Meeting Maya's Sibling...

I don't know if it could ever get old to watch a tiny person moving around inside of my body. It just seems so strange and surreal and amazing to see tiny arms and legs pushing and kicking on a computer screen a few feet away..and feel that very squirming person inside my body at the same time. After seeing lots of incredible glimpses of wiggling arms, legs, a beating heart....and waiting patiently as the ultrasound technician took meticulous measurements of heart rate, head, abdomen, each bone in the legs, all from a few different angles... we suddenly saw a beautiful glimse of our daughter's profile. And Ryan and I both gasped. As the technician froze the shot, she began to label the frame, typing..."Kidney" or some official medical abbreviation. We laughed. Apparently she wasn't looking at the same thing that we were when she took the picture. And it didn't come out quite as clearly as what we first saw...what seemed to us to look a lot like Maya's ultrasound profile shots.
But we're still in awe of her (and even if we missed something and it's actually 'him'...we'll still be in awe) and are thoroughly enjoying the first few pictures we have of her face.

Meet Sophia...
This is the first time we saw her profile...(or at least this is the best, though inadequate, still shot from that moment)

I could really feel her feet pushing against me...

The 3D didn't turn out as clearly as with Maya's...Sophie just wouldn't stay still long enough for good pictures...
...but her little fist is pretty clear in this one...