3D Ultrasound

On Wednesday March we went to our 3D Ultrasound. I had been having several dreams leading up to our ultrasound about Jude. I had dreams about his face and what he would look like. Let me just tell you, he's even cuter than I had pictured. Seeing his cute little face on the screen makes it even more real that I'm not just pregnant, but pretty soon I'm going to be a mommy to a sweet little boy.

It was so fun to watch him squirm around on the screen and feel his kicks and movements in my tummy. Now whenever I feel him move I can picture what he's doing in there. He kept putting his little hands up to his face and was trying to grab his umbilical cord and stick it in his mouth. At one point he smiled and we even saw him suck his little thumb.

Jeff and I spent the rest of the day comparing his ultrasound pictures to our baby picture and tried to guess which features were from me and which features were from daddy.

Before leaving the ultrasound we sat in the owners office while Jude's pictures burned to a CD and he printed out a few images for us to take home. He gave us several gift bags with formula samples and coupons and then handed us a calendar. The calendar is Life Before Birth and it features a different baby on each month with four of their ultrasound pictures and a picture of them at 4-6 months old. The owner explained that he felt Jude's pictures were too cute and would be perfect for the 2013 Calendar. He asked if he had our permission to forward along our pictures and information to the creator of the Calendar. We said yes and a few weeks later I received a phone call from the Calendar's creator. She explained that the Calendar is used as a handout for young moms who are considering abortion as a way to show them that life begins at conception. The calendar's are handed out a pregnancy clinics, ultrasound offices, and doctors offices. They are also given to donors who donate funds to pro life clinics. She said she thought Jude was adorable and perfect for the 2013 Calendar. She would like to feature 4 of his Ultrasound pictures and then when he is between 4-6 months old we will get a free photoshoot of him and one image will be used in the Calendar. We get the rest of the edited prints on a CD and 5 copies of the Calendar. Our little guy is already a model. ;-)

Now for the eagerly awaited images.

Jude was sucking in his lips 

 Look at those kissable lips!!! He's grabbing his umbilical cord, silly baby.

  His little hand holding the umbilical cord and touching it to his feet. I had a dream about playing this little piggy with these little toes a few nights ago

Sweet sleeping baby with his hand resting below his chin

"No more pictures" Covering up his sweet face

Sweet Jude

He loves his hands resting by his face

Jude's little finger pointing out

He looks so snuggly in there

I think he looks like Daddy in this pic

Hand wrapped in the cord and his little toes.