Friday, August 10, 2007

Ok, sorry this took so long, but here's the picture of our baby. The cute little one even had it's tail still lol. I have another appt on the 15, so hopefully we'll get to hear the heartbeat then. I'm excited! Eric's mom bummed me out when we went and visited her this past weekend. She looked at the picture and just went on talking about her stupid cell phone. We might as well have shown her our big toes for all she seemed to care. Oh well, that's her loss if she's not going to be excited with the rest of us. My family is estatic and Eric and I couldn't be prouder parents already lol.

I know I referred to the baby as he in my post, but that's only because I've always figured I'd have a boy first lol. I always wanted to have the older boy so he could look after his little sister. Kinda like my brother, I guess. Although my brother was such a butthead to me for a long time. When it came down to it, though, he stood up for me and protected me when I was being threatened. My brother's rules were that I was to never look at him, or talk to him in public. The only reason I could talk to him was if something happened to mom, dad or our little sister. He was very adament about this, and in fact he told me if I seen him in school I was to look the other way and act like I didn't see him. I always complied to these rules, and I developed a very bad habit of starring at the floor, and playing with my hands. Anyways, we went to Falls Creek Church Camp one year, and I stayed away from him. Some of the people from our group were going to play in a volleyball tournament, and so the whole group went to watch. Well, one of my friends and I sat up higher and away from the rest of the group. These three guys came up to us, one had a camcorder, and stood in front of us. The other two sat down on either side of us and started putting their hands on us and saying stupid things like, "Hey baby, wanna go with us?" and just being really dumb. Well, we were both taken aback and didn't know what to do. Out of the blue, standing in front of me, my brother appeared. I didn't see him come up, but he was there. (He's always been very stocky for his age, and everyone was always intimidated by him) He was standing there, flexing his muscles and he said, "Michelle, are these guys bothering you?" I told him yes and he said, "Leave her alone!" The guys started stuttering saying, "Hey man, we were just playin around." My brother said, "Leave her alone!" The guys were stumbling all over themselves, and my brother wasn't backing down. Anyways, they left and left us alone. My brother turned to me and asked if I was ok, I told him I was, and he turned and walked back down to his seat. Everyone was talking about it, they said that as soon as he realized that the guys were touching us, he flew up the steps. From that day on I knew my brother loved me and would be there when I needed him. Up to that point, I had no clue, I figured he'd be the first to throw me to the wolves lol. Anyways, I've always wanted a little boy to give his little sister that kind of security. (Minus the whole making a rule where she can't look at him part)
On the other hand, though, my mom and grandma both say it's a little girl lol. It's kind of funny though, because my mom says things like, "They got a picture of her today," to my dad and my dad responds with, "You mean him?" lol. I guess only the Lord knows though, whatever we have, it's our little blessing and I'll be so happy to have him or her.

6 comments:

Charla said...

I always wanted a big brother to look out for me like that! I got 2 older sisters who picked on me constantly though!! LOL

I'm so happy for u guys Michelle!! I know you'll both be wonderful parents to him or her!! :)

My kids will be starting school again next week! We definately need to get together sometime soon for lunch or something!! TTYL!! :)

Michelle said...

The story of your older brother reminds me of me and my older brother. He always acted like he did not want me around and that I could not talk to him or his friends but in the end he was there to protect me no matter what.

I am sorry about your MIL, maybe she will come around. I did the same thing that you did with Nathan, I wanted a little boy and I started calling the baby a he right from the start and my parents were the opposite, my mom wanted a little boy and my dad had his heart set on a little girl! He was crushed when he found out my mom won...


He was just as equally upset this time when he found out that I was having another little boy! But trust me my dad did just fine with a little boy instead, Nathan is the apple of his eye, he can do no wrong....

kbug said...

Brothers and sisters are the best...whether they're older or younger. I can't say enough about mine, we still enjoy each others company and help each other whenever a hand is needed. My three boys are the same, too. Kevin and Seth fought like crazy when they were young, but you wouldn't know that today...except they talk about the old days and laugh..... :)

vanessa said...

I love your story about your brother. mine was the same way. we would fight like crazy but when it came to keeping me safe from OTHERS then he would step up.
You guys are going to be great parents, my MIL was/is the same way.
i couldnt see the picture though:(
have a good week.
v

ABW said...

Hmmm...said my comment didn't go through, so maybe you will get it twice!

I have two sisters and a brother. My brother used to say he didn't have any sisters, lol.

Korin

Glo said...

Sorry you mother-in-law was like that. I could get the picture to come through. I still got excited. I know how older brothers are. Never had one,but I know my kids are very close. My daughter always knew her brother was there for her. Even now at 37 and he's 43.
Hope your doing Ok since your move.