baby smith is lookin' good...

Yesterday was my first appointment with my doctor. I really like her so that is a big relief. I have had to wait quite a while these last two times I've gone in, so I hope that is not the norm! She wants me to see the maternal fetal medicine specialist in two weeks to have a complete first trimester screening so she almost skipped doing the ultrasound yesterday. She ended up changing her mind, which made me very happy because I wanted to see this baby! She searched for the heartbeat first. It was 180 bpm. She said "Oh, you are SO having a girl with that fast heartbeat!" Let's hope she is right! She looked at a few other things and said that everything looked great and right where it should be. Whew, big relief. We did see the baby move a little bit and it is always so amazing to see that little heart beating away on the screen. So, it is now starting to settle in - we really are having another baby! Eric and Charlie were at the appointment and we may have hyped up seeing the baby a little too much since Charlie was very confused as to what he was seeing on that little screen. He kept asking "where is the baby?" and when I pointed to the little peanut shape on the screen, he said "THAT is NOT a baby!" So funny. This morning he did get out his little Star Wars laptop toy and told me that he was going to see if he could see the baby on his computer.

In other baby news, look who has joined us:


We noticed the mama bird had been sitting up quite a bit higher in the nest so figured they might have hatched. On Saturday, I saw the mama bird was away so I quick jumped on the ladder to check it out. I was a little afraid mama was going to come back and peck my eyes out so I quickly snapped a few photos and got out of sight. They are very active now and we can see them very easily from the ground. It has definitely been a fun thing to watch and teach Charlie about. I think he is going to be very bummed when they are gone.