Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Zayd and I tried to put together a really nice care package for Sam/Dad a couple of weeks ago so he would something to open on V-Day. Alas, we made one heck of a package, but the shipping was unreliable and apparently completely unpredictable - so it stayed home with us, waiting for Sam to return.

Sam will be getting:

A mushy card that says how fantastic we think he is!

Packets of Flavored Water Mix - very useful for being overseas, less useful once you land back in the USA.

Heart Shaped Cinnamon Red Hots

Candy! There used to be Chewy Sweet Tarts too, but someone ate them!

The main event was going to be a 3-D ultrasound so Sam could see his darling baby even while he is so far away. Of course, I should have known that Zayd would be difficult. Just like his father, he doesn't like photographs. The first time we went, Zayd put both feet and both hands in front of his face. How he fit all of that between my bones I will never understand but he was scrunched up tight. There are no photos worth showing from that adventure except for this one. I will let you guess what it is - hint, it isn't a face, feet, or hands...

So, Zayd is definitively a boy! What else did we get? A shot of the bottom of his foot - not polite in Arab cultures, young man!

Since Zayd was so uncooperative, the nice Ultrasound tech allowed us to come back for a free re-try. This time, Zayd was face-planted into the placenta and sucking on the umbilical cord. I got a ton of horrible shots, a few of the cord, lots that are completely blurred by the placenta and then this one. It isn't great (maybe not even decent) but for now, its the best we have. (If you need help, he is looking to the right, and you have a pretty good shot of his nose in the middle of the picture. His eye is blurry but there and you can see his peaked top lip.) If I had to pick someone, he looks like Jon. Ha ha.

Zayd and I are going to do one more trial with our favorite Sonogram Tech and see if we can get him smiling and hamming it up for the camera. Cross your fingers for round three!