The Third Trimester Has Now Begun

What a beautiful morning. I woke up to thunder and lightning, and the sound of rain beating hard on the roof. I LOVE this. Curling up under covers during a morning storm is a great treat.

But I couldn't curl up for too long so I cuddled my little boys for a little bit longer, then got up to get ready for my last ultrasound.

So many thoughts....is everything going to be okay, maybe they will find a problem, maybe Griffin is actually a girl (!), oh my GOD, what if that happened! I drove over, got called in, and the ultrasound began.....

And there was my little boy.

PERFECTION is the only word to describe him.

Round head, long legs, bony knees, little toe bones, even a butt. Griffin has some seriously LOOOOONG legs, looks like he is taking after the men in this family. It was amazing how much more detail there was to see at this point in the pregnancy. After measuring a bunch of boring things like kidneys and the stomach (c'mon, I mean, I want to know he is healthy of course, but I really don't care tooooo much about his kidneys!), she finally got around to his face. At this point in the pregnancy, Griffin looks like what Griffin will look like, just smaller. And from what I could tell, he is very cute. She shifted the ultrasound-wand-thing, and goes, "Oh look! See his chubby cheeks?!" Sure enough, there were his chubby cheeks. Cheeks that will be kissed over and over again. But safe from prying hands and lips for now (and Auntie Steffie, who will be such an Elmyra).

Then the most amazing thing happened. He leaned his head back, opened his mouth wide, and yawned! Griffin was sitting there, hanging out, doing normal things inside me like yawning! I couldn't believe it, so sweet. There is a picture of it on the left there, but it actually looks creepy because you can see all of his teeth. The live moment was lovely, though. Just lovely.

So Griffin and I are in good shape for the third trimester with no concerns at this point. Now, they have made me a little bit crazier.......BECAUSE I CAN'T WAIT TO SQUEEZE MY LITTLE CHUBSTER!!