dsc08456Baby Ciho and I are 18 weeks and 5 days along in this pregnancy. We are quickly closing in on the halfway mark. The picture was taken before Christmas, in the 14th week, so I’ve expanded a bit more since then. We were really looking forward to yesterday’s ultrasound and Kaiya joined us because she kept insisting that she wanted to “see the baby” too. Thankfully, a friend offered to keep Tobi. Our ultrasound technician was great. After she took all of her measurements, she spent a lot of time going through each area of the baby, explaining to us what we were looking at on the screen. Even though this our third time doing this, I still find it amazing that we can see our baby. We watched the heart beat and at one point the technician explained that the baby had just released a full bladder. She said everything looked great and that the baby was developing right on track and weighed approximately 10 ounces. 

All of those things were really incredible to see and hear, but we were still waiting to find out if the baby was a boy or a girl. Finally, the technician announced that she knew the gender of the baby. We all took our final guesses. I was sure it was another boy because this pregnancy has been almost identical to my pregnancy with Tobi and completely opposite from Kaiya’s. However, I admitted that I had been wrong guessing the gender in two out of my three pregnancies so I wouldn’t exactly say my intuition is spot on. Kaiya guessed girl even though she has said just until recently that the baby is a boy. I can’t remember if Andrej ever said his guess as I was too anxious to hear the results. Finally she said, “You’re having a BOY!” She showed us the screen shot as proof, and it is definitely a boy.

I am truly excited, just as I would have been had she said girl. I absolutely had no preference one way or the other, but am thrilled that we will be having another son. I know this will be great for Tobi as he loves playing with Kaiya, but since he is a bit rough she prefers to, how can I say this nicely, not play with him. Tobi loves chasing and then tackling Kaiya many times throughout the day. She hates this game of his and screams at the top of her lungs. I sure hope Baby Brother will eventually share Tobi’s love of rough housing so Kaiya can have a break.

So, now the name game begins and I already know it won’t be an easy one. Here are a few pictures of Baby Boy that the technician printed off for us yesterday. The quality isn’t that great because I took a picture of the picture instead of scanning them. If you have a hard time deciphering ultrasound pics, then I’ll give you a little heads up. The first two pictures are profiles of the baby’s face and body, and you can see a little hand up by the baby’s mouth. In the second picture you can also see the baby’s legs. The last picture is a precious little foot. A larger version of the pictures can be found here.

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I still can’t believe it, but in a few short months we’ll have another boy. Lastly, a huge thanks to those who played along yesterday in wishing Andrej a happy birthday and guessing Baby Ten-nak-oh-na-na’s gender. It was fun to read your responses. Andrej had a great day, and I also pulled off a super fun surprise birthday party for him. It was such a wonderful day!