It's a....

BOY!!!!

The ultrasound was amazing! It was awesome to get to see so many details. Everything is perfect and he's even a little big, everything measured over 18 weeks but it was all within 5 days, so he's not big enough to change my due date, just big enough to be healthy. :-)

When the technician first started, he was sleeping, being so still, but his heart was beating at a healthy 161 beats per minute. She started measuring things and checking out the heart, liver, brain, spine, etc. Everything looked great and she kept smiling really big and saying how perfect he looked. After she measured most of the things she needed she decided to wake him up so that we could see him moving and she could try to get a better view of his gender parts since he had his hands between his legs (of course). She started digging the ultrasound wand around in my abdomen and it did the job. He started squirming and waving his arms and legs!! After 30 minutes she finally got a view between his legs although he didn't make it easy since after he moved his arms the cord was right in between them. She had me turn on my side and then asked me to go to the bathroom so that my bladder would shrink and make more room for him to move around. After that she showed us something that definitely looked like 2 little dots...some important boy parts. ;-) So exciting!!! It's such a great feeling to know what he is and to know his name.

When we arrived in the ultrasound room Matt asked the technician about recording it and she said it was no problem and grabbed a blank tape to put in. She didn't record the whole thing for some reason, just part of it, but it is SO COOL! We watched it last night with Matt's family and I couldn't stop grinning, just like when we saw it the first time. It's on a VHS (and we don't own a VCR), but we're going to transfer it to DVD and then I'll be able to put it on the computer too!

Just after the appointment (which was overall great, my blood and urine samples were healthy and I've gained 6 pounds since my first visit) we went to register at BRU. We only spent an hour there so we didn't get much done, but it's a start and it was something fun to do to celebrate our little boy! We ran home, grabbed the things we were taking over to the in-laws and then immediately left and stayed at their house until late last night. I returned home SO tired which is why I didn't update y'all right away.

So, you want to know his name? We've had it picked out for a l.o.n.g time, definitely over a year, maybe even more than that. Say hello to Evan!


Here you are supposed to be able to see some of the gender parts although the cord is in the way, so I'm not sure if they are obvious (they aren't to me in this pic, I only saw a glimpse when the tech pointed it out). He's facing towards the left, this is a full frontal view, and he has his legs curled up so his knees are sticking out.





This is a profile of his head and abdomen, his head is on the left and he is on his back. If you look closely you can see his nose and lips.

Here's a view of his perfect little legs!! Once again, he's on his back with his head to the left.


A profile of his head with his arm stretched in front of his face. His head is on the left and he's on his back again.