little you-know-what?" I said, ahem, shrieking a bit.

The tech laughed.

"Well," she said, "considering that we're looking at a cross section of the baby's head and stomach right now, I would have to say that, NO, that's not what you're thinking it is!"

We had a pretty good laugh over that one. And, to think that I was feeling pretty experienced when it comes to knowing what I see on a sono screen!

We did get some great pictures of little Peanut.
A beautiful profile.....

....and then, another profile later with the hand up by the face.
I just love this one!

We also got good looks at the heart, brain, many different organs, both arms, legs, hands, and feet, and are praising the Lord that everything looks healthy and within normal ranges. The one thing I can't figure out--why Peanut weighs 8 ounces, but I've gained 10 pounds. Hmmmm.....

I want to thank you all for praying for us yesterday. It really means so much to know that we were covered in prayer by so many people! The one thing that I would ask everyone to please continue to pray about is that I seem to have a very low-lying placenta this time around. Enough so that it was a cause for concern for my doctor, and he put me under a few orders for the next month: no lifting the kids or any other heavy things, and a couple of other things too. I go back in one month to have another sonogram, to check and see if the placenta has moved any higher, and, at that point, if it has, I'll be released to 'normal' activity again.

Oh, and, by the way--Shane won the 'argument'.

I'm so thankful that the Lord has given us a healthy baby....

....and I'm so excited that now, I will finally have someone in this house to share all of my makeup with.

*grin*