Daddy was RIGHT!!!

I'M A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I pictured Paul and me having a baby, I always thought it would be a girl because I always found myself thinking of Lauren. Once we found out that I was expecting, all feelings of a girl went away...but I didn't have feeling of a boy either. For some reason I never got a feeling one way or another. Paul on the other hand...he had an overwhelming feeling it was a boy! A few days after finding out I was pregnant he turned to me and said "I know we are going to have a boy!" He was SO SURE of it!!! And he was right!!! We went for our 20 week anatomy scan yesterday (June 30th) and got the conformation! (the Dr. guessed boy two times during earlier visits but they were just guesses...now it's confirmed) We are officially having a BOY!!!! And we couldn't be happier!!!

We feel so blessed that everything went well! The heart and brain looked perfect which was music to our ears! They also checked for cleft lip because they knew we were concerned about it due to the fact that I was on prednisone during the first trimester. (They say heavy dosages can raise the risk of it...but I was only on 2.5 mg every third day. But we still worried) We were so glad to hear and see that there were no signs of it!

Paul and I always agreed we didn't want to have a 3d scan done of him because we didn't want to see him before he entered the world. However...when he had his anatomy scan done yesterday she kept switching between 3 different ways of seeing him...one being 3d. Needless to say he was absolutely breathtaking to us! He was the cutest thing we have ever layed eyes on! We even saw him yawn!!! Every time he would move his foot (yes..that is his FOOT up by his head!!! hahahaha) Every time he would move it up I was so proud of him! That just meant she had to spend more time getting him in a spot so she could see what she was looking for...meaning we got to see him for longer!

When she printed out his picture for us she warned us that he is still very small and is still developing so we should not focus on things that didn't look right. Example: That little bump on his head would go away when she was moving it around but when she took a still picture of him it was there. So it's hard to tell what is really him and what is just the computer not capturing him very well. But even with that warning Paul was very concerned about his upper lip being bigger than is bottom. The technician told him it was perfect and not to worry. The Dr. told him it was perfect and not to worry. And I showed him pictures of what a baby looks like at 20 weeks old (they have bigger upper lips). Even after all that he was still so concerned. As much as I hated to see him worry like that...to me it just showed that he loves his little guy so much already and wants everything in life to be perfect for him!

So here is our sleepy, very flexible, perfect little boy!!!