Oh Boy!

We went for our ultrasound appointment at 8:30 on Tuesday January 24, 2012.  Lance had been on a youth ski trip at Snowshoe the weekend before.  He came home excited about the ultrasound but exhausted from the trip Monday night.  I, however, couldn't sleep.  I felt like it was Christmas Eve!  I went to bed about midnight, got up to use the bathroom about 4:30 am, and couldn't fall back to sleep.  I got up and worked until time to shower and go. I have felt like it was a boy the entire pregnancy.  Lance was thinking it was a girl.  I ate breakfast, showered, and sipped on a coke.  I had heard that if you drink caffeine before the ultrasound appointment the baby would move a lot and put on a good show. 

We headed to the dr's office.  We didn't have to wait in the waiting room long before we were called back.  We were greeted by a nurse and at first I was concerned I wouldn't like her.  Her personality  seemed rather dry.  We later found out she had 25 years of experience under her belt and felt very comfortable with her her skills. The room was warm and the goop she squeezed on my belly was heated.  I was so afraid I would be freezing!

She first asked if we wanted to know the gender.  YES!  So she looked and immediately saw......its a boy.  We asked "are you 100% sure?"  She assured us he is definitely a boy.  For the next 45 minutes she checked our baby boy.  She looked at and measured his heart, brain, stomach, kidneys, bladder, bones.  It was so amazing!  I couldn't believe how much we could see of our sweet boy.  I tried to savor the process.  I know that in a short time our baby will be here.  I want to enjoy this amazing process as much as possible.

We left the appointment with huge smiles on our faces and immediately called GG, Boppy, JJ, Papa, and Aunt Ash, Denise, and Al.  We called our close friends.  Everyone was so excited and most had guessed he was a boy!

We decided to wait and tell our youth and church friends all at the same time Wednesday night after youth activities.  Lance ordered cupcakes with blue icing for the kids to open.  Below is a video of the big announcement.

We couldn't be more excited for our sweet baby boy....our son!

This is the first outfit we bought for or son.  It says "I'd rather be NAKED." Our poor kid :).