Frogs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

That's what little boys are made of!

Today was the day. We woke up bright and early for my ultrasound in hopes of finally finding out the gender of the little baby who has been growing inside of me and taken up kick boxing as a hobby. I was nervous, but a good nervous. Would it be a little girl or a little boy? Would he or she be healthy? I had a hard time sitting still for our drive to Springfield, and about jumped out of the van (yep...we own a van now!) when we pulled up.

We got called back and got the party started. My doctor just moved to a new office, and the new rooms are awesome. They had a flat screen TV that we could watch everything on. I knew the baby was awake, because there had been an awful lot of kicking going on this morning. Sure enough, she put the wand on my stomach and that little munchkin was dancing around in there!

She took measurements and pointed out different things to us. Daniel gave a running commentary of things going on...and also wanted to run around and not cooperate. Thank goodness for graham crackers and Goldfish. About 10 minutes in, our ultrasound tech told Daniel, "I think you're having a brother." A few seconds pass and she says, "Oh yeah! That's a boy!" There was no denying it!

How did I feel when I learned it was another boy? Honestly? I felt a twinge of disappointment, as my dreams of shopping for sweet little dresses where swept away. I'd say the disappointment lasted all of 2 seconds though. Not even kidding.  I was overwhelmed with joy and happiness to see my other little boy happily kicking away on that screen! Watching his precious heart beating made my own heart swell.

Everything checked out clear with the baby. Big sigh of relief. He weighs 14 oz. and I was measuring 6 days ahead. (Doesn't mean much right now.  Due date is still staying the same!) Now all we needed to do was decide on our name. We basically decided last night...we just needed to pick which name we wanted as the first name and which as the middle. As we waited for my doctor to come in, we made our decision. James Michael.

We knew for a boy we wanted a biblical name again. Jacob had thought there was a James on his side of the family, but there's not...although I was reminded tonight that there was on my side. James is one of my favorite books of the Bible though, so I am very happy with our choice. Daniel? He was a little upset that we weren't going with his choice of Adam Wainwright.. :) (Cardinals pitcher) However, he is coming around and saying James now.

Jacob and Daniel went out in the waiting room while I waited on my own doctor. I just love her and we had a nice chat about everything. I will be getting another ultrasound at my next appointment to check on one thing. I have a lower lying placenta and it just needs to move a tiny bit by 40 weeks or whenever baby comes. Thankfully it almost always resolves itself, but they like to check. I don't mind having extra peeks at my kiddo though, so no complaints here!

2 boys. What have I gotten myself into? All I know is even though I'm sure there will be tons of rough housing, there will be so many fun times and I look forward to it. Jacob and I high fived because we won't have huge wedding expenses or over priced prom dresses to pay for. Tux rentals? Hey! No problemo. :)

Thankfully, as long as James is around the same size as Daniel was, we are totally set for clothes. That didn't stop me from buying a few things today though! Pretty sure he'll be stinking adorable in all of them!



All in all, a very happy day for this family!