Eden Cassie

A couple weeks ago, Christine and I went to the doctor’s for the big ultrasound where we could finally know the gender of the baby. You can read Christine’s journal for the details. I just wanted to share that the ultrasound is not the magical experience that some might perceive it to be. It was actually sort of scary. =) The baby looks like a monster on the screen because the ultrasound projects an image of its skeleton, and the way the ultrasound is done the baby comes in and out of the picture fairly quickly (something like a horror movie pop out). You half expect the baby to scream, “Aha!” =)

It was great to see the baby again, though. We got to see all its major organs and its skeletal structure. They even showed us the blood flow through the umbilical cord. The trickiest part of the whole process was determining the baby’s gender because our little one was being stubborn. In the end, just as the doctor was about to give up, we were able to find out we were having a baby girl. Here’s a shot of her foot below (it was the cutest picture we had of the whole experience). Since we’re having a girl, we decided on the name Eden Cassie. I can’t wait to meet her in person!