She saved the day!!!!!

Have you ever wondered if things happen for a reason? Today I had my scheduled ultrasound and I was getting Tate ready to take to a friends and my dear, wonderful, amazing, friend Vicki called. I was talking to her and thought I would just get Tate in the car while I said goodbye and we would be on our way. Well, when I opened up the door to go into the garage I was surprised to see that some sweet little person had left the van door open. So of course I'm freaking out because sure enough my battery is dead. So what does Vicki do? She sweeps in and saves the day. She drops everything she is doing and rushes over to take me to my appointment. By this time though we don't have enough time to drop Tate off, so I'm racking my brain on what to do. The office has this HUGE sign that pretty much says small children are not allowed. I'm debating on what to do and decide that in the past Tate has been really good at my regular appointments if he has the DS. I get Tate's seat out of the car and make him sit on it outside in the rain while I am running frantically around the house trying to find the DS. I can't find it anywhere of course so I grab an I SPY book and pray that this will keep him occupied. Vicki comes and we rush to the hospital in her fancy new car. She is truly amazing. She not only acted so thrilled to come but also so thrilled to entertain Tate while there. Is this not a great friend? I should note that Tate absolutely adores Vicki and was so excited to hang with her. (She works at his preschool as the assistant teacher) After a few cramps, a few deep breathes, and few grumbles under my breath we got there and everything was fine. They took us right in and only gave us a small weird look that we had a little friend with us. Tate was an angel and enjoyed Vicki looking at his book with him the whole time. For me it was so nice to have someone else there because I get so flippin bored at the ultrasounds. (techies don't provide much conversation) It all worked out great and Belle is doing awesome. She is FINALLY out of the 10th percentile and officially into the 11th. She now weighs 2 lbs 7 oz. And is a very wiggly girl. She refused to let us get a good picture of her face again. You definitely have to use your imagination a bit on the new picture at the bottom. I also posted a picture of her hair. The little white fuzzies floating out the sides of her head are hair, YEAH!!!! I wasn't going to put the pics from last month on because they are kind of creepy but I did anyway. The first picture on 2/19 is a front view of her face. It is kind of creepy because you can see her nose bone and through her eyelid at her pupil. The second picture on 2/19 is one of those cool 3D ones but once again she was hiding her face. The next is the picture of her hair which you have to look very close. I tried to make the picture bigger but it wouldn't really work. The arrow is pointing to a white blob on the side of her head, that's her hair. Then the last one.....good luck. It is the closest we could get to a profile. She is horizontal. If you look right to left, the bright white on the far right side is her forehead and then move left to see her little nose, mouth, and chin. They are still concerned about my placenta but we have appointments weekly now for non-stress tests and then every other week for ultrasounds along with that. She checked and double checked my cervix and said it looks long even though it probably is thinned which is a good thing. (Honestly I don't know what that all means, I just wait for the "good thing" and nod my head) Overall everything is progressing beautifully and we can just hope I won't have to go on bed rest anytime soon.
At the end of the day it comes down to thank heavens for Vicki and thank heavens for small little miracles in our everyday lives. I am so glad I was talking to her on the phone and it all worked out. I hope everyone has a Vicki in their lives.