So, yep... I am now the proud mom to THREE boys, which is kinda crazy to think about! I actually was fairly sure I spotted the goods pretty early on in the ultrasound when she was looking at the umbilical cord, so I wasn't surprised when she told us it was a boy. I've gotten pretty adept at reading ultrasounds, which actually isn't a good thing because I was a little bummed that I didn't get the big surprise with everyone else! Oh well.

The small twinge of disappointment I felt for a moment was for three reasons --
1) I'll never get to use any of my girl names
2) I won't get to raid the other department for clothes, for my own kids anyway. My niece(s), however, will be well clothed
3) I didn't get to rub it in Tom's face (he was so down on it maybe being a girl that it was getting a little annoying)

But on the whole, I am completely relieved to just know finally and that it is, in fact, another boy because I feel so comfortable with the idea of another little boy. We are thrilled! All I could think about on the way home was getting up to the attic to get down the newborn clothes. I can't wait. :) I also can't wait to hit the order button on the boy clothes I have in my Gymboree online cart. ;) I also can't wait to see all three of my little dudes TOGETHER. It's a picture I have been waiting for for six years!

The baby is healthy and all looks well, which is another huge relief. I'm always so nervous something will show up. There were some tense moments (only on my end, I think) where the the sonographer and the perinatal center doctor were doing some heavy scrutiny of the baby's hands to make sure they opened and closed. The sonographer assured me that she had seen them open plenty, but just didn't get a picture good enough to satisfy the doctor. In the end, it all looked fine. Whew.

AND... as I suspected, my placenta is in the front, which explains the lack of movement I feel. She told me that this pregnancy is going to feel VERY different with respect to the baby's movement. I won't feel a lot of constant jabs and punches and kicks. She said I'll probably only really feel the big flips and pushes as the baby gets bigger and definitely not all the time. So weird, and a little sad! I love that part of being pregnant! He's an active little bugger too, flipping around all over the place and making measurements hard to get.

And lastly, I'll post the rest of the actual ultrasound pics later, but this baby's profile looks EXACTLY like my other two. So it will be fun to see when he's born just how much he looks like them. Not many people notice that Ben and Simon actually look a lot alike until Simon puts a hat on and then you can really see it. And they both definitely have the same nose and mouth, and I think this baby shares that too. :)

So that's that! Time to do some shopping and decorating! :) So excited! Oh, and Tom was so happy to find out it was a boy and he would never have to deal with a preteen/teen girl under his roof, that he has given me total naming rights. HA! I'll take it!