Meet My Child - JD Salinger

For those who skipped Freshman English, JD Salinger is the reclusive novelist who wrote Catcher in the Rye. Although hundred of reporters have tried desperately to interview Salinger, he hides, or even runs away, from them to keep his privacy. Salinger is extremely big on his privacy.

We were suppose to have our OBGYN visit this morning to hear Peanut's heartbeat. No go. Peanut, in the doctor's words, "is trying to hide out and doesn't want to be bothered". Same deal as last visit - we were ushered across the hall to the sonogram room to make sure Peanut was still ok and had a heartbeat. He/She does, although it took awhile to see the heart because Peanut was doing all he/she could to get into a position that made it completely impossible. I suppose after awhile, "Peanut Salinger" decided it was best to let us see the heartbeat so we would all just go away and leave him/her alone - which we did, after the nurse snapped a photo of course.

This photo is great because you can actually SEE a profile - little eyelid, nose, mouth. This one is way better than Wilson's was, it just looks like tv static. No, we have no idea what the gender is, but Chris did say this one is just too pretty to be a boy. Although Wilson is pretty too - with those long eyelashes that are completely a waste on a boy. IF we had been able to hear the heartbeat we would have been given the heartrate - some say if the heartrate is fast then you're having a girl. If the heartrate is slow, the thought is you're having a boy. It wouldn't have worked though because Wilson had a high heartrate and he's not a girl.

As great as the picture is - it is expensive. Every time you run across the hall for a sonogram it costs $$$. Insurance helps, but we still end up paying nearly $200. We just got the bill for last month's run across the hall, so we were a little less than excited when Peanut wouldn't work with the Doppler again this month. At any rate, Peanut likes his/her privacy.