It's a Boy!!!

Many of you have already heard, but, yes, our little minion is a Boy!  I'm not sure I had a gut feeling that I KNEW he was a boy, but I thought all the signs pointed to boy. Lack of symptoms, extreme hunger, and a few other things made me think so.


Also, I will say I officially feel him moving around. I may have felt him before, but I wasn't sure. Reports from other moms about what it feels like to feel your baby moving are things like gas bubbles, stomach growling, popcorn popping, things like that. I have an active stomach. It is talkative and I almost always feel it...so, if I felt our little guy, I couldn't tell the difference.


What made the big difference was one day I think that sucker stretched out and all of a sudden I had this intense feeling that I needed to use the restroom...but I had gone ONLY an hour ago! I thought, "No way, that is insane. There is no way I have to go again." And then it went away...  I started paying closer attention since then and now I'm sure I know when he's moving around or not.


Anyhow, I'll rant, then link pictures and the ultrasound video (yes, I may be crazy, but I'm ok with this, you don't have to click it). My rant is up to the moment we found out we're having a boy, many people would ask me what I wanted. And I've seen the same questions asked of other pregnant ladies, too. And I cannot stand it when the answer is, "I just want a healthy baby." I understand the sentiment, and, although I know the woman is not implying that I want an unhealthy baby, but, come on. That crap is implied! Of course we all want healthy babies! I cannot imagine anyone under the sun whose life-long dream was to have a sickly baby that requires hours of care and patience and money. That's just dumb. So, me, being a crabby pregnant lady, is annoyed by that answer EVERY SINGLE TIME I hear it. The person posing the question wants to know, say, if you have a child already, do you want another of the same sex or are you hoping for a variety? Or, if it's your first, are you hoping for a certain gender, or does it really not matter. (now, ultimately, us pregnant ladies will always love whatever child God has decided to give us, but some of us may have wanted to lean one way or another at some point in time...like me, I wanted a boy. I think there is nothing wrong with that as long as I love the ever living crap out of my child.)


Anyways, I wonder if I'll get the question if a boy was what I wanted...and I wonder if there will be other women who answer something like, "As long as he/she was healthy, I was happy." Ugh. Anyways, happy pictures and those with captions!

And...the link to the ultrasound video. The measurements of the head and femur bone put our little dude at about 19 to 20 weeks when I was about 18.5 weeks at the time. So, although growth can vary a lot at this point in the pregnancy, he's measuring a little ahead right now. We'll see...maybe he'll show in October after all!