Baby Watch 2010! This just in: It's a Boy!

Well, it's going to be a boy actually, don't get excited, there is no baby til May. For those of you who actually just checked this blog for baby info and not to learn about Andrew's new hair cut or a harrowing cat story, you are in luck. Due to the rain that is not forecast to leave until next week I am stuck inside and am going to do 2 posts in one day.

I went to the anatomy ultrasound last Thursday (Jan. 14th) and the good news is, there's still a baby in there, he is a he, and they may be moving my due date up a couple weeks to the 2nd week of May. We got lots of good looks at all of the relevant parts that are supposed to be there, although the little guy was stubborn and would not roll over (even after repeated jiggling and bongo drumming on my belly by the ultrasound tech) and some laps around the hallways by me. So, I had to go back a second day to make sure we got pictures of the bottom of the spine-which it turns out, is good and closed up. She said the baby has quite big thighs and a big belly (all of this I am going to blame on the husband's genes, because they couldn't possibly come from me). I also saw him opening and closing his mouth and moving his tongue around. He moves everything else around too, but this we already knew from the amount of kicking around in there that has gone on since the day before Thanksgiving.

Due to my current lack of technical equipment, I will have to try and post pictures from the ultrasound later, but stay tuned, they should be coming soon! She gave us some pretty cool shots of the little feet and fingers.

Also since we are way up here in Yuba City and only expecting visit from a few of you, I am going to put a few pictures of my getting-larger self but these may significantly decrease once I am much larger. :0) Also to give you more detail-craving friends a definitive measure of the belly (which doesn't scare me as much as measuring it in inches) I will be posting my measurements in standard paper-clip chain increments. The current tally: 22 paperclips to go around the belly, as evidenced in the photo above.