Taking pictures

We had our ultrasound picture yesterday at 1pm. When we got there our b-mom was already waiting. She had the kids, and a woman from our agency who was there to help her with the kids. Our b-mom said that she put me down as an emergency contact so I needed to give them a little more information. After that we just sat and waited.

We had to wait about 15 minutes so we played with the kids and watched them run all over the office. They are full of energy and are very friendly. They were walking up to all the people in the office and saying hello. When it was time for b-mom to go back, Joe and I followed, and the worker stayed in the waiting room with the kids.

We got in the room and b-mom had to lay down and pull up her shirt. The technician but some gel on her tummy and went to work. We got to see every part of him. She went from head to toe on him several times. He is pretty squished in there so he had his arms to his chest and his hands in his face. B-mom is so small but we were very happy to hear that Alex is already 6 pounds, so he is doing fine. The technician was very good and pointed everything out. She would say "this is his right kidney" then she would circle it on the screen. I joked that I was worried about him not having feet because the technician was having a hard time finding them, or getting them to come out from behind b-mom's ribs. B-mom said "Oh he has feet, trust me". When the technician got his feet she took a picture and pointed it out. Near the end b-mom said she had always wanted a 3D ultrasound, but never had one. Next thing we know, the technician was changing tools and doing a 3D ultrasound for us! I loved it! She said it works best around 20-25 weeks, but I still thought it was neat! We got a good look at his face, and we saw that he has some hair! I just can't wait for him to come home! The technician went to print the pictures and came back with two copies. It was very nice of her to bring one for each of us! On the two pictures, we got 7 pictures. I love each of them, and can't stop looking at them!

Here are two of them:

Profile of Alex looking up.

3D ultrasound, Alex looking down to the right with his hand in his face.