This is our Baby!!! We had our ultrasound yesterday morning. It was scheduled on Tuesday (we leave to go to Utah next week and I needed to know before we went) so both Dan and I had to leave work to make the appointment and then go back to work. It ended up being a bigger pain than I had expected but I JUST COULDN'T HANDLE THE SUSPENSE. It was totally worth it, I think Dan would agree. I was quite convinced it was a girl, and little by little I was convincing Dan that it was in fact a girl. I think Thursday night I asked him why he thought it was a girl and he said "Because they are definitely running out of boys." He wasn't sad, just resigned to the reality.
The last week was very interesting for me... I started to have dreams that we went to the doctor and they said girl, but we both really thought boy so we decided to go neutral (and it ended up being a boy) and then I had dreams we wouldn't be able to find out. It was just bizarre. And then, Friday morning I woke up and had this thought, "It is going to be a boy."
So I'm driving to the appointment and realized I should be prepared for any "unsuspected" news that we might get... for example "There are two!!!" or "There are only 8 toes" (and other more serious things than that. ) I just decided to be prepared and ready for anything.
We get to the appointment, we walk into the dark ultrasound room, the woman starts up the machine and we saw the baby!!! It was amazing! He was all curled up, like most babies are. But then he started MOVING like crazy and the tech could not get some of the measurements, (which is ok, because we get a re-check in 3 1/2 weeks at my next appointment.) She measured everything she could, everything was normal and healthy. (She did not count the toes, but I'm assuming there are 10...)
My favorite picture is this one because you can see the long legs stretched out.
So, as she's showing us everything she finally gets a view "inbetween the legs." She points to something and says "It's a boy!" I turned to Dan, his hands go up in the air like the PACKERS just got a touchdown. I just looked at him in amazement- total disbelief. At the end, when she was wrapping up, I asked her if I could see the p**** one more time-I didn't quite believe it. She found it, took a picture and printed it for us. :) Our poor son... this could be the #1 picture we show potential women 20+ years down the road...
Long story short, I am so excited about having a boy-still a little shocked but SO EXCITED!!! Dan tells me he has a lot to teach me about boys, which is an understatement.
He "put the stem on the apple" and couldn't be prouder. As we're walking out he says... "I'm going to have a Jack." (I told him Jack is still under discussion, but we'll save it for another day.)
9 comments:
Awww These pictures are amazing. Your baby is so cute. I'm excited to see him. Hope to see more pictures and posts on here.
Yeah!! I am sad I won't be able to make bows for him :0) Boys are fun, wild but fun!!!! Glad everything when well. He looks PERFECT!!!
I am so excited for you! A boy will be just perfect for Dan and I know you'll love him just as much. Congrats!
your tech got some great pictures of your baby boy. i am SO VERY excited for you both!!! have a great time in utah.
Congratulations! Little boys are the greatest! They are busy, but it is so fun with the trucks and balls and bugs! You will love it!
boys are so much fun & I grew up with mostly sisters too, so I've learned a lot =) congratulations!
Wow! Congratulations!! I am so happy for you guys and your cutie patootie coming to join you.
just found your blog. congratulations on the boy! so exciting!!
Boys are FANTASTIC!! So much fun and (in our limited experience thus far) easier than girls. No hair worries, clothes aren't as big of a deal,... Girls are great too, but I loved having a boy first! Plus, now any girl you may have later will have an older brother to protect her! Love the pictures. Thanks for sharing them. and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
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