Best day ever!!!!

Today was a very eventful day. Because of the pregnancy and everything that comes along with it I didn't sleep well last night. I'm getting used to being awake until I can't stay awake any longer and then conking out and sleeping in. This morning I ended up waking up at 9:30. David and Tyler (our housemate) got up and hit the waves at 6ish this morning, and that just wasn't happening for this moma! I got to the beach around 10:00 and Doug, a guy from our church, had his big tent set up, so while the guys were surfing, I sat under the tent for about 1 1/2 hours. The waves were so big!!! Hurricane Irene missed us, but we did get some awesome waves! The fun part of the day happened next.

David and I rode into Jacksonville to an ultrasound clinic where we got a 4D ultrasound done of our little guy, Trip. The girl doing the ultrasound was incredible (she is due in 5 weeks!). We were well taken care of. However, our little man was not wanting to cooperate. He tends to keep his hands and feet on his face, so when we would go to get a picture, he would rub his face or have his toes in his mouth! (This is interesting to me because I can't even reach my toes anymore!) We fought him and tried to annoy him, but he just wouldn't budge. She took a few pictures and we got to see him in detail several times. David was amazed that you could tell when he was sucking his thumb how his jaw muscles moved and when he was swallowing fluid you could see his mouth opening and closing. It  was incredible. We did see that he has lips. I didn't think he was going to have lips because ours are so small, but he has beautiful round lips and a cute little nose and ears. We are going back Monday to get more pictures put on a CD and a video to keep.  It was an incredible experience to see how amazing technology is, and how even more amazing our God is to make this little person from scratch! I can hardly wait till Monday!

This afternoon we went to the church for Destiny and Catie's going away party. Two of the young women in our church are going to Africa for three months to do missions. They will be working in orphanages and an abandoned baby center. This is truly an awesome time for them to be God's hands and feet to the world, so we are in prayer for safe travels and an incredible experience. It was bittersweet to pray for their trip because these young women will be greatly missed around the church and our group of friends.

After the party David invited a group to the house for games. We had a blast. It does not take a whole lot to entertain us! We all played card games and a drawing game for hours and had so much fun!

Anyway, that was my day. hope you enjoyed:)

Here are a few pics of my little guy.