It's a BOY!!!!

Ah, finally some time to blog!

So, yesterday was the big day and we found out that we are having a boy! It was such an amazing experience and a fantastic day!

We showed up Dr. A's office and were a little early. So, we sat around for a few minutes and finally got called back for the ultrasound. We first walked in and she said "so, are we finding out what you're having today?" and I said "we hope so!" She explained that she'd be taking a lot of measurements and checking out the anatomy, etc., and would walk us through it. So, we started and it was so fun to see him again (though I didn't know he was a "he" yet!). I immediately saw his little heart beating and was excited. She was moving around getting some different angles and at one point I thought I might have caught a glimpse of something between his legs, but then I figured I didn't know what I was looking at. A few minutes later I thought maybe I saw some internal parts that would mean girl, but again, had no idea. Either way, through the whole thing I kept thinking she would say boy. She actually waited quite a while before telling us! We saw all four chambers of the heart (really cool!) and could see into the brain through the soft spot at the top of his head. We saw the spinal cord, two feet and legs, two hands and arms, and we even got to watch him swallow! How crazy! She held the wand still for a while and showed us how you could see the fluid going into his mouth and we could see his tongue inside his mouth/throat and waited for him to swallow. Apparently it's hard for babies to do this because they don't really have the swallow reflex yet, but they do manage to do it! So then, after what seemed like forever but really only a few minutes, she said "so you want to know what it is, right?" and we said "yes"! She got close up on a shot that was just his bottom half and there it was right between the legs! She didn't even have to say it. I said "I think I know what it is!" and looked over at MrKLB. He was all smiles. I actually started crying a little because I was just so excited to finally know! I'm going to have a son! He's no longer just a "baby" he is "MY SON!" Anyway, we got to see a lot more and it was just amazing! He weighed in at 11oz. I think he's going to be a big boy! :)

After the u/s we had to wait for a while to see Dr. A. She came in and asked if we found out what we're having and we said "we're having a boy!" She measured me and I asked a bunch of questions and then we were done.

After we left we went to REI to look at a stroller we had been researching. Then we went to Target and bought his first two baby outfits! We got a little onesie that says "I love Mommy and Mommy loves me!" and a cute little outfit that has pants, a shirt, and a blue vest (it has Winnie the Pooh on it). That was MrKLB's favorite! Too funny! I'm going to have such a good time dressing up my little man! Here's a pic of the outfits...



MrKLB's parents are out of the country so he had to email them but I called my Mother and then my Dad to let them know they were going to have a grandson. I knew my Dad would be so excited because my brother has a little girl and my step-sister has 2 little girls, so this is the first boy. When I told him he said "that is great news!" but then he said "so, how sure are they?" and I said "we're 100% sure... we saw all the parts right there on the screen!" Too funny! Then we started emailing friends, etc., to let them all know.

Anyway, I was on cloud nine all day yesterday. I went for a run with the dogs in the afternoon and was thinking about my little baby in there running along with me. We went out to one of our favorite restaurants to celebrate Valentine's Day (and our little boy) and had a great time!

MrKLB and I both have a 3-day weekend this weekend so I'm sure we'll be doing lots of shopping/looking for furniture and strollers and carseats, etc. We'll probably try to start our registry, too.

Well, things have been crazy hectic at work so that's all for now. Yay for team BLUE!