How My Baby Became A Baby Seahorse

On August 6th  I went in for my second ultrasound. My mother-in-law Kim came with me and it was seriously the best ultrasound I have ever been too. Well...actually it's only the second ultrasound I went to in my whole life, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, but it was way better than the first one!
My reasons for this are:
1. At the first ultrasound, the baby looked like a blob with nubs for hands hence the early nick name stubs.
2. I was freaking out the whole time and all I could say was this is 'wicked' and think holy crap that thing is inside me and it has to come out eventually and we all know how that happens....
3. I sounded stupid for saying 'wicked.' Who the hell says that expression anymore? I am not from Britain and I was born in 1988 way after rock bands stopped using the expression, so there would be no need for it to come across my lips in this moment. All I know is I sounded like a dang fool. A happy fool, but a fool none-the-less.
4. This second sonogram went on for about 20 minutes and we got to see it move a few times, which was amazing.

After the sonogram I sent a mass text with this picture of the sonogram.

Baby seahorse/baby hans/baby rice/baby carrot baby/stubs
We have way too many nicknames

The text went out to 8 individuals: All of my siblings: Nicole, Erica, Eric and Zach, my mom, my dad, my sister-in-law Kaity, my brother-in-law Ian, and Nate's Aunt Heidi. The mass texts back were great with the exception of a few hilarious ones.

Responses:
Erica:  Aww...Do you know what it is yet
Eric: Aww.. yay!!
Heidi: Awesome I love him or her already.
Padre Scudder (my dad): The only thing we know for sure is she/he won't be name Shelia...grats though sister its very exciting!
(Just so you know my dad hates the name we gave our dog and claims that is why she tears up the walls when we leave out of retaliation.)
Nicole: Baby Hans! I'm actually already going to buy a present like later today.
Zach: BABY!
Ian: It is a baby carrot baby!
KT: Sooo sweet.

Finally my mother sends emoticon with happy love eyes.
Then about two minutes later: It looks like a seahorse. Ha!

Hilarious and thanks mom, too bad it won't be the size of a seahorse when I give birth, nor will Nate be able to give birth to it like a real seahorse. How awesome would that be??

Speaking of Seahorses, I have asked Nate if it was possible to take the baby from me just for one night so I don't have to sleep with a pillow under my tummy, and he said " I would if I could." I then proceeded to tell him we could transfer it through our belly buttons, but the thought of that made him sick, so he just laughed and told me to go to sleep. Yea, so much for transferring the baby! "I would if I could," my ass.


Sonograms are seriously the coolest! Every pregnant woman should get the opportunity to experience them because it really hits you in the face that you are having a baby! Hell, you might even get an awesome new nickname for your baby while you are at it too. I just hope 'seahorse' doesn't stick with this kid for life...