Oh Boy!

When I went to my last doctor's appointment to check up on our little baby, I was able to schedule my 20 week ultrasound, which is where you get to learn the gender of the baby. It was over 5 weeks away, and I was bummed having to wait that long. However, we found a doctors office down at the Utah Valley Hospital that will do a simple "Gender Check" for 45 dollars as early as 16 weeks. We made an appointment for Sept 13, which happened to be the same day my parents and Nelson grandparents were leaving to go on a three week trip to South Africa. I was hoping we would get to find out what we're having before my parents left, but I was nervous that we wouldn't be able to get a good shot or that even if we could see down there, we wouldn't be able to tell what it was yet.
The whole ultrasound took less than two minutes. We got to see some cute shots of the arms, leg, spine and head. Then, for the big reveal... As soon as the ultrasound tech moved to look between the legs, I saw it! It is definitely a boy! There was the teeeeeeniest fraction of a second where i thought, "oh... not a girl" but it was immediately replaced with the happiest thoughts of Ryder with a sweet little brother. It feels so perfect and I'm so happy to be having another boy. Just knowing it's a boy already makes me feel that much more bonded with him :)
I have not felt him move yet, at least not anything I would say was definitely him. I'm still waiting untl I can feel him and know for sure it was him. That's one of the most incredible feelings in the world. I am 16.5 weeks now and still feeling  sick, but not too bas if I take the Zofran. I guess I will just keep taking it, alhtough I would love to get to the point I don't need to. This week our little guy is just about 5 inches long crown to rump, and 4.5 ounces. Five and a half months to go; feels like a LONG time, but i'm sure he'll be here before I know it!

The pictures they gave us were horrible quality on top of ultrasound pictures being difficult to interperet to begin with. However, this is the shot that you can see between his legs, all boy ;)