The 4D Ultrasound Experience

                        

At first I was a little apprehensive about getting a 4D ultrasound. The price along in some places had me shaking my head. But then I came across an ad for 4D Picture Perfect down in Fort Lauderdale and thought why not. I scheduled the appointment and anxiously awaited seeing my little princess. I wondered for weeks just who she would look like and finally Saturday arrived.

My dad, son, mother in law and I all journeyed down to Fort Lauderdale. The place was pretty easy to find...the directions were spot on. Once we entered I saw a handful of other pregnant women with the same look of anticipation on their face. After paperwork and payment I was called to the back and that is when the REAL fun began. As soon as the technician put the gel on my belly, I saw Paige and she had the hiccups. First of all, Paige is HUGE! Oh gosh! The little girl still has 11 more weeks to bake but she is looking as if she's ready to enter the world now. Her hiccups were so cute. She looked so real..... I mean I know she's real but I could actually see her going through her day to day movements so it felt realer (is that even a word?) to me. Anyhoo after the hiccups went away, she yawned and stretched (She was just waking up) and then came the mommy faces.

 I call them the mommy faces because I promise my little princess was making the SAME faces that I make. She scrunched up her face and nose as if she really did not want to participate. But Paige KNOWS her mom. She knows I dont play with a full deck at times so she obliged and sucked her fingers, opened her eyes, smiled, yawned....ya know...gave me my picture worthy moments before she went straight DIVA on me and said "I"M DONE!"

Yep once the diva came out I knew it was over and so did the technician. Paige put her feet on her head and refused to move them. All of the poking and shifting in the world would not and DID NOT change this little girl's mind. Those feet stay on her head and then her umbilical cord moved in front of her face and folks, it was a wrap!

What I learned from this experience is that Paige definitely has her mom's personality AND attiude...she has her dad's lips....she has BIG feet from her dad's side....she has peach fuzz hair....she sucks her thumb.....she crosses her hands as if she's praying already(the child already knows that she's going to need prayer...how smart is she lol) and when she does NOT want to be bothered, she does NOT want to be bothered.

Her dad's lips for sure!

Overall it was a good experience. Seeing her definitely made it more "real" for me. I now stare and stare at her pictures for hours at a time....I'm sure that 's not very good. I'm excited about meeting her.  11 more weeks and she will be here \o/

Sucking on her fingers

Sticking her tongue out

Opening her eyes!