By the grace of God we're at 20 and a half weeks of our first viable pregnancy since our series of miscarriages. Painful as those days were (and still are) we're now reveling in the joy of expecting our second child.<\/p>\n
So today we went to the doctor's for the usual 20 week sonogram. The
\nappointment was for 2:30 and getting there at 2:05 did nothing for our
\nwait. The minute hand passed far into 3:00, while we listened to the
\nidle chatter of the staff. I blissfully played catch-up with sleep
\nwhile my thoughts at this point were "man, this is boring but at least
\nI get to sleep."<\/p>\n
Finally we were called. For completely different reasons, we sighed in
\nunison. Me, because my sleep had turned sour in those uncomfortable
\nchairs and this change of venue would be great for my back; my wife
\nbecause she would finally be allowed to empty her filled-to-the-brim
\nbladder. (You see, ultrasounds work better with a bladder full of fluid
\nso they tell you to drink 64 ounces and not to pee). My thought at this
\npoint was "finally!" I'm sure my wife's thought was the same.<\/p>\n
There I am, with Josias on my lap and my wife on the bed; the three of
\nus looking at the monitor as the technician lists off "head",
\n"kidneys", "bladder", "lower legs", "lower arms", "spinal cord". My
\nwife and I had a goofy smile but it wasn't as big as it should've been
\nif the technician just got to the point and told us what we're having
\nor at least give us the opening by asking us "Do you guys wanna' know?"<\/p>\n
My wife in her warranted impatience meekly asked if we would be getting
\na picture and if we would be finding out the sex. The technician asked
\nus if we wanted to know because she wasn't sure. My thought at this
\npoint was "Woman, why would we be asking?!?"<\/p>\n
After some equipment fidgeting she finally says "She's a girl." Doofy
\ngrins got proportionally bigger and my thought at this point was "Ha! A
\ngirl! With Sy's curls she'll be gorgeous!"<\/p>\n
At this point my mind (inevitably) jumped ahead 18 years to this five
\nfoot three brunette with sharp brown eyes and naturally highlighted
\nauburn curls and ringlets falling gracefully to her shoulder. I looked
\nup at that monitor again at the baby's profile and could almost see her
\nprofile in the future as she smiled. My thought at this point was "A
\ngirl…with Sy's curls…she'll be gorgeous…"<\/p>\n
So I pushed the thoughts out of my head not planning to borrow trouble
\njust yet and in the back of my mind, thoughts of that 18 year old
\nfestered. I gave my brother a ring and he echoed my thoughts nicely:
\n"Dude, that's great. What are you gonna do?"<\/p>\n
There are a few answers to that. One is "Pray without ceasing", a Cheers. ::raises glass::<\/p>\n -r-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By the grace of God we're at 20 and a half weeks of our first viable pregnancy since our series of miscarriages. Painful as those days were (and still are) we're now reveling in the joy of expecting our second child. So today we went to the doctor's for the usual 20 week sonogram. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nsecond is "Learn How to kill with bare hands" and as my buddy Curt<\/a> said
\nwhen I called him "Build an arsenal now." Wisdom beyond his years, it's
\nalways easier to kill<\/a> with a weapon than with the strength of your
\nfingers. ; )<\/p>\n