Baby boys are so much fun

The news of this baby being a boy is sinking in more and more each day, and it really is a lot of fun knowing! I admire those who can hold out until the birth, but I was going crazy for the last month wondering what he was! Thanks to some good friends, Nathan now has a closet that is 3/4 full of warm baby clothes for the winter when he will be born, plus some short-sleeved shirts that we will box up but keep close at hand, just in case. We still have a lot to do in his room but just getting things hung in his closet is exciting! It will be fun once we register (probably soon after we visit my family in NH next week), and then when his room starts coming together. This is definitely the fun part of pregnancy!

Ultrasound Results!

Well, we had a great visit at the doctor's today. The ultrasound went really well although we didn't get very good pics. The baby is very healthy and growing well. The arms and legs were moving all around, it was great. We also saw the heart beating, ten fingers and ten toes. AND...

IT'S A BOY!

Yup, we're having a boy!!! Just as I had guessed. :) The picture that is supposed to show that he's a boy is not very clear, I wouldn't have been able to tell by looking at it. But the sonographer did seem certain. He also said it was a lot more clear on the screen. So for now, we are telling everyone that he is a boy, but save any gift receipts just in case! We will definitely get a confirmation at the 3D ultrasound, in about two months.

Pictures!! Click on them to enlarge and see labels.

The circle in this one supposedly shows some of his little boy parts:

His name is Nathan Alexander Whippo. :)

Quick update

Just want to give a brief update. Everything is going well with us! Jon is off work tomorrow and Monday so we will both be going to the ultrasound Monday afternoon. We have been looking forward to it for a month now, and it has been a long, hard wait! We are excited to see how the baby is growing, and hopefully to learn if it is a boy or a girl. Any guesses??? :)

As for me, I've just been having some round ligament pain, very typical of pregnancy. They are these sharp pains in your stomach that come and go, and indicate that the ligaments are being pulled and stretched and the uterus is growing. Other than that, which is really just a now-and-then annoyance, I feel great!

For some more exciting news...my mom has very nicely offered to pay for us to get a 3D/4D ultrasound session, which we will probably do in late October/early November. (Thanks, Mom!) We would get pictures and a DVD of the baby. This is the place where we would go: http://www.innervision3d.com/

Belly pic #2

Well, I didn't think I would take a new pic this soon...but I have grown quite a bit in the past 2.5 weeks. So, here you go! Please ignore my messy hall...I only took this pic to show a couple people at first and I really didn't feel like getting out the camera again after moving all that stuff.

Nothing new

No this is not my baby! It's a picture of one at 16 weeks.

I don't have much to write about, so I haven't been posting. But...tomorrow I'll be at 16 weeks, which means just one more week plus a few days, and then the ultrasound!!! I can hardly believe the time is going by this quickly, too. Hope everyone is well!