We made the slippy-slidey trek out on the streets this morning and had another ultrasound done with a very dear family friend (Melinda S.) who needed a preggo guinea pig for her new ultrasound machine! It spits out photos and movie clips onto a thumbdrive or a CD… but who cares about that, right?! It’s A GIRL! IT’S A GIRL!!!!!
Say hello to…
Amelia Brockman Wilson
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Did you see the little baby hand open and close? That kills me!
Didn’t get any stills of the nether-regions of the baby – too excited to remember! It was a tough thing to get to – Melinda was shakin’ Kelly’s belly to get the little baby inside to move around. It took a little while but Melinda saw “the good” and conferred with the guy there to set up the machine… and they agreed! It’s a girl! Melinda says she’s never got one wrong.
By the way, the Volkswagen Routan Babymaker 3000 says she’ll look something like this:
Amelia, if the VW Routan Babymaker is correct...
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It just so happened that Kelly and I conceived “Fig Newton” 12 weeks before Christmas – and the general wisdom is that 12 weeks is a “safe” time to let people know you are expecting a child, so Kelly and I kept it a state secret (save for a few needed “leaks”) until Christmas morning. We placed copies of an early (but very baby-looking) ultrasound into some cheap frames and had family open them at the same time after we were done with the rest of the presents.
After much squinting and guessing, everyone figured it out and all were very, very surprised. It would seem they had given up on us having kids! What with Kelly’s epic IronMan adventure I guess that was a little warranted, but c’mon folks!
Kelly received a Flip Video Ultra videocam from Santa and we used it to capture the moment:
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No really good way to “tee this up”, so here goes:
Lima Bean at 12 weeks
It’s a baaaaaby! Kelly is pregnant! Right now she’s 12 weeks and a handful of days pregnant with a due date of July 12th! There are not enough exclamation points in the world.
We won’t know the sex for another couple of months, so in the meantime Kelly and I have been referring to it according to it’s relative size. It was Raisinette for a time and then Pinto Bean and then Lima Been and I’m voting for Fig Newton next.
The timing was as such that we surprised all of our families at Christmas with surprise ultrasound photos. Much screaming and yelling and flapping of hands and crying ensued! It was very special and everyone was very surprised and excited – especially considering they’d given up hope on us! Sheesh – we’re only 30 years old here, folks. Not like we need children ’cause we are going to die at 35 like it’s 1787 or we have a large farm to tend to!
Oh my god oh my god oh my god.
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