It's Official!

We've seen it with our own eyes!!  There is an adorable little baby residing in my every growing belly. [They say everything happens faster with the second...I can certainly attest!!] 

 

I have to say, for me, this sonogram experience was far more emotional that our first with Ayden.  When we saw Ayden on the screen it was amazing.....overwhelming....fascinating....and aww inspiring.  However, monday, when we saw the new baby, it was all of the above and more.  This time, we weren't just guessing how amazing this little bundle will be and how much impact their birth/life will be on ours, we KNEW.  We knew the depth to which love can go.  The effect a smile, a look, a voice, and the touch of their baby soft skin will have each and every time.  The pride, the anxiety, the humbleness, the fun and the laughter this bundle will bring us. 

I was speechless.

Then as if to say..'snap out of it momma!', the little bundle did the shimmy for us!  J and I knew then this was definitely Ayden's sibling =)

As I drove home from our first Dr. apt I was overwhelmed with emotion. My thoughts went to Ayden and to the lifelong joy he doesn't know is coming.  Yes, there will certainly be trying times between the siblings as there are with any, but hopefully as they grow they will grow together and form a lifelong friendship built on a lifetime of shared experiences, ups and downs, fights and conspiring (J and I can't wait for that inevitable sibling bonding), and overall love and respect. 

I think of my brother, and how I couldn't be more thankful that I have (and had) him as a brother and now a best friend; how our families are growing together (gosh - soon to be FOUR cousins!); the many many years of memories to come; what my life as a little sister taught me; and how much I learned about relationships from my own with my brother.  He is a role model, an inspiration, and (those who know him can attest) a shear genius.  But most of all he is just my big bro who tickled me until I couldn't breath, played 'touched you last' until I thought my head would burst with frustration, and who protected me even though I was a a very annoying little sister; my big bro who I will forever look up to, admire and aspire to be like.

I pray someday Ayden and the new bundle will look back with the same fondness and gratitude that they had each other as siblings.

[Oh, and by the way....yes, there is ONLY ONE in there =)]