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Went to have the 3d/4d u/s on Saturday. I woke up waaaayyy too early out of nothing but sheer excitement. Peanut was really busy, so I thought it must be a perfect day for taking a peek at her in her cramped little world. I was a good girl and I remembered to eat my chocolate before we went, and I even had some juice which usually gets her going. Into the office we went, and Joe and I were so excited you'd think we had ants in our pants. A nice lady invited us into a darkened room, and there she showed us the most wonderful thing I have ever seen in my life.

Our daughter.

She was very sleepy from her busy morning, but we got to watch her yawn several times, and learned that she always does the oh so cute lip smacking thing after she yawns. It's really incredibly amazing what you can see. Joe was touching my foot for a lot of it...it was so nice, like he was holding my hand. He would squeeze whenever something special happened. We watched her suck her thumb, and then she gave that up and started to suck her toe. When she dropped her foot away from her mouth, it felt like a kick. She went back to sucking her thumb, at which point she fell asleep for a couple minutes. After some wiggling of the wand by the u/s tech, she woke up, opened her eyes, and entertained us by yawning, rolling over, and hiding from the 'camera'. After having me roll over, she showed us many funny faces, including something that looks like a smile. She is very fond of that particular expression, and showed us her sweet smile several times, melting us completely.

After we were through at the u/s place, we took our DVD directly over to my mom's to show her, my stepdad, and my sis. I particularly enjoyed the chance to watch it again as the first time I was watching it all sideways! They were amazed and happy with the results. Then we took the DVD up to the trailer and showed it to MIL, who was really excited about it too. I did not cry at all; I was very tough.

This morning I asked Joe to put it on again, and we sat and watched it just the two of us. I cried and cried and cried, and Joe kept wiping away my tears and saying "Look at her cute chubby cheeks!! Look at those lips! I think that's Daddy's chin..." I just can't believe that she really is in there...that inside this lumpy ol body is that tiny angel. She looks just like Daddy, too, just like I knew she would. But how can we have created something so perfectly beautiful just by having an evening of fun? It's such a miracle...it squeezes my heart to think of it. Seeing that face come out of the darkness like that...It just makes everything worthwhile. I can't wait to meet her in person, but I feel that much closer to her already. She is already our entire world. All two pounds of her.