The blog name remains

...for now at least! We had our ultrasound today and baby looks great, still measuring a little bit big, and it's a BOY! In the words of our ultrasound tech, "those are definitely boy parts!" I have to admit I've had mixed feelings, because I was hoping for a girl and had almost convinced myself it was a girl, but it's setting in now that I was wrong! It will be fun for Soni to have a brother pretty close in age. I am looking forward to seeing them play together. We'll get our little girl someday if that's what the Lord has in store for us! For now though, bring on more dirt and trucks and rugby!

He felt it!

Yesterday Taiyo felt the baby move in my belly for the first time. :D

Baby’s movements still feel pretty small, but are definitely becoming more frequent and distinct this week. Yesterday baby was the most active he/she has been yet. After work, I laid down for a rest with Taiyo and Soni, and baby started moving again. I put Taiyo’s hand on my belly, but I didn’t tell him that the baby was moving because I wasn’t sure if it was strong enough to feel from the outside yet. I just wanted to see if he would notice it on his own. Sure enough, after a minute, baby gave a pretty good sized (for 18-weeks) kick right up on the middle of my belly, right where Taiyo’s palm was. Right away he opened his eyes and picked up his head and looked at me with a confused smile that said, “did the baby just kick me?” So I asked him if he felt a kick right in the palm of his hand and he said yes. :) So exciting!

We’re entering my favorite part of pregnancy!