It's a...BOY!

This morning we had our ultrasound and found out the exciting news that we are having a baby boy! I never really had a feeling what it was going to be but before we walked in to the u/s Brad and I both guessed it would be a girl. I think because we so enjoy having a girl, and so many people said they thought it would be a boy, and because a lot of our friends have a boy and a girl, we thought maybe we would not follow that pattern since so many had...well, I guess we were not born to be trend setters after all:)

The u/s was so much fun! The technician was super nice and took her time going over everything so we could see and understand it all and her enthusiasm made it just that much more special and thankfully she reassured that all looked well. Our little man didn't take his time in showing us his manhood - we knew pretty much right away that he was a boy - not shy at all:) Unfortunately he did seem to want to hide his face. He was laying head down so we didn't get a lot of shots of his face or profile but of course it was just so awesome to see what we did. It just amazes me when I see the heart beat and the limbs moving. I feel him kick now every once in a while throughout the day, but it is so crazy to think that he is moving in there all the time - as the ultrasound proved, he is a squirmy little bugger! The tech said that he was approx 11 oz, and 8 inches long and his heartbeat was 151.

My favorite part of the u/s, besides the fact that we were totally surprised it was a boy, was seeing his face briefly really close up and he seemed to be smiling and making motions with his mouth as if he was chomping his mouth or eating. Also, there were moments when he was moving his arms and it seemed as if he was waving hello! Even though I had already experienced the thrill of having an u/s with Ella, I felt such a sense of awe at the little tiny miracle growing inside me. I already love him so much and it was really helpful to see him and know that he is doing well - it made everything seem so real!

Here is little man Koning...


I think this one is self explainatory - head up to the right and butt/legs down in the left corner. His arm is by his head in the middle of the picture.

This picture shows his position throughout the u/s. His head is down on the right - face down nuzzling into the placenta:) It is crazy how well you can see his back/spine!

Here is the straight on freaky alien picture that I convinced her to take- it is slightly disturbing but I wanted a close up of the face. The top of his head is to the right and it just shows his two eye balls, his mouth open (I like to think he is smiling) and his little hand next to his face in the middle of the picture.

Sort of a side profile picture:)

Only 20 more weeks until we get to meet our little guy:)