On October 31st, Halloween, Jesse and I pulled up to the hospital to have an ultrasound. Of course, the mid-pregnancy ultrasound is for more things than determining the baby's gender, but we were very excited about finding out if our baby was Charles or Caroline. I wore a maternity t-shirt that my SIL Bethany found, and the whole staff of the office loved it!
Interesting thing about putting together Brohinsky and Beaudry genes: this little baby couldn't sit still for the first half of the ultrasound. The technician had quite the time trying to get a clear picture. Then, the baby swiftly fell asleep in the most problematic position possible, also making it difficult to get a good picture! We wiggled things around, put me on my side, and tried to wake baby up just to get a good picture, and we finally got some great ones! This whole time, though, Jesse and I were watching the screen in complete amazement. This little body was growing inside of me! And we could see it moving! Wow... what a complete miracle of life.
And it's a boy! Charles Xavier Brohinsky (who was certainly not camera shy) gets the great honor of being our firstborn son, and continuing the Brohinsky girl-boy-girl-boy pattern :)
When the tech was showing me the monitor and pointing things out, Xavier had his head down and his legs up by my belly button, all curled up in the corner, and he was pointing past the top of his head. It made me laugh, and I said, "He must be planning his exit strategy." What a ham. He kicks a lot, and I absolutely love it!
In a slightly unrelated note, we had a little surprise today when someone we don't even know dropped off an envelope at our door. Inside was a picture and a note. The note said, "I was driving by one day - Caught this lil 'yellow bus' out of the corner of my eye - So cute...... Couldn't resist a picture - here's one for you!! Thanks, Makes me smile when I go by....."
Here's the picture of the picture, taken by my phone since I don't have a scanner :)
That pretty much made my day, and it wasn't even noon, yet! I guess that little bus has to stay there, now. Also, it makes me think about how thankful I should be that we live in this house. It's not much - heck, it's liable to fall apart any day - but it's exactly what we need to get by comfortably and live within our means. Thank you God for our blessings!
