"A 105% BOY!"

Well, we think that makes in official.....Dr. Jackson gave us the confirmation to his previous prediction of only 85% boy! Now it is 105% boy! I guess that means that there is no room for dancing and drama! :)

We are very excited to have a boy! Colin is already starting to make plans of sporting events, father and son trips, and so much more! I am excited to have a boy too...the thought of a tiny blonde baby boy that looks like his dad just makes me smile! I hope that there is some resemblence to his mom so that they know he's my son too! :)

We went to the doctor to have the "big ultrasound." I was sorta nervous knowing that they would be looking very closely at everything and that meant more possibility of finding something wrong. One of the biggest concerns with diabetic moms is the chance for heart problems. So, Dr. Jackson probably spent a good 15 minutes focused right on the heart. It made Colin and I both very nervous that he wasn't saying much, but knew that meant he was looking carefully. When we finally broke the silence and asked, "how does it look Dr." He replied, "Very good!" He went back and showed us and tried to explain what we were looking at. He also commented that because me blood sugars have been in control and he felt that everything looked great, that he wasn't going to send me to see the pulmonary cardiologist to get an eciogram of the baby's heart. That was so great to hear! What a relief to know that everything looks like it is growing and developing the way it should! Our little guy is now about the size of the burrito, the doctor said, and he weighs just over 1 pound.

Speaking of growing.....I am definitely growing too! My pants are definitely getting tight! In fact, last week I got into the car and sat down and popped a button right off my pants! They were even my "big pants!" It was depressing! But, Colin agreed to take me shopping to get some new pants....and even endured the twenty pairs that I tried on! We got some that I hope will last! I am still fitting into most everything and am trying to endure as long as I can in my regular clothes knowing that maternity clothes are going to get real old! I have had some great friends give me some of their maternity clothes to use! That will help make things a lot easier! I am embracing the idea of a tummy slowly, but surely. It is just hard when people comment not only on the size of your tummy, but that your face is filling out nicely too! AHHHH

The most fun part about the last few weeks is the movement that Colin and I have both felt. One of Colin's greatest days so far he said was last Friday when he saw my tummy move on it's own! Our lil' guy must have enjoyed his breakfast because my belly was going wild with all sorts of "twitching" movement! It is cute to see Colin's face with amazement all over it as he reacts to every kick that he feels and sees! We know that our son will only kick more as the weeks go on our doctor said that we may even get tired of it! As for now, we love it and it helps comfort me knowing that he is active! Colin hopes that he is building strong muscles with all this activity so that he'll be ready to play sports!

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Our Future Aggie

Trish will be half-way there tomorrow. In fact, we have renamed the holiday to be "Half-way to Labor" Day. Most people barely find out the gender of their baby at 20 weeks, but we feel lucky that we've had a few extra ultra-sound looks at our fetus and have been told what our baby is most likely to be (remember, 85% boy). Our doctor was joking about his original prediction, saying that our baby was only 85% man, leaving the other 15% for a feminine side. Trish is glad to have had some motherly influence and thinks that means our boy will like dancing like she does! We did hear a lady at church say that she was surprised to have a boy when the doctors had been telling her it would be a girl. So I guess you never really know until the baby is born.

Now that we're at the half-way point, there is definitely a noticeable change in Trish's tummy. One book we read said that the uterus is roughly the size of a cantaloupe. She can still wear most of her shirts, but her pants are beginning to feel a little bit tight. I know exactly how she feels because their tummies are almost the same size!! Trish has found that the rubber band trick has worked quite well (girls will know what she is talking about).

I think that it's funny how Trish is embarrassed about it. When she was first pregnant, she didn't want to tell people until she was showing. Now that she's showing, she wants to hide it. Trish has told me that I just don't understand. I do have a belly, but she's right, I guess I don't get it. She says that she'll get over it in a few weeks but that she is just in the awkward stage of just feeling fat.

With another month comes another profile picture, my favorite part of this blog. We were up in Logan and decided to take the picture at the famous True Aggie 'A'. While we were there, we also got our son a little Aggie outfit and took him to his first (of many) football games. I was sure a proud dad, to have my son by my side for a game. I tried to teach him about the subtleties of the west coast offense, the difference between defensive holding and pass interference, and how to spot a blitz, but I don't think he absorbed it all. Oh well, there's plenty of time for that once he's born. Maybe if we're lucky, our little guy will be a future Aggie like his mommy and daddy.