It's A Boy!

Most of you should know by know...but I will put it in writing anyway.
Yesterday, I had an ultrasound to see how well the baby is growing. The baby looks healthy and is measuring perfectly at this point. All the anatomy looks healthy (heart, liver, kidneys and such). My doctor told me at my appointment that the baby was measuring in the 49th percentile for weight, so he is perfectly average at this point! My goal is for a 7lb 8oz baby this time. I figure since Joey was 8lb 12oz and Nick was 8lb 2oz (10 ounces less), this baby could follow the same patter and be 10 ounces less than Nick and give me a 7lb 8oz baby! The doctor said that it would be a breeze for me, I could just laugh the baby out! She said just to make sure I get to the hospital quickly; she thinks that things will go quickly when the time comes. I'm all for that! I told her to make sure she was in the room, with her catcher's mitt and to watch out for any sneezing from me....it may just produce the baby! (Oh a girl can dream.)

And, of course, I found out that I was having another boy. We will name him Ethan Riley. I have decided to call him Duke (since his initials are ERL, I can call him the Duke of Erl! Ha ha), but Nick doesn't like that idea. He doesn't like picking a nickname till we know more about the personality of the baby so we can find something that fits....and I agree with him. But I like the idea of calling him Duke.

Am I happy to be having a boy? Of course....who wouldn't be. We make very cute boys! But there will always be a part of me that misses the daughter that I have loved and desired since I was a little girl. I have had Breanna Rose in my heart for so long; and she is just as real to me, and I love her just as much as my other kids. So, knowing that she may never exist (as we have not decided whether or not we will have any more kids) is like losing a dream that has been part of my heart and soul for over 16 years. So forgive me if I have moments of weakness and cry over the loss of my daughter. It does nothing to take away from the love and excitement I have for Ethan.

Joey was really hoping for a baby sister. He has been calling the baby "his baby." His baby is going to be a girl. His baby wants Mommy to do a puzzle with him. Does his baby like Mommy's beans? He really is adorable. I was teaching him the names we had picked out for a boy and a girl (although he was sure that it would be a girl, and still thinks we might be having a girl) and somehow has gotten the names a little confused. So if he says that the baby's name is Ethan Rose...just bear with him and know he means Ethan Riley!

When I went in for the ultrasound, the sonographer said that he would switch over to 3D at the end to try to get me some good pictures of the face to take home. I was really excited about this. But after getting one profile picture of the head, Ethan decided to roll over, do a face plant in the placenta, and not come out of hiding the rest of the time. The little stinker! So I have no 3D pictures of Ethan and only a couple 2D pictures of him. I was trying to scan them into the computer so I could add them to the blog, but it wasn't working. I will ask Nick about it this evening. It could be that our printer is not compatible with Windows Vista (which we are finding to be the case with many of the programs we had on our desktop) so it may not be possible.

Well, I should spend some times with the boys. Joey is sitting on the toilet (not very happily) and finally called to me that he pooped...so I have doodoo duty to attend to. Have a wonderful day.