I promise I won't update with weekly ultrasounds...

But just wanted to say...that we got yet another great view of the little booth today. We decided that we don't like saying him/her all the time...or it...so we will call the baby Buddy. Buddy the Elf. :0) Or little buddy...whatever we feel like. So we saw little buddy today and everything looked marvelous again. We have the very best ultrasound tech EVER. She isn't normally supposed to say anything to us about what she sees, but she knows what we've been through and she knows we know a lot more about what should be...than most. So she talks to us...and I love it. Today the heartbeat was 166 BPM measuring .5 inch at 7 weeks 6 days. AND...she pointed out the beginnings of the umbilical cord. Which we have never seen before!!! So now...we wait for next week's appointment...this appointment is fairly large for us...as we have have before been past 8 weeks. So we continue to trust the God bigger than my past realities. We continue to pray for our little buddy that he hangs on grows strong so we can love him for the rest of his life. Each week we get closer to the end of the first trimester, and each week our hope continues to build. At this point...we are allowing that. We are allowing ourselves to be excited. No, we aren't talking about names and picking out nursery decor, but we are excited every day that I "feel pregnant" and rejoice in knowing that God's faithfulness to us through the last 2 years is amazing...something we don't deserve...but something he grants us freely. He welcomes us to be a part of who He is and His plan and I trust that explicitly.