Our Sweet Baby Boy

That's right, it's a boy.

On November 17th, we found out that Baby was in fact a boy. It was so sweet to see him and watch him wiggle and get all the measurements.

I really had been thinking for a long time that he was male and that we would soon be raising a son. His name is Jerry Michael and that is so special to me. On November 10, 1999, my daddy passed away and his name was Jerry. I had always said that I wanted to name my first son after him, no matter what. I find it so wonderful that Baby is a boy, that we found out in the month that Daddy passed away and that he will have his Granddaddy's name - what a lovely way to honor a lovely man!

So, here is how the day went - my appointment was at 8:00 am. I went back and waited in the lab waiting area after leaving my "sample" and having my iron checked. I waited and waited and waited. I began to get irritated and then I became aware that I had been forgotten. My nurse finally came and got me at 8:45 (after apologizing and trying to push it off on me, whatever). I had my BP and weight checked (both good) and then grabbed Jeremiah and waited in the ultrasound area. We were called back around 9:20 and began one of the most exciting days of my life. Our US Tech was fantastic. She first found baby and got a great profile shot and quickly found Jerry's "boy parts." Let's just say, he is definitely boy!! We got the rest of the measurements and got to see Jerry for about 30 minutes straight. He has long legs, I mean long. Every measurement was normal and Jerry is measuring 2 days ahead and weighs approximately 10 ounces - little chunk!

After all of that excitement, Jeremiah and I spent the day together going to see family, shopping for a Little Guy and just being excited. We are already so in love.

So, here are some pictures - enjoy!

This is a side view. On the left is Jerry's face. Do you see his forehead, eyes, nose and mouth?

Back view, arm on the left and spine and ribs to the right

Jerry's really long legs

His flexed foot and toes