We went in Thursday morning for our ultrasound to check out the baby, make sure everything is healthy and to determine whether Baby Sisco is a boy or girl.
The ultrasound tech was great and was telling us about everything that we were looking at. We saw all 4 chambers of the heart, the brain, bladder, ribs, spine, kidneys, all 4 arms and legs, eyes, nose, mouth, little bitty ears, toes, fingers and the list goes on and on.
After she made sure that everything looked "normal", she said "now, let's look in between the legs!" At this point, I really didn't care. All I needed to know was that everything looked healthy! So after about 20 plus minutes of checking out everything, literally everything we learned that our little love is our little MAN. It took her a few minutes to really make sure that he was a "he". He wouldn't sit still long enough for us to get a good look.
I drank some sweet tea on the way to the doctor, I wanted to make sure that the baby was active and that we would be able to see everything and find out the sex. Well, our little man loves him so sweet tea. He was moving and kicking like crazy!! Now I know without a doubt that the little flutters I've been feeling in my belly are definitely him.
After all of that, she started recording and just let him move around for us to watch and enjoy. He was movin' and groovin'. We quickly learned about his personality. While watching him, he showed us his muscles, scratched his head, moved his mouth up and down (she said he was drinking fluids) and had his little ankles crossed. Watching him was truly the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Watching my little boy move around and do things so human-like while inside of me is indescribable. I know, I know he is clearly human but it's crazy how little he is but how he already has his own sweet personality.
My parents came into town the day before and went with us to our appointment. They came into the room at the very end of the appointment. We didn't tell them anything and let them look at him move around and guess what they thought he was. After a few minutes of looking, my mom saw a little something and said, "Oh! That's a boy!!" Her eyes quickly filled with tears. You never want to see your parents cry but when it's for such a good good thing it makes your heart smile! I'm so glad that they came to the doctor and got to meet our little man.
Here he is....
Asher Riley Sisco
(all 11 ounces of him)
See him scratching his head? So precious.
The meaning behind his name:
Asher: We wanted something different and unique but not too crazy. We had talked about many different names and thought we were settled on one. Then we came across Asher and that stole our hearts. Travis was reading his Bible and mentioned that he really liked that name. Asher means fortunate, blessed, happy. He makes us feel all of those things.
Riley: We wanted a family name. We had several we liked from both of our sides but one really flowed with Asher. My great grandfather Hatfield's middle name was Riley. We put the two names together and we think they fit perfectly.
Two thumbs up for our little man!
My Mom is crazy and is making a "B". B is for BOY!!
(The teacher in both of us came out!)
Asher's Papaw! I'm saying, "he's just a little bitty thing!"
That night, after telling all our family and friends who live oh so far away from us we had our Memphis Family come over to celebrate. When they arrived, they didn't know boy or girl. They each kinda came over at different times. They came as soon as they got off work/out of school. It was fun because we got to do lots of surprises!! Whenever they walked in, we had them close their eyes and then I placed a piece of clothing in their hands. When they opened their eyes and saw the blue and "Mommy's Big Guy" words they quickly knew. It was so fun!!!
These girls are so great. Asher is lucky to have so many "aunts" that love him. He is also going to have two girlfriends to choose from Aven and Kate. wink.wink.
Courtney, Aven, Me, Lauren (Aven's Momma) and Julie with Kate!!
They surprised us with cupcakes. They brought both blue and pink! Thank you
Adonia Kennedy for making these delicious cupcakes. If you are in the Memphis area and are in need of some yummy sweets contact her
here.
Team BLUE.
Thank you friends for being part of our special day.
Asher's Papaw, GJ and sister Reecie!
He already has clothes!! His Aunt Summer, we haven't come up with a name for her yet, sent me a picture of these tops that she got for him! Sum is going to be the best aunt a boy could ask for!! She loves him so much already and it makes my heart smile hearing her talk about him. She was the first person I called when I learned that I was having a boy!! I cannot wait to see Asher and Charlie together. They are going to be best buddies! I'm sure little Miss Josie won't mind having two boys to boss around.
More clothes.
Our friends brought over two different outfits. When they learned it was a boy, they gave us the outfit on the left!! Isn't it super cute? He will need the warm clothes since he's due December 22. The middle outfit I bought for Travis. It says "daddy's little buddy". And the last outfit was for me! It says, "mommy's big guy".
Wait, I need to correct myself. I didn't buy those two outfits, GJ and Papaw did!! =) After the appointment, we went straight to Babies R Us.
We want to thank everyone for their prayers and sweet words. We are so lucky to have so many great people in our lives.
"And of Asher he said; Most blessed of sons be Asher, let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be." Deuteronomy 33:24-25
