the verdict is in

with little question, i might add. yes my friends, there was no mistaking that extra appendage today.
we are having a boy! and hank and i are both totally over the moon about it.

i'd forgotten how incredible it is to watch the screen as the tech moves that small handheld instrument over your stomach, deciphering each and every little body part of the life growing inside you, and suddenly it all becomes so real. five tiny toes on two feet, the lenses of each eye, seeing all four chambers of the heart open and close, beating to it's own rhythm... and we made this beautiful thing? you and me made this??? and it's growing inside of me? amazing. totally amazing. and today i became more excited than ever for this little guy to become another big part of our lives in just a few short months.

a few short months!!!! crazy to think we're already half way there. but now i am counting the days. let the preparations for blue and the fun begin...




some of our favorites from the ultrasound (if you can deciper them). the bottom left picture is the one that makes hank the most proud - let's just say he was excited that the tech told him that there was no mistaking what this baby was, and that our kid was a show off. that's daddy for ya...