It's a Boy!

Last Thursday, we were able to have our ultrasound! I was 18 weeks and 1 day, so we were hoping that we would be able to find out the gender of our little one. Fortunately, the baby cooperated and moved around a lot! (The caffeine I had at lunch may have helped :) Everything looked good, as far as the heart rate, cord, and measurements. They "clocked" me at 18 weeks and 2 days, which was almost right on! These means that my due date stays at September 15th.

A funny story...during the sonogram, the ultrasound tech was finding everything soooo fast! She was literally saying, "there's the head, there are the legs, there are the feet, there's the heart, etc." I said, "Gosh, you're really good at seeing things! Do you already know the sex of the baby?" She said, "Yep!" Of course, I asked, "Well, what is it?!" She responded by saying, "I can't tell you until the end....that's anticlimactic!" So....we had to be patient and wait...

When she finally got to the following view, I exclaimed, "It's a boy!" "Yep," she said, "it's a boy!"

Before I left, I asked her how confident she was about the gender. She said that she never said that she was 100% sure, but she said that she was 99.9% sure. I guess we'll take her word for it!

After the sonogram, I had my OB appointment and my doctor said that everything looked great! We are so thankful that our baby seems to be healthy. Please join us in praying for a continued healthy pregnancy and baby. Oh, one more thing, we've decided to name him:

Ian Jace Snodgrass