We had our 4D ultrasound last Friday, and it was amazing! Patton is absolutely adorable! He had both legs and both arms in front of his face. His left foot was literally sitting on top of his head! He smiled for us, yawned, and even flexed his biceps for us! Our ultrasound tech wanted him to move so she could get a better picture of his face, so she started tapping my belly and made my lie on my side. This just made Patton mad. We got a very prominent grimace from him after that. :)
He was so expressive. I guess that was what surprised me most. I can feel him kick and move, but I've never looked down at my belly and wondered if he was smiling or yawning or frowning. Now I know that he can make all of those faces and feel different emotions along with them.
He's a pretty active baby. He usually wakes me up by 6am kicking and turning. Sometimes he wakes me up as early as 4am and will keep me up for hours...other times he doesn't start kicking until after 7am. Right now I am sitting Indian-style on our couch with the computer on a pillow on top of my legs and Charlie asleep between the pillow and my belly. Patton is kicking her repeatedly, but I guess she is too tired to care...or maybe she knows that this is only the beginning.
Josh and I are so excited and cannot wait for Patton's arrival. I'm now 30 weeks, and we are just so close. We can't wait to hold him and feed him and just be a family. Luckily, we have the holidays to distract us a bit from our anticipation. Today is my day of shopping, but my husband hasn't made it very easy for me. He has only asked for a pair of slippers, and then told me to buy him stuff for the baby. I know he doesn't mean to be difficult...there really isn't anything he needs or wants. I guess I better get my creative juices flowing and get a game plan together. Josh got to shop for me on Thursday while I was at work, and I'm pretty sure he's done. It was his only day before Christmas to shop without me since he is working today and tomorrow, off Monday (when we have our next doctor's appointment), and then works 12 hours on Tuesday and 48 hours Wednesday-Thursday. He will get off at 7am Christmas morning, and I can't wait. We are so excited about spending our first married Christmas together, and it is sure to be wonderful no matter what is under the tree.
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