3D Ultrasound & Visit from Grandma Lisa

Thursday 3/25 the hubby and I celebrated our 17th month wedding anniversary by cleaning house for Grandma Lisa’s visit and sending the doggies to the groomers. With a busy day at work, Michael wasn’t able to pick me up until 6:00 pm and of course, the groomers lock their doors at 6:30 on the dot. For those of you who don’t know, we live roughly 35-40 miles away from work and even though we carpool the drive can take us at least 45 minutes to get from one destination to the other. This didn’t leave us much hope for picking up the puppies on time which would force us to leave them overnight and pick them up in the morning. Thankfully (and with a little prayer), the rain and traffic was so bad this day that we weren’t the only puppy parents to be late and we were able to pick up our little boys at 6:45 pm. So when Grandma Lisa came in for her visit later that night she was welcomed by the whole family!

Grandma Lisa came in to town to go with Michael and I to our 3D Ultrasound and to take a peek at Auntie Elizabeth’s beautiful still-under-construction house. Also, us kids threw in a surprise birthday dinner for her since her big day was on the 31st! Now, if only she put her birthday on Facebook everyone else would have been able to send her well wishes. You can do it Grandma Lisa!!

Friday the 26th started off with Michael and Auntie Elizabeth heading off to work in the wee-hours of the morning while Grandma Lisa and I slept in and watched an episode of The Marriage Ref I had recorded on my DVR. Oh, what a great start to the day! Knowing this was the BIG DAY for the ultrasound I read up on all of the cool tips and tricks to get the best photos…..things like: Eat a bunch of candy or something very spicy at least 2 hours before the session. What a great idea huh?? Well, somehow in my mind those instructions turned in to “lets go have a great big breakfast with mom and put us all in a food coma for the rest of the day!” That’s right, Grandma Lisa was sleeping in the car, I could barely open my eyes….and Sprout was just dead asleep for the whole ultrasound session. The entire time the technician was commenting on how content Sprout and as much as we flip-flopped directions and poked at her she wouldn’t move! We’re all hoping that she will be this calm and content once she makes her appearance in to the world.

Hands….Sprout loved her hands. From picking her nose, sucking on her foot, playing with the umbilical cord and sucking her fingers, our little baby girl was as happy as could be in my tummy! With every new glimpse we tried to identify whose features she has and what she was doing to entertain herself. But her hands were definitely a winner this day. The room was dark and filled with 2 medium screens and 1 huge 50” flat screen TV for everyone to get a good view of what was going on. Within seconds of starting, Grandma Lisa jumped up and put her nose right up to one of the screens so she could have the best view. As an excited mom, I loved this! The hubby was right there by my side holding my hand and rubbing the top of my tummy as we talked to her and watched her reactions. This was a truly amazing experience and I think we could have staying in the room the entire time!
Thank you Grandma Lisa for flying all of the way up here to come visit us! We truly enjoyed your company. To the rest of the family – we miss you all tons and can’t wait for your visits in a couple of months when Sprout joins our family!