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On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Peter skipped class and came with me to my prenatal appointment where the Doctor said he would take a peek to see our baby's gender! We were so excited. I had felt from the beginning that it was a girl but the closer we got to the appointment the more I felt like maybe it could be a boy. However, I just couldn't imagine it so I stuck with my feeling that it was a girl and said to Peter that if it was a boy we were in for a serious mind shift.

We went to the appointment and heard the heartbeat. Then we moved to the ultrasound room and the moment he set the thing on my belly he found an image. He froze it and said, "ok dad, what is it?" Peter looked to me and then back at the monitor and said "a boy!???" The doctor confirmed what was very obvious by getting a lot more images and making slightly inappropriate jokes that Peter was laughing at. We were just shocked! We saw his little arms and fingers as he was moving around a lot and the doctor got a whole bunch of images because he said this baby was super photogenic.

 When we walked out of the building, Peter and I were still in complete shock and Peter asked, "what are we going to name him!?" I threw out a suggestion I had discussed with a pregnant friend of mine when we were discussing how they had all boy names picked out (and they are having a girl) and we only had a girl name picked out and I really couldn't think of very many boy names I liked except this one. Peter said he liked it and although we occasionally throw out other names that one still tops our list.

Pete was too excited to go back to school so we went to City Creek mall and got some breakfast and walked around looking at baby boy things. It was such a good day and so fun to see Peter on cloud nine.

Since  that ultrasound I have had another (the anatomy scan where they check all the vital things and look for any major problems--all is well with this healthy boy). Seeing him move and feeling it at the same time made things a lot more real for me and since then I have felt more excitement than shock or worry. I just really feel like I don't know how to be a mom to a little boy! But now he is moving all day long and I can feel how strong he is. I just get more excited with each day and anxious for May to come already!!