It's a BOY!!!

We had our ultrasound this morning and everything seemed to check out normal - such a blessing. We're absolutely thrilled to learn that Baby Woods is a boy! Little man was sleeping comfortably and was not in the mood to cooperate and move in all of the right positions the tech needed, but when he did wake up he was moving around like crazy - she thinks I'll be able to feel him kick in the next couple weeks, but because the placenta is topside it'll take longer than normal. The heartbeat was 139 and baby's head is up by my ribs and facing towards my spine. He finally decided to spread his little legs and the quote of the day is the tech pointing and say "there is the little pokey" which she then translated into "you're having a baby boy!"

While pink is my favorite color I was secretly hoping that our firstborn would be a son and Brian was not so secretly hoping for a boy so now the Woods Family Dynasty will continue :) I just melt thinking about Brian as a daddy - these two are going to be quite the pair and Bella and I are now evened out - 2 boys and 2 girls in the house. My dad is already thinking about how to get a carseat into a golf cart - he is pretty excited to have a complete foursome now to hit the links - Uncle Trent, Brian, Grandpa, and Baby... sounds like trouble! The Woods Clan are already pros with little boys - baby is lucky to have Eric Scott as a cool big cousin to show him the ropes and where to find Grandma Jan's fun toys!

Here are the pictures we got to take home:






The first picture is of the face - it's a top view with baby facing east - you can see the two eye sockets and mouth hanging open. In an alien sort of way I think he is one handsome little guy :) In the second pictures it looks like baby is doing the bicycle exercise for his abs with his legs folded back over his head. The tech kindly labeled the boy parts for us. The third picture is his little foot. So fun!

I think it will take us a while to get the hang of saying him instead of it, but he is a dream come true and it feels so much more real now. Looking forward to shopping for lots of blue things in the future! Will start researching the essentials - stroller/carseat etc and think about registering in the next month.

Thanks for all of your prayers, love, and support! Can't wait for little man to meet his wonderful family and friends. :::hugs:::