It's a BOY!!

Ultrasound was yesterday and so Gary, Joshua, and I headed to the office. When we got back in the ultrasound room, the questions began rolling out of Joshua. "Just how does that thing create the picture of the baby anyway?" The ultrasound tech was very sweet and explained to Joshua about the sound waves bouncing off the baby and creating a picture. He was fine with that. He quickly made sure that he couldn't wait to know the sex of the baby. She put the ultrasound probe on my belly and Joshua's little brother didn't make him wait any longer for the answer. There, in all his glory, were his little boy parts. Joshua was thrilled, Gary and I just a little shocked. We both really thought that this one was a girl. Not to say that we are not completly thrilled.

We were especially thrilled that all his pieces and parts are in the right places and appear to be formed correctly (remember the nightmares?). He appears healthy and is right on target for his growth. He measured out at 18 weeks 2 days, which is exactly what I was.

Gary, Joshua, and I followed up the appointment with a shopping/registering trip to Babies R Us. We've asked our parents not to buy us gifts, but to buy us the things we still need for the baby. So we registered so that they'd know what those things are. We had a lot of fun looking at all the things that have changed in the past few years. A dinner out to spend more time talking about names (had I mentioned we'd only discussed girl names up to this time?). Still working on the name issue, but will keep you all posted. For now, we are so very thankful for a healthy baby boy.