A few weeks ago we hit a major milestone in both our lives. We saw our baby for the first time and it was amazing =) *almost getting teary eyed even as I write that* When we first found out that Lauren was, as she says it "pregos!", we were floored with so many mixed emotions...from the "woooaahhh.....holy $***!!! (please excuse my french)" emotion, to the "wow, God has blessed truly blessed us" super thankful emotion. We weren't really planning on having kids till perhaps a year or two from now so you can just imagine the looks on our faces when we saw that + sign on the pee stick! hahahah But apparently, God has other plans for us which we're definitely looking forward to. The docs have this little toy looking wheel that actually tells them when the baby will be due. So for everyone that was asking for the due date...there it is, we're having a Christmas baby! (poor kid hahaha)!) Oh yeah and it's actually Dec 20th according to what they tell us; not Dec 22nd like the green arrow says. So we walk into this dark room/office with this big machine in the corner, armed with my 40D and 24-70mm lens...(Sorry hun, hope you don't mind showing your belly to....the world hahah) It's so funny because every time I walk into the docs office, I feel like I get these super strange looks because I have this huge camera hanging over my shoulder. So as Lauren was lying down getting ready, the ultrasound nurse says..."boy, that's a serious camera you got there". hahha Here's a shot of Lauren getting ready to see our baby for the first time... Drum roll please................................................ Our first look at him or her was the regular 2D black and white deal...(that's him/her right in the middle of the monitor) Another unreal thing about this the ultrasound machine is that it's able to capture how fast the heartbeat is of the baby... And not only that, we actually could hear and even see the hearbeat. Yup...175bpm or beats per minute. So we got to see the baby in 2D, see how fast his/her heartbeat is and even hear it! Then she drops the 3D bomb on us and we were like "wwhhhaaaa!!!" =) That's him or her right there, the size of a gummy bear...so amazing! The mouse pointer that you see is pointing to the baby's head...and if you follow the shape of the body all the way down as it makes a "check mark" shape...that's the feet. And somewhere in between there, we could actually see the heartbeat beating. I couldn't help but think..."I'm looking at God creation in the making and that right there is my son or daughter..." *sigh* If you see Lauren, make sure you ask her to show you her imitation of our gummy bear baby...it's hilarious! =) So we left the docs office so in awe and excited at the same time. After weeks of just "knowing" you're pregnant to actually seeing and hearing it was nothing short of amazing. It shows us how good, awesome, powerful and loving our Lord and Savior is to us...and with all of it, we truly give Him the glory. "Thank You Lord, for such an amazing blessing"