And we have a.......

And we have a.......
(March 21, 2009)


Well I am 17 weeks preggo now and we had another ultrasound yesterday. Of course at first all of the important things were looked at that could jeopardize the safety of the pregnancy. All was well so the blood thinners I take during pregnancy are doing their job. Next the main items of the baby were measured, we got the feet, hands, femur, humorous bone, brain, 4 chambers of the heart and the head. Then I had to take her word for it but she showed me the bladder, both kidneys and the stomach. Sometimes I wonder if the sonographers are just teasing us sometimes when they tell us what we are looking at because honestly sometimes it just looks like shades of grey.

My mom went with Paul and I to the ultrasound, with Jacob my mom didn't go until the summer when I was 30+ weeks pregnant. If any of you have ever had an ultrasound in the 8th and 9th month the baby is so cramped that you can barely tell it is a baby. So this pregnancy we planned on my mom coming to an early ultrasound where the baby is small enough but formed enough that she would get some good pics.

So you are all probably wondering if we found out what gender of the new baby is......

When I first asked the sonographer to see if she could tell us what the gender of the baby was she said yes, but that is was early and she made me promise that I wouldn't start decorating the room until after the next ultrasound at 21 weeks. Well here it was the moment I had been waiting for for well.....17 weeks for.....there's the bootie, there's the legs....and there is an unmistakable......BOY!!!!!!!!!

Yep my spidey senses must have been on the fritz with this baby cause I have been calling girl from day one. But you know what? Now that I know we are having a boy I am really really really excited! I think this will be great. Jacob will always have a playmate and although I am not delusional in thinking that they will always get along I do hope that they will be close.

After the sonographer saw the image of this baby spread eagle for us to see the goods, she looked at Paul and I and said that basically we could decorate the room because this baby was not shy and she was 100% sure that this baby was a boy!!!

So now that I don't have to buy tons of girl stuff I will be able to focus on the new babies room and how to decorate it!!! YIPPIE!! My favorite thing to do!!!