It's a boy!

By now everybody knows that Kelsey and I are having a baby boy!

Before we got pregnant, we both said we wanted little boys. I don't know why, but it just seemed fun. I think for me, I just wanted Kelsey to have somebody to play with. He gets so bored during the summer when he's off work and I could just see him hanging out with his son all summer long!

I've been reading the old wives tales, trying to figure out what's swimming around in my belly, and they all pointed to girl. In fact, the day of my ultrasound I took a quiz and it said girl! I had been eating lots of fruits and sweets, gained weight all over, and had terrible morning sickness. A few of my friends who have or are having boys had none of that.

We told the tech we wanted to know -- no hesitation, in fact. She put the wand on my belly and BOOM, there he was! She said, "There's your little squirt!" It was a beautiful sight. This was my first ultrasound and first glimpse at our little baby. I hope I never forget seeing that little outline for the first time. She did an anatomy scan of his head, pointing out the two sections of his brain, and then she asked us again if we wanted to know the sex. Next thing you know, there's his little boy parts! She typed "It's a boy!!" on the sonogram and took a picture. We were honestly floored. After a couple months of thinking it was a girl, he surprised us!

People at work asked if we cried and neither one of us did. I know from my point of view, I was way too overjoyed to cry. He's such a blessing from God.

Here's my little guy at 18 weeks!

Now comes the fun part -- SHOPPING! We checked out Target Friday night and found a monkey Pack-n-Play on clearance, so we bought that. It was hard to resist some of the precious clothes they have these days. All the boy stuff is "Mommy's All-Star" or "Daddy's Basketball Camp". We saw the most precious little outfit with a pair of fleece pants and a hoodie. The hoodie said "All-Star" and then onesie under it said MVB...MOST VALUABLE BABY. I mean that's just to stinkin' cute.

I'm going back in 3 weeks for a second ultrasound to check his growth. His head was a week or so larger than his body, although he equaled out to be 17.9 weeks, which is right on track. I like to think he just has a really big brain.