I'm so glad we had an ultrasound to meet Jeremiah

It was so strange for the first 20 weeks to have this little person inside but not know who he was.  Whenever we talked about him we just called him "Baby."  I felt like I was having trouble connecting and thought once I felt him kick it would make a difference.  On March 17th (St. Patricks Day) I felt him move for the first of many times.  Still it didn't seem totally real to me.  

Then April 13th came.  The big day of the ultrasound.  There he was.  For the first time we got to see and know him as not just baby, but our son Jeremiah.  Watching him was so wonderful as he sucked his thumb, and rolled around.  We got to see all of him.  His face, his heart, his bones, his hands and feet, his boy parts...  

That evening it was more real, but it didn't completely sink in.  We would refer to him and catch ourselves starting to call him Baby and correct it to Jeremiah.  We went and registered at Babies R Us and got to put all boy stuff on the registry.  I also had to buy a little boy outfit and a little blue elephant toy that I picked out just for him.  However, it was the next morning that it really hit home.  We had put an ultrasound picture in a frame and put it in the living room.  When I saw that picture in the morning I thought "what a beautiful baby boy."  It was then that I finally got excited.  He wasn't just a baby he was our son and I could look at his picture and talk to him by name.

Now I talk to him all of the time and I can't hardly wait for August.