It's a BOY!!!

We are so thrilled and excited to know that we are having a little BOY in January! Eeeeeeek! While we both would have been happy with a girl, we thought it would be fun to have a boy, too. I was dreaming of pink and lacy things for a while, but Jon was CONVINCED (and dreamed) it was a boy. Looks like I'll have to defer to him in the future for guessing!

We went to an ultrasound clinic in Vancouver on Friday, July 18th. It was a really sweet little clinic. The US technician was SO nice. Our appointment was only supposed to last 10 minutes, but lasted almost 20! It was so nice of her to let us see the baby more.

She put the goop on my belly and turned the screen on (It was projected on to a nice big flatscreen TV on the opposite wall). She immediately found his little bum and it was clear he was a boy. I shouted before anything said anything, "IS IT A BOY!?" She laughed and said, "Yes! I didn't even get a chance to tell you!". Tears started rolling and Jon sat next to me holding my hand. We watched our sweet boy snuggled up inside of me kicking and squirming. He started with his head on the right side, then did a complete 360 throughout the session! He wasn't going crazy, but he was moving quite a bit. He ended up sleeping on his stomach with his feet curled underneath and his hands up by his face. It was precious! We saw the umbilical cord, his spine, his hands, feet, knees, and he looked directly at the "camera". That was awesome! The lady was kind enough to switch the video to 3D for a good 5 minutes (this generally costs way more). He started getting really active when she switched to 3D, it was SO COOL!!!

Here are some pictures