It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a...

Boy???

Who can tell? It's really much too early to tell, but to go with Jess' symptoms not matching her pregnancy with Summer hint that it's a boy...and today was Jess' ultrasound.

This is what the doctor saw.



The doc outlined the buttocks, legs and, ahem...his(?) boyhood, so to speak.

Now, remember this is at only 11 weeks and a few days, and on average the time to determine sex is 16-20+ weeks...but the doc said the view was pretty good. So, we're cautiously optimistic. :-)

Also, they double check the size to determine the due date. The measurements also agree with the 24th...however, since this date is the day after Thanksgiving and people are on vacations, etc...the doc told Jessica they would likely induce the pregnancy on the 9th or 16th...if the baby doesn't come out on its own before then. So, basically no chance to have another holiday baby.

Next appointment is a standard check up in 3 weeks. The main ultrasound to check more for down syndrome and the like is around Summer's birthday in about 6-7 weeks. At that time we'll get another chance to see if it is a boy or a girl. We'll keep ya posted, of course!

Lastly, in the first post we mentioned Logan River was the boys name...well, that never felt totally right, so now we're leaning towards Jackson River. What do you think of that?

Cinco de Mayo

So, another holiday...they don't seem to be as into it here in Colorado Springs as in LA....Hmmm...I wonder why.

So, that obviously isn't what I'm here to talk about. The way we celebrated was by getting our first medical checkup for the new baby! Had to schedule an appointment for the ultrasound to see if there are twins or anything weird going on in there, so we'll have pictures next week, but today they used the microphone and picked up the heartbeat. The beat was strong and fast, so EVERYTHING is going as well as can be expected!

11 Weeks today. So, 29 weeks to go. Due date is estimated to be November 24th. Yeah, the day after thanksgiving....so we have Summer, a Father's Day Baby and now we'll have a (nearly, or exactly, we'll find out soon enough) Thanksgiving Baby. It's all about the holidays, huh?

OK, hopefully they'll let Jessica take home a picture of the ultra-sound next week. 'til then, have a nice Cinco de Mayo!