It's a Boy!!
On Thursday, Morgan and I went to the doctor for our ultrasound. I had been so excited to find out what the baby is. He wasn't shy at all, and we got a lot of good looks at all of his little parts. He is growing perfectly, and is definitely a boy.

Our tradition, started with Braden, is to go out to dinner on the day of the ultrasound, and then go to the store and buy the baby's first outfit for coming home from the hospital. This time we decided to bring the kids with us, so we went to Sonic for dinner and then to the mall. We hadn't told them yet whether they were having a baby brother or sister. While they were looking at baby girl clothes (Lydia had taken about five pink outfits off of the racks), we told them that we should probably look at the other rack (where there were blue clothes). Braden said, "It's a boy!?!", but Lydia just made a face like "I don't know what to think about this" and then wanted to bury her face in my shoulder. She had her heart set on a baby sister, and I felt so bad! Morgan said he thought we were both going to cry. I was just so sad that Lydia was disappointed. But a few minutes later, she was going through the pink rack again saying, "After this baby you can have another baby, and that will be a girl, and she can wear these clothes!" I know she will be just fine.

In this picture, you can see our little guy's profile. He has already got the cute up-turned nose that runs in our family. We haven't decided on a name for him yet, but Morgan's Dad suggested Festus. Don't worry, he was just kidding (I think), and we aren't seriously considering it, but for now we call him "Festus the Fetus".

This picture is a little harder to decipher. It is a birds-eye view as if he were laying down and we are looking straight down at him. You can see the top of his head and his face, an arm, a leg, and his boy parts (if you look closely). He measures at exactly 17 weeks, 6 days, which is exactly how far along I was on Thursday. The technician said that never happens. So we are happy that he is growing just right, and looks very healthy.