We found out. The baby is a BOY! We are so excited, elated, ready to coach T-Ball and host wrestle-mania for the rest of our lives!
There is a shot of his bum. It's a picture of a picture, so you have to use a little imagination, but believe me. It's a boy. :)
The doctor scared me a little when she asked if I had had another ultrasound done to rule out twins. HUH!? Don't worry, there's only one, but apparently he is an acrobat. He was flipping flips and turning somersaults and cartwheels. All while flailing his arms and legs. The doctor wasn't sure if it was him doing gymnastics or if she was seeing two heads. She took extra time looking around before concluding that there is only one baby, but said that he is the quickest baby she has ever seen. What an honor. My ribs and pelvis really look forward to him getting up to eight or nine pounds and practicing his aerial routine. Something tells me I will be the whiniest pommel horse in history.
The good news is she froze a lot of frames to study while determining he's the only one in there. So we came home with his first photo album already filled!When we told the kids they did say that they wanted a girl, but it only took a few seconds for them to bounce back and be really excited for the boy. They were tossing around name ideas. They both really like Harry or Larry because then his name would rhyme with Harry Potter. Um, nope. Then Hank thought General Grievous would be pretty cool because the baby could have two light sabers. Um, nope. There were some equally helpful suggestions; Danny, because then the baby could be a ghost (like Danny Phantom), Han or Chewie, because we already have Luke Skywalker, Alvin, the favorite chipmunk, or Mario or Luigi, after our favorite Wii game. I don't know what we are going to name him, but I'm pretty sure it will be from that list. Because all of those are awesome.
We are feeling blessed. He looked healthy, he seemed happy, I am tickled blue that he's on his way. :)
