Love at First Sight

First Pic of Baby Trosper

Tonight we had the amazing experience of our first ultrasound. Here is the picture we got of the babys' face. Caitlin is getting so far along that he was kinda sqwooshed and hard to see. It was still so cool to hear his heart beat and see him on the screen. To see our baby for the first time. I hope Caitlin could tell what this experience meant to us. What joy she is bringing to our lives. I just can't get over what a perfect process this has become. Tuesday night she called us to make sure we were still going to come to the ultrasound. Can you believe that? She thanks us every time we speak to her. Our minds reel at this. She really is so grateful for us and knows that we are the right family to raise her child. Caitlin was so sweet to give us a blanket she made for him and a baby picture of her. Now we can guess what he might look like. We spent the time waiting for the doctor getting to know her better. Her favorite things. Her mom came with and was able to tell us about when Caitlin was a baby. We also discussed how they want us to be at the hospital when the baby is born, so we can give him his first bath, and Marque can change his first diaper (Marque is still not sure about that one). They want us to be there to feed him and bond with him his first day on Earth. This is all feeling more real and as we get closer I just pray we will be prepared (This is where all parents laugh and think... prepared? Ha!) Well, we can't wait for him to be here. Of course he has a lot of family and friends waiting to meet him. Wow, we are just so blessed! As we left the doctors' office tonight we talked for another half hour with Caitlin and her mom and made plans to meet them for dinner soon. Before we left Marque gave Caitlin some 80's rock CDs which she absolutely loved, and I gave her a cute necklace with two dangling wings tied to a silver chain. It was kind of punk, something I thought a 16 yr. old would like. I wrote a note to go with it that said, "...Because every angel needs wings. Thank you for being our angel."