I saw my new daughter's face today.

The first time I saw any of my children, it was always an inexpressibly moving moment. I didn't really expect this today, though--thought I wouldn't experience this until she was born.

But we had another ultrasound today. I've seen her face in ultrasounds before, of course, but she has gotten so big that the sound waves bouncing back to the electronic receiver picked up amazing detail from her face. It was the first time that her face didn't just look like a skull in x-rays (the print we have is not as clear as what you can see on the TV when we play the videotape). She had her arm up in front of her face, but that didn't block ultrasound, of course. The operator paused for several seconds on Hannah's face, and that's when we saw it.

Her lips were moving. They were making sucking motions, or "blowing kisses," as Janet said. But they were clearly moving.

In fact, as the ultrasound went on, she moved a lot! Squirming, kicking, waving her hands. Her feet are, of course, up around her ears. But she stretched several times, and continued the tap dance we have noticed in recent weeks.

Zach didn't get to go--he was at a friend's house. But Janet said he did wonderfully at the siblings class last night, taking it all very seriously and doing well at the skills they taught them about helping dress and bathe the new one. If they go with the cesarean they seem to be planning for May 5 or 6, Hannah will come out into the world in less than four weeks.