First up, because I know everyone's curious, I'll tell you about our anatomy scan and our big gender reveal dinner. We don't have our printer/scanner unpacked so no ultrasound pictures up here yet (and I've been too lazy to take them to work and scan them :); I'll post them later. For now, I'll just try and explain how UNBELIEVABLY awesome it was to see our baby on TV!! The scan took about 45 minutes and we watched the whole thing except for when our tech got to the sex-revealing part. We looked away and it seriously took some willpower not to have her just tell us. And we only had to wait until dinner! I can't imagine how some people go the whole pregnancy without knowing. The rest of the ultrasound was so neat, getting to see baby's heart beating and pumping, see the brain, the lungs, and every little bitty limb wiggle around. Baby was super active during the ultrasound, starting out by laying down flat in my belly, then curling up into a cute little ball and then turning head-down, facing my spine. I was in awe watching this little person come to life and then settle back down. Aron and I held hands throughout the whole scan and just like our first ultrasound, the whole appointment felt perfect and right. The way I felt when Aron and I were looking at our baby onscreen is possibly the happiest I've ever been. I can only imagine what it will feel like when we're looking down at our actual baby. On the medical side of things, our baby checked out perfectly! No red flags, no issues to be on the alert for. Everything looked so great that we didn't even talk to a doctor the day of the scan. When we had our appointment with our OB last week she confirmed that everything looked awesome and baby is healthy and happy!
After the scan, Aron and I went to our jobs, where I only halfheartedly completed my urgent tasks because I was so anxious to know what we were having! I ended up getting to leave early to go meet the cable guy at our new house. Which was a waste of time, because the cable guy ended up not being able to show. Aron came home and we waited around for an extra hour past the specified time-frame before finally getting a call that he was hung up at the appointment before us. ARGH! All the waiting and extra anxiousness for nothing! After rescheduling for the next day, off we went on our dinner adventure! We had originally planned to go to this place called Best Pizza and Brew, which we'd never checked out in person. Turns out, it's a tiny little place and more of just a quick bite and drink restaurant. Not really the vibe I was looking for to find out what we were having. On to plan B - Pizza Hut! Which turned out to be the most awesome choice ever because they so enthusiastically embraced our plan! So this pizza hut is a good old fashioned eat-in Pizza Hut. Which I haven't seen since Moscow! That fact alone already made the dinner special, because I had nostalgia and the memory of many family pizza dinners on my mind. When the waitress got to our table, we explained our plan that we wanted the cook to put a "B" or a "G" on the pizza, depending on what was in the sealed envelope we were about to hand her. She was on board and so were the cooks! The 10 minutes it took to make our pizza were the longest ever!! Finally...it was here! Our waitress volunteered to snap some shots and she got some great ones! I'll let the pictures do the talking for the next little bit.
Me: Oh! Um, what is it?
Aron: Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!
Me: I still can't read it! I'm blind! I never learned my letters!
Aron: It's a BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!!
Me: Oh! A boy! A boy!
Aron: Yeahhhhhhh a boy! A boy!
Me: Oh...a...boy. Huh. Well. What the hell am I going to do with a boy?!
Aron: I'm way happier than you right now, huh? :)
Our "B" pizza!
Me and the B
Aron and the B
After dinner, the Pizza Hut crew brought out a surprise "boy" dessert! This totally made me cry because it was so thoughtful and sweet.
And then Aron got a little too creative with the baby boy news. If there's been any question about whether our child will play with his food...yes, yes he will.
When we got home, the pets were eager to find out what the sex was!
Mom! Mom! What is it?! What is it?!
WHAT?! Another BOY?! It's already 3 against one! NOT FAIR.
A what? Is that a food?
Ooh let me see, let me see...what?! He better like dress up.
I won't tell you what I think until you get this balloon off me.
Finding out the sex of the baby was definitely the highlight of week 18. I was so nervous before the ultrasound that we wouldn't be able to find out because baby would be crossing it's legs or something and it was such a relief to KNOW. I was a little ambivalent about the baby being a boy at first...I just couldn't absorb what that meant. Aron was very excited though and that rubbed off on me and all the congrats and well wishes we got made me really pretty happy that we were having a boy first. We got a few adorable baby boy outfits over the next few weeks which made the whole pregnancy seem so much more real. Not only was there a tiny baby in my belly, there was a tiny baby boy who would one day soon fit into these very cute baby outfits. To repeat our blog title...holy crap!!
A lot more has happened in the past few weeks (the house! engagements! meeting new babies! my belly popped! visits with friends!) but those stories will have to wait for the next few blog posts.
Yay! I love all the photos- such a cute idea for the gender reveal :) Only a few more months to go before we get to meet your SON!
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