Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Meet Our Newest Baby Girl

Yesterday we had the 20 week ultrasound. It was such a fun time. All the kids went with us, the tech (who's been doing this for 20 + years) answered every single question they threw at her, she took her time and let us have fun watching the newest member of our family.
Here she is!


I am always amazed at how perfectly they are formed before they have a chance for life outside the womb. This picture is a perfect illustration of that. I have never seen the entire hand like that on any of my children's ultrasound pictures. Even the Tammy -the tech - said it was special.


We have been working on an anatomy unit for science in school. The kids are having so much fun learning about the baby being "knit together" and how their bodies work. I love how each of these opportunities- school, a new baby, watching ultrasounds- allows them to see more and more of God's ever present hand in our lives.

Tyler of course had a few hilarious comments while we were there. Tammy was showing them the baby's tummy and how full it was. She asked if they thought it was full of chocolate chip cookies. Tyler piped right up, "No, Mommy hasn't been eating any." When Tammy would stop the screen to measure the baby, Tyler was so curious. He said, "Are you pausing the baby?" We all got a good laugh out of that one.

I'd better run! It's time for school to start.

14 comments:

Amanda said...

I LOVE how you made it a family affair!! How special for the kids...and for you guys!

Blessings-
Amanda

bp said...

Congratulations! That is amazing to see that perfect little hand.

CC said...

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW yay ! So happy for you and the pics are precious! Totally agree with you too -it is amazing how perfectly they are formed still in the womb.

jules said...

Ultrasounds are pretty cool. My daughter in law just had a 3d one. Wow, those are amazing.

Confessions From A Work-At-Home Mom said...

Awww, that hand looks like she's trying to reach out and hold you. We got a great shot of our daughter's foot at her 20 week anatomy scan-- but only because it was covering up her "female parts" and blocking us from finding out her gender!

Stopping by from another blog we both read :)

~Elizabeth
Confessions From A Working Mom

He & Me + 3 said...

Thank you for sharing those sweet pictures. Wow that hand is amazing.

Laura said...

Awww, she's PERFECT!! So cool that all of you went, how fun! I don't know if I can wait 20 more weeks to see her! :)

Marley's Mama said...

Those are amazing pictures! Isn't it great when you have a tech who loves to look at your baby as much as you do! Can't wait to meet my newest neice!
Love you!

Mom said...

Love the ultrasound pics. Can hardly wait to meet grandbaby #14!

Stephanie R. said...

thats awesome! congrats!
I love the hand- amazing how you can see every finger in such detail!

Brandi said...

Your baby girl is BEAUTIFUL! Awww, her little hand... I got a picture of Baby Bub 'waiving' at us at our 20 wk. It was so sweet, I still have it on my fridge. :)

Unknown said...

Thank you for stopping by my blog tonight and allowing me to meet you! I'm excited for your new little family member! That ultrasound is such an exciting time. I had 3 wonderful and 1 heartbreaking. Life is so precious. I hope you come by again! I'm your newest follower.

Unknown said...

Congrats on your baby girl!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog, I love meeting new blog friends!

David & Jenna said...

Congratulations Bethany! That's so exciting that you're going to have another little girl! :) When are you due? I'm expecting our 3rd. It's a little boy this time and he is due on March 21st. Hope your pregnancy is going well!