Peanuts and Chinas

Yesterday was my ultrasound! We got up and started getting ready at about 8:00. The ultrasound was scheluled for 11:00. I was so excited! I woke up at 7:15 because I couldn't sleep. At 9:30 my mom and grandma got to my house. I had invited them because I wasn't sure if Ray could come--which thankfully, wasn't the case. While the girls were eating their breakfast, they were talking about if it was a girl or a boy. Abby, my middle child, commented that if it was a girl it would be boring because we already have enough girls. I sat down with them and explained what would be happening at the office. I told them the Dr. Would be checking the baby's heart, brain, lungs, stomach, etc.. and after all that he would see if he could tell us if we were having a brother or a sister. I then asked my youngest what the baby would have if it was a boy. "Peanuts!" she said, and then went on to tell me that her and her sisters had a china. I've always tried to teach them the correct terms, but they don't always hear them the right way. LOL. When we arrived, we got right in. No waiting is good when you have 3 excited children with you. The radiologist showed us it's head first. We got a really good profile picture. We saw the front of it's face and the kids were so excited to see that there really was a baby in there. It's heartbeat was 156 beats per minute. It measured a little big, which made the due date July 28 instead of August 5. Everything looked great. We finally got to that moment and I instantly knew what it was, because I had never seen one of these before. It's a BOY! It took the rest of them to see, but the doctor pointed it out and I just started crying. "Emma, it has peanuts!" I said. The girls all squealed and said "We're having a brother!" My mom was crying and Ray just stared at the screen for a minute. He asked the radiologist twice if he was sure. It was such an exciting experience. We are all so excited to have a little boy in our house. Now the biggest trick is being patient for him to get here.