Coming Attraction

We went to the doctor today and, to be quite honest, I had never been so nervous and scared in all my life. I was soo nervous and on pins/needles about this visit. What is so weird is that I am completely healthy. Everything is fine with me, everything is fine with Lauren. I wasn't the one who needed to see a doctor, neither was it really Lauren's "doctor" appointment. But I was still scared to death about this doctor visit....this was one that I had never gone through before. This was the mother of all appointments. We would found out if everything was going along as schedule, if everything was healthy, and of course we would find out if I would be going to a "Daddy-Daughter" dance one day, or if would I be seeing my son under those "Friday Night Lights". For a moment nothing else matter to me except this one tiny, small, routine doctor appointment. As Lauren and I sat there holding each others hand watching the monitor, and seeing the first image of our child....I suddenly felt a sense of relief. I counted two arms and two legs...heart was beating harder than ever. The nurse utter, "Strong and healthy baby.". My GOD, four words never brought me such relief and satisfaction in my life as those words did. Staring at the screen and seeing a fuzzy and distorted image, that was my child, never looked so beautiful to me. Suddenly the nurse said softly,"She is a real squirmier." Lauren and I looked at each other as to say "did she just say......." The nurse, knowing that she had let the "cat outta of the bag"....said three words that would forever change my life, " Its a Girl." Those words truly melted my heart.

As Lauren and I left the doctor's office, I took a moment to reflect on this blessing that GOD has bestowed upon our lives. And for one brief moment I shockingly said to myself, " I'm having a little girl.....I'm in deep deep doo doo." hahaha.