Drumroll Please....

So I actually held out until Christmas morning - and did NOT peek at the results of our ultrasound. (Can you believe it?) And, we found out - definatively - that this baby is indeed a

baby

boy!!!

Yep, his little pee pee was in clear shot in the ultrasound photo - if I can ever figure out how to use the scanner I'll scan the picture and post here.

As for his name - well that is still under debate. Not that we're having a huge debate over it - we just don't know for sure what his name will be. We wanted to use family names for the first two kids - now we're opening it up to any name that suits - which can be a bit overwhelming.

A - by the way - wants to call him 'snowflake.'

A's reaction to the news she was having a new baby brother was less than enthusiastic. She actually cried Christmas morning - in the middle of unwrapping a present - to say 'but I wanted a baby sister!' We told her we had not control over it - and that she would love being the only girl in the house. Eventually she came around - and is getting used to the idea.

Or so I thought...

Sunday night at dinner she looks at me and says:
"Mommy? That baby in your tummy is a boy, right?"
"Yes, A, it is."
"Well, can we have a girl next time?"

pause - while mommy chokes...

"Uh, no sweetheart - there will be no more babies in this house after your new brother is born."
"Why?"
"Well, mommy can't have anymore babies."

I'll spare her the lesson in tubal ligations for now...