Dad here: I don't think I can express how excited I was today at the ultrasound. I am still in disbelief. Erika is doing a great job and will be an awesome MOM! I can't wait to hold that little guy! We couldn't believe how much he looks like me when I was little. When Erika saw his face, she knew it was a boy!
Mom here: Since Lawton was coming straight from school, he was about 15 minutes late to the appointment. While we waited, the nurse went ahead and took the baby's measurements through the ultrasound. She asked me what I thought it was and I said, my gut feeling this whole time was that it's a boy. She continued on, showing me his heartbeat (about 149) and his heart (about the size of her fingernail), his hands and fingers, spine, brain, etc. Then she switched over to the 3-D/4-D and showed me his face! Once I saw that I thought immediately, that baby resembled Lawton's baby pictures. There was no way that was a little girl in there! She quickly switched back to the regular dimension....about that time Lawton walks in. She tried moving the baby by tapping my belly since his hands were over his face. It was hard to take a picture without his hands in it! She went through and started typing at the bottom of the pictures what each image was...and sometimes used arrows to point out specifics. Lawton was watching my expressions the whole time more than the monitor. The nurse asked if we were ready to know the sex. Um YEAH! All of sudden, I yelled out IT'S A BOY! He turned to look at the screen and said, "What?! How do you know?!" I said, "She typed it at the bottom, LOOK! I KNEW IT!" After that, she went back to 3-D/4-D so Lawton could see how much our son looked like his daddy. It was so exciting. We couldn't make it out to the parking lot before calling family and friends.
Mom here: Since Lawton was coming straight from school, he was about 15 minutes late to the appointment. While we waited, the nurse went ahead and took the baby's measurements through the ultrasound. She asked me what I thought it was and I said, my gut feeling this whole time was that it's a boy. She continued on, showing me his heartbeat (about 149) and his heart (about the size of her fingernail), his hands and fingers, spine, brain, etc. Then she switched over to the 3-D/4-D and showed me his face! Once I saw that I thought immediately, that baby resembled Lawton's baby pictures. There was no way that was a little girl in there! She quickly switched back to the regular dimension....about that time Lawton walks in. She tried moving the baby by tapping my belly since his hands were over his face. It was hard to take a picture without his hands in it! She went through and started typing at the bottom of the pictures what each image was...and sometimes used arrows to point out specifics. Lawton was watching my expressions the whole time more than the monitor. The nurse asked if we were ready to know the sex. Um YEAH! All of sudden, I yelled out IT'S A BOY! He turned to look at the screen and said, "What?! How do you know?!" I said, "She typed it at the bottom, LOOK! I KNEW IT!" After that, she went back to 3-D/4-D so Lawton could see how much our son looked like his daddy. It was so exciting. We couldn't make it out to the parking lot before calling family and friends.
Here are just a few of the ultrasound images that we took home.
Erika, Lawton, and Baby BOY Swann
Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for y'all!!!
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