"V! Kat's here!" Colby called out as I finished my hair. "I'll be right down!" I yelled then looked down at my bump.
"Ready to get your picture taken?" I asked with a laugh and rubbed my belly before turning to leave the room.
Today was our 17 week appointment. Kat was coming with us today so she could get the envelope with the gender of the baby. I had to admit that I was getting a little curious about the gender of the baby.
At the end of the day I didn't care what it was or who they would become. I just wanted them to happy and healthy, and that was all that mattered.
"I'm so excited! I can't wait to see my little niece or nephew!" Kat said as I came down the stairs. "It's pretty wild." I said with a laugh then grabbed my bag. "Ready to go?" Colby asked as I nodded. "Let's go." I said with a smile then led the way to the car.
When we got to the appointment, we went into the building so we could check in. "This is so exciting! I can't believe I get to witness this." Kat said as I giggled.
"Yeah, it's all so exciting." Colby said and put his hand on my belly. "Yeah, says the people who don't have to be poked and prodded." I teased as the nurse came out to come get us.
"You don't get poked and prodded." Colby said with a laugh. "I will be today." I said as we stood up so we could go to the back. We walked to the room then got situated. "So, what do you think it is?" Kat asked as I shrugged.
"I don't know. It doesn't matter to me." I said with a smile. "I still think it's a girl." Colby said as Kat squealed. "I can't wait to know! It's gonna be so hard keeping it a secret from you guys." Kat said as Amy walked into the room.
"Hi, Violet! How are you feeling?" She asked and sat down. "Feeling good." I said with a smile. "Morning sickness gone?" She asked as I nodded. "For the most part." I said and put my hand on my belly.
"That's good. You're in your second trimester though so we need to take bloodwork and need to do a couple of test for other things like gestational diabetes." She explained as I looked at Colby and stuck my tongue out at him.
"I understand we're finding out the gender today?" Amy asked as I nodded. "Kinda. Only Kat here can know." I said and gestured to Kat. "Lucky girl." She said then wheeled over the ultrasound machine. "This is literally so exciting!" Kat said as I laughed.
"That's like the nine hundredth time you've said that." Colby said with a laugh as he took my hand. "And I'll say it again. This is exciting." She said as Amy put the gel on my stomach and got to work.
"Baby is looking good....wanna hear the heartbeat?" Amy asked as I smiled and looked up at Colby. "Yeah." I said as he squeezed my hand. We waited patiently for a second before the muffled sound of a heartbeat.
"Oh.." I whispered as my eyes watered. It was the first time we were hearing the heartbeat which made all of this super real. "That's amazing." Colby said quietly as he leaned over and kissed my head.
I looked up and smiled at him for a second before I heard Kat sniffle from across the room. "Kat, are you crying?" I asked with a laugh as she nodded. "This is so beautiful." She said as I giggled. "Yeah..it really is." I said and looked at the ultrasound. The baby was a little more defined now so I could see it's limbs.
It was beautiful.
Amy looked over some stuff then sent me to go get some blood work done. She wrote down the gender then gave the envelope to Kat, which gave me actual butterflies.
It was crazy how quickly this pregnancy was going by. It felt like we were going to be parents any day now but I wasn't even half way there.
As I waited to get my blood drawn I thought about all of the things that we needed to do. Xepher was coming over soon so start painting the nursery, but we still had so much to buy and put together. We had to throw a baby shower and get ready for labor.
