I think Micah is missing Oleg about now...

Today was the big day, the big ultrasound. And yes, I can confirm that this Spencer family is having a FIFTH, I said FIFTH girl.

Am I sad it wasn't a boy? Well, lets be honest, it would have been fun to see what a Jake and Amy Spencer biological boy would have looked like. BUT, I have a boy! So... its cool. :)

Did I have a hunch one way or the other? No, not this time. A few of the other girls I thought were boys (especially Mabry), so I knew better than to even attempt a guess.

Am I excited? WELL, YEAH!!! I know this sounds like such a cop-out thing that every parent has to say, but I truly truly am excited this is a healthy baby. I've said before and I'll say again- nothing is for sure until the baby is here but the DS screening did come back negative, as well as the neural tube defect screening. And we counted 10 fingers, 10 toes, and measured the length of the cutest little nose. :)

I got to the ultrasound early. Abby had to be at school at 8 and the appointment was for 9:30. No sense in getting Micah and Mabry in and out of the car multiple times in an hour, so we went on up to the doctor. The office still has the very same little play table that Ashley sat at when I had my prenatal check-ups for Emily. I love sentimental stuff like that. It made me really happy to see Micah and Mabry sitting there playing while I obediently drank my massive jug of water. At which point all sentimentality left me and was replaced with... some strange form of nausea that comes from drinking too much water! For those of you who know how my morning sickness has been going (better but I can't stomach large amounts of water).... yeah. That was interesting. But with Zofran and two antsy kids in tow, I was called back for the ultrasound.

Now, there's nothing more cruel than making a pregnant woman drink a jug of water and then make her lie on her back while you poke her in the abdomen. Cruelty I tell you. So they made up for it by watching Micah and Mabry for me so I could "relieve" a little bit of the pressure. :) (Thanks Tech Kathy) And Jake came in right after that and we really got things rolling. Micah wasn't so sure about the whole thing, he really looked nervous! Obviously he wasn't anxious about the gender of the baby but about Mommy laying up on this bed in a doctors office. But imagining him, wanting a brother, was pretty funny. :) At one point, he lifted up his shirt and folded his hands across his chest, just like me. Then looked at Jake as if to say "Am I doing this right?" TOO cute.

The baby (the one in the womb, not Mabry ;)) was pretty wiggly and wouldn't sit in any one position for too long. And she kept ducking her face down with one arm over her nose. Faking shyness- hmm, that sounds familiar among Spencer girls! And when it came time to "find out", the tech said, "Ok! Lets see here..." and just held the picture right, uh, there. She didn't say a word but Jake and I both knew and I said, "its a girl isn't it." (It wasn't a question, it was a statement.) "YEP!" she said! lol! I looked over at Jake, kid on each leg, and his face was expressionless. Its a bittersweet thing. For both of us. It would be fun to have a baby boy. But we do have a boy. And we sure do love our girls. God knows what He's doing. And we've never pretended to be in control of this family. (As all of my friends who remember how convinced I was that I was having a boy first are laughing right now...) God is in control. :)





Jake helped me load up the kids before heading back to work. I looked in the rear view mirror at Micah and Mabry. Neither having any clue what just happened but I imagined them thinking... Mabry: "YES, I got a SISTER! We'll stay up all night talking and giggling and doing each other's nails..." and Micah: "I sure miss my buddy Oleg about now" Poor guy. :) But ya know, I believe with all my heart that he's the perfect man for the job. ;)