J's Appointment

First, I just want to say how awesome it is that God has allowed us to be a part of this adoption.  J asking us to go today and being able to go with her to her appointment was more than what I could have dreamed of or imagined.  :)

We showed up today and our first stop was a stress test for the baby.  N performed beautifully.  We got to hear his precious heartbeat, which was right around 145, and it was a wonderful sound to hear.  He got "zapped" close to the end of the test to make sure all was well and he was NOT happy for a few minutes.  His heart rate went up to about 160 then.  He did not want to be messed with!  haha

The next stop was my favorite part.  She had a small sonogram to check the amniotic fluid and we got to see him!  Oh, he is so handsome, as handsome as one can be on a sonogram.  He's head down and ready to go.  He did NOT want to look at the camera and kept turning his head when the camera came close.  He's really, really gonna have to get over it and have to get used to looking at the camera.  :)

At one point of the sonogram, Dave mentioned that it must be a good sonogram because he could actually tell that N was on his back with his hand on his chest.  Right when he said this, N gave us a nice wave of his fingers.  J said that he was waving at his daddy.  Can't wait to kiss those little fingers.

The last part of the appointment was her normal check up.  Dave sat this one out, for the most part, but J wanted me in there for the whole thing.  :)  She's dilated to 1cm and the doctor said she's thinning.  She was pretty excited and is so ready "to go".  Before we left, they sent word to the hospital to put her c-section on the books and get everything scheduled.

Got a text from J later this afternoon.  The official date and time have been set.  Unless N decides that he wants to show his face before then, we'll be having a baby boy on March 19th.  Looks like 6:30 is the arrival time at the hospital.  I know, for a fact, that I'm not going to sleep at all the night before.  Maybe we should throw a Pre-N party or something.  :)

Again, and I can't say this enough, thank you for your prayers.