On: Our son, David...

As a husband it is a very unique experience having your wife be pregnant.  I could write many blog posts about the experience ranging from my 10 pound weight gain to the experience of literally having less room, well, everywhere.  However, this post is about the connection that Mother and son experience in utero.  I've watched as Jenn has grown to epic proportions (of cuteness) and am constantly amazed at what I now truly see as the miracle of life.  I can't help sometimes feel a little jealous.  I get to feel him kick a few times a day, but she gets to feel everything: his turns, jabs, hiccups, rolls and slides.  Don't get me wrong, I am keenly aware that my wife is the far better choice for this role, but you get my point.

This brings us to today.  We were blessed this last week with the opportunity to get whats called a 4-D ultrasound.  For those of you wondering what that means, it means that we would be able to see our child in the x,y, z and t :)  Put more simply, in three dimensions and in live motion.  I'd seen samples online and was prepared, or so I thought, to have Jenn show me the pictures of our son.  Truly, I was not prepared.  I imagine second to standing in the delivery room and welcoming him to the world in 50 days plus or minus, seeing these pictures was life changing.

So without further ado, here is our son, David.

Isn't he amazing!!  As Jenn so humbly puts it, "The cutest baby in the world!!"  :)

I wasn't sure how I would feel as a father having the chance to see these pictures, but it did something I didn't expect.  It allowed me to connect with him in an extremely visceral way.  So yes, I don't feel all the movements, but now I can picture him.  I can see that he got his mom's cheeks, a combination of our noses, and my lips.  I can spend these final weeks of the pregnancy, picturing him as I pray for him, and as I feel him have the hiccups almost every night.

He is amazing, and I can't wait to meet him.  I thought I would close with our personal favorite.  Here is a picture of our son smiling.  If you look at the left of the screen you can see a wall that represents Jenn.  I can't help but think that he is smiling because he is cuddling with his Mom.  Well David, she has smiled every day for the last 8 months thinking of you.  David, we love you and we'll meet you soon!