I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with grass stains on my shoes from mowing Sister Schenck's lawn. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbor's children. I want to be there with a little dirl under my fingernails from helping to weed someone's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Our Baby!!!

Today we had our first prenatal doctors visit! We had the girls come with us, and we thought that we were only going to be able to hear the heart beat, but.... my doctor surprised us when she told us that she likes to do an ultra sound in the first trimester so that they can, more accurately, determine how for along you are. (I guess that's important so that they can do the proper tests at the right time.) We were so excited!! The girls thought that it was so cool. When we were done, Ashlynn was sulking. Anthony asked her what was wrong and she told him that she wanted the baby out NOW! It was pretty tough trying to explain to a four year old, why the baby couldn't come out now. I tried to explain to her that the baby would be smaller than her barbies baby, and that it would die because it was to small. I think she KIND OF understood after that because then she wanted to know HOW the baby grows. She's such a curious child!
We will find out what we're having on Aug. 19! Yeah!! Overall everything is going good. Our Doctor told us that we have a very active baby and that because we could SEE the heart beating, it drops the chances of a miss carriage from 40% to 1%. That's very nice to know because you could see its little heart just a pumpin'. The baby was also raising it's hand up and down. The Doctor told the girls that the baby was waving at them, but i think it was sucking it's thumb!! It was all so amazing! And,..... I haven't gained even 1 pound (for now) That's exciting because I'm trying to be careful this time. I DO NOT want to gain 50 pounds again, but if I did, it's all worth it!!

6 comments:

BeTrue2You said...

We are SOOOO excited to meet him! Just adorable! LOL

Elder Larkin said...

Yea, I wish the pictures were clear too. I wanna see that baby! Ashlynn is so cute. None of my boys were as curious as she's been. I guess that's one of the many differences between girls and boys. I love her little motherly instincts that are there, even at 4 years old. So adorable.

Josh and Nat said...

The Hill family is rootin for another girl! Ha ha that way lilly will have someone just her size from your family to play with. Although I guess if it was a boy then they could get married! Even Better!

kate said...

Wow!!! That's so cool Chels!! I can't wait to hear what you're having!

Anonymous said...

That baby is allready chubby! I think "HE" is cute :D

Joy

Elder Larkin said...

Look at those cheeks!!! With cheeks like that it's definitely gonna to be cute, no matter what it is!