Wednesday, March 28th,
Brandon and I had our 18 week anatomy scan for Baby #2. Everything checked out
wonderfully! The brain, kidneys, heart, arms, legs, all ten fingers (okay eight
fingers and two thumbs) and ten toes, absolutely everything looked perfect!! It
is so wonderful to be able to see everything so clearly on the ultrasounds; how
anyone can say this child growing inside me is not a human I'll never
understand! God is the ultimate creator and He has created a perfect baby for
us.
Friday, April 6th, I let
my students make their predictions for Baby #2. They all begged me to just go
ahead and tell them. "We won't tell anyone, we promise!" Most of them
are pretty excited to know, but a few high school students don't seem to get
excited about anything at school. Most of them shared their reasons for why
they picked GIRL or BOY. "You've acted so different this pregnancy (side
note: I started school at 18 weeks pregnant with John Charles, so they didn't
see this early part of that pregnancy the first time), so it has to be a
girl!" "You already have a boy and families always have two
boys." "I want it to be a girl, so that's what I'm putting."
"I want it to be a boy, so I'm putting girl to maybe change the
odds." I had a few students that wanted to write their names in both
boxes, because "I think you're going to actually have a set of boy/girl
twins."
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| the student predictions |
Saturday, April 7th, we
had a small celebration with our families to share our exciting news!
We are so excited to
announce Baby Justus #2 is a GIRL!!!
While it took us several months to finally choose our son's name, Brandon and I knew going into the ultrasound appointment, if it was a girl, we would name her Jillian Claire Justus. We are already so in love and can't wait to meet sweet Jillian in just 20 weeks!
At my 15 week appointment, the nurse couldn't find the heart beat on the Doppler. It didn't worry me because that had happened twice with John Charles. However, when Dr. Wilson couldn't find the heart beat, my own heart began beating a little more quickly. He calmly got out the ultrasound machine to get a look at the baby, where we were able to see the squirmy little one! He asked if I wanted him to take a peak and try to make a prediction "but you can't tell anyone if I'm wrong!" I agreed, so we got to check. Dr. Wilson said he thought girl; I agreed with what he saw, based on what we saw from John Charles's ultrasound.
When the ultrasound technician said that this baby was for sure a girl, I was a bit surprised, but excited, too. After having my sweet boy, I had prepared myself that I may always be only a boy mom and never have a daughter, just to try to keep myself from becoming disappointed if I never had a baby girl. To have dreams of a daughter thrust back into my future all at once was a bit overwhelming. Brandon had that sweet, excited smile of his all over his face immediately. Of course, when we saw Dr. Wilson a few minutes later he wanted to know "what do I do with a girl??" Dr. Wilson, having only two boys, told him he had no clue himself!! We are thrilled to have a baby girl on the way. We would ask that you pray she continues to develop properly and that everything with this pregnancy continues to go well.
At my 15 week appointment, the nurse couldn't find the heart beat on the Doppler. It didn't worry me because that had happened twice with John Charles. However, when Dr. Wilson couldn't find the heart beat, my own heart began beating a little more quickly. He calmly got out the ultrasound machine to get a look at the baby, where we were able to see the squirmy little one! He asked if I wanted him to take a peak and try to make a prediction "but you can't tell anyone if I'm wrong!" I agreed, so we got to check. Dr. Wilson said he thought girl; I agreed with what he saw, based on what we saw from John Charles's ultrasound.
When the ultrasound technician said that this baby was for sure a girl, I was a bit surprised, but excited, too. After having my sweet boy, I had prepared myself that I may always be only a boy mom and never have a daughter, just to try to keep myself from becoming disappointed if I never had a baby girl. To have dreams of a daughter thrust back into my future all at once was a bit overwhelming. Brandon had that sweet, excited smile of his all over his face immediately. Of course, when we saw Dr. Wilson a few minutes later he wanted to know "what do I do with a girl??" Dr. Wilson, having only two boys, told him he had no clue himself!! We are thrilled to have a baby girl on the way. We would ask that you pray she continues to develop properly and that everything with this pregnancy continues to go well.
