First Photo

And BAM!! There he is, isn't it just amazing? We have the ability to make another life.  IT is the best experience ever.  Nothing will captivate you like the first heartbeat you hear of that precious angel you have concieved.  I was right at 10 weeks here, this is Alex's first photo.  We were so excited and hopeful for a baby boy !! We had to wait a few weeks to find out but Bart just KNEW he was getting a boy this time.

Fast forward to March, everything was going perfectly, no sickness, no problems AT ALL.  All of my pregnancies were great, I never had the first high BP or abnormal lab value or anything. I am a nurse and so sometimes that gives you the upper hand in things like ultrasounds.  Bart couldn't come to the hospital that day so I went alone and asked the US tech to seal the results of our gender in an envelope.  She did.  My neighbor was sweet enough to make us a box for the girls to open with balloons in it to tell us the gender.  So at this point no one knew but my neighbor, I dropped the envelope off with her on my way home from work because I knew if I took it home I would peek.  All of our family gathered excitedly to hear the news and when Brandy brought that box over we couldn't get it open fast enough.  We let the girls open it, and well now you all know the results.  IT WAS OUR BOY!!!! We (especially Bart) were SO excited.  FINALLY A SWEET BOY !!!! His eldest sister Ava Claire wasn't so happy, she told us she wanted a sister and she wasn't kidding.

I think in his first 3 months of life he had 4 ultrasounds, all different US techs, all missed the cleft.  Sometimes I think it was God's way of giving me piece of mind throughout the pregnancy, he knew best, he knew this momma would worry and fret and worry some more.  He knew I couldn't handle it so he helped protect our sanity, I am grateful.