We're having a...

BOY!  I think we would have been surprised if they told us we were having a girl.  Chris was already functioning based on the assumption that we were having a boy.  We are both really excited.  However, I am letting go of those familiar thoughts of pink, frilly dresses, tea parties, and ballet and embracing ideas of blue, superman underoos, gun fights, and football.  When our doctor came in the room, he looked directly at me and said, "You need a boy. A boy will be good for you.  You know, get dirty, help mellow you out."  So, I guess he is right!

We are also glad the preliminary report from the sonogram showed no defects or signs of any problems.  I may be on the sonographer person's top 10 list of most annoying patients, though. She was nice enough but definitely did not give me the details and explanations I craved!  So, I asked a million questions.  Since I am "high-risk" we have had the luxury of having frequent sonograms since about week 6. It is amazing to me and a true testament to God's handiwork to watch our baby grow from an almost undefinable dot, to a gummi bear-like figure to a little person!  So, here is your first look at our baby boy:





"For you formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."  Psalm 139:13 & 14a

I am trying to post fairly often, but I keep myself surprisingly busy.  We have recently jumped on the Netflix train and it has been one of Chris' projects  to keep our list current.  He sometimes asks my input and my latest request was for Christmas movies.  So last week I was expecting that little red envelope to contain "A Christmas Carol", or "Elf", but instead it held "What About Bob?". What in the world?  Who cared to hack into our Netflix account and mess with us by changing our list to early '90s movies we had already seen?  When I approached Chris about this, he simply stated that there must be a long wait for Christmas movies and he indeed was the "What About Bob?" culprit.  Sensing my dissatisfaction he said, "Why don't you take over the list now?"  I turned to him as serious as I get and said, "I don't think I have time for that."  He gave me the most incredulous look and I realized how ridiculous that sounds.  But, really, I am keeping busy with this and reading and researching baby products and lists for Chris, etc.  I forgot to mention I am on strict bed rest for at least another week but then I might be able to get up and around a little more.  We just continue to pray for a boring and uneventful second half of pregnancy!