IT'S A.....

BOY!!

That's right-- we are expecting a baby boy this April! We had our big ultrasound this week and almost instantly, the tech called it. As most of you know, I had my money on a girl and Dave had his bets on a boy.

The ultrasound lasted an entire hour-- our tech (who is absolutely phenomenal by the way) checked every organ, limb, bone, etc. you could list. She took measurements of the brain, the arms, legs, toes and fingers. She counted all four chambers of the heart (at which point I said "and how many should he have?" -- haha, okay I don't know how I passed biology!). Baby is 100% healthy and measuring right on track. His heart rate was 150 bpm. She said he's quite the active little fellow. With as many 1000s of these scans that she has done, I asked her if she could ever deduce personality characteristics. She said definitely. So naturally I asked what traits our boy showed. Her reply: "well, he's definitely going to be rambonxious, somewhat non-complaint, and a little stubborn." Sure sounds like a Dave+Beth product! :)

After she did all the formal characterization of his anatomy, she inserted a DVD for recording, switched to a more wide-field transducer and began the entertainment portion of the show. She showed us a great view proving baby is a boy as well as did a few 3D blurbs of his face. He really likes to put his hands by his face, so it wasn't easy for her to get a clear shot, but she did! Whenever she couldn't get baby to cooperate, she'd tap rapidly on my belly to get him to change positions. It was quite funny albeit annoying for baby!

We are just so thrilled to have a healthy baby with 10 fingers and 10 toes. It's a huge bonus that our first will be a little boy. He is already so loved!