The sprinkle was wonderful. I felt so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family there to celebrate with us. Sprinkles get a bad wrap sometimes for being unnecessary, but the fact remains that this baby needs to be celebrated too, and he definitely was! We got so many wonderful things, adorable things and it was all so much fun.
Jen did an amazing job planning it all - we had a great opening game with a clever rhyme where we had to pass a wrapped present back and forth based on different clues (who's been married the longest, got there the latest, had the most kids, had the darkest hair, etc.). In the end, the mother-to-be got the gift of course :) We also played a game where everyone had to put a paper plate on top of their hea
I spent the day after the shower with Adie unpacking all of the shower stuff and getting the nursery settled - so much fun! Adie had a great time playing with all of baby brother's new toys, books, etc. I didn't have the heart to tell her that they weren't hers and she couldn't play with them!
We also had our baby appointment/ultrasound appointment. It had been a really hard few days leading up to it because we both were so anxious to see our little guy again, however, with how the last ultrasound went, we were also very aware of what could show up and we knew how fragile we felt going into it that we just weren't sure we were ready to deal with the emotional side of it all again. In the end, we decided we still wanted to go through with the ultrasound. Mom and dad came to stay with Adie so that we could give 100% of our attention to it all. The ultrasound tech was great, got the measurements and said that he was measuring great, fluids looked great and the best part: the spots on his heart had gone away. Praise God. Such a HUGE answer to prayer and a HUGE weight lifted off our shoulders when we were able to make that sigh of relief. When she told us they were gone, our relief was obvious and she said, "Yea, most times they just end up taking care of themselves and going away. You didn't hear this from me, but everything on the ultrasound looks great - Lori would tell you the same." That was great to hear from someone who does many ultrasounds each day. She also told us that he weighs about 5 pounds, 7 ounces at this point. From here on out they gain around a half pound a week so that would put him at 7 1/2-8 lbs. We'll see! After that we met with Lori and were able to talk with her about the spots, about a recent neurologist appointment and the follow up we'll be doing with that, and about a few other things. All in all, it was almost a two hour appointment but it was so nice because we got answers to things we were wondering about, got a huge amount of relief from the ultrasound, and never felt rushed through any of it. Afterwards Mark and I went to Food Dance for breakfast and had a little "breakfast date". It was so nice to just have time together to reflect after such an amazing appointment and to be able to look at it all so thankful that God helped us through such a huge struggle and taught us through the process to wait on His timing and trust in His plans.
We just can't wait for him to get here - we're getting so close!
