It's a...

It's official--- we are having a sweet little baby boy!

We were set to find out the gender at 11am last Monday, but I got a call early that morning saying that the ultrasound tech had to leave the country suddenly for a family emergency.  We were leaving town that Wednesday for vacation so our only option for finding out the gender before then was to go to a diagnostic imaging center.  It sounds silly, but when you have been counting the days and then wake up that morning knowing that today is the day that you'll find out if you're having a boy or a girl--- you'll pretty much do anything to keep that a reality.  So we got the first appointment we could at the imaging center, at 4pm.  

Of course by 4pm our sweet baby was sound asleep for his afternoon nap, and he had his legs completely glued together.  We could not get even the slightest peek at the gender.  A doctor finally came in to give it a try, and it was the same story.  He was really nice and even let me walk around for a few minutes to try to get the baby to move into a different position, but even that didn't work.  He said that it was probably a girl, but that we need to come back in a couple of weeks to find out for sure.

All of the baby's measurements and organs looked perfect, and Kolby and I were first and foremost so grateful for that.  But I will say that we were disappointed that we would have to leave without knowing for sure whether we were expecting a little girl or a little boy.  As one final last-ditch effort I started pressing on the side of my belly a little bit, and just then the doctor yells, "there it is!" and the ultrasound tech freezes the screen on a picture that we couldn't make heads or tails of but was all it took for them to officially declare that our baby is definitely a BOY!

We are so excited to have a little boy on the way.  We didn't have a preference at all (or so we thought), but  as soon as we heard the doctor say "probably a girl" we both realized that we had been hoping, just a little, that it was a boy.

Baby boy is happy and healthy and growing right on schedule.  We finally have an official due date-- December 5.  I can't believe we're already half way there!!!

Praise the Lord for our healthy little guy :)