It's a boy!
It was a good thing we wanted to know what kind of baby was growing in there because it was like WAM! from the second she put the gel on. I know nothing about ultrasounds and was laughing out loud before the tech could even tell us what I already knew. He was floating around in there kicking around like a maniac ready to show it all off for us.
He's perfect and healthy and everything was measuring exactly where it should be (like, to the day). I have had a very hard time sleeping during this pregnancy and I have spent a lot of hours in the middle of night drifting in and out of consciousness imagining something being wrong with him. I am so relieved that there doesn't seem to be.
Renee cried and is still maintaining that the doctor was wrong and that we should paint his room pink even if he is a boy because "boys can like pink too." Cameron didn't stop obsessing about our new car long enough to listen to his dad telling him he's going to have a brother. He thinks the new car is WAY cooler. So cool that he wakes up at 3AM and asks me if he "gets to ride in the new car to Becky's today" and once he's satisified with my answer, he'll go right back to sleep.
I'm still adjusting to the thought of being a mom to two boys. Renee was a much easier baby than Cam was but I suspect she'll be a much more difficult preteen/teen/etc. so I suppose it's a trade-off. Or maybe Cameron's difficulties were all related to his egg allergy and this one will be the easiest of all of them. I will admit that it took me a few days to get over the idea that she'll never get to know what it's like to have a sister after growing up with two of them and I'm not totally thrilled about being a mother-in-law to TWO other females. I'm not all that good at sharing.
I started ordering fabric and trinkets and stuff for his nursery almost immediately and am SUPER excited to put it all together. It is fun to do a room when you know what kind of baby is in there. I have a lot of painting and sewing and organizing to do and really look forward to the next few months of preparing for our new little guy's arrival.
Ski is happy about only having to pay for one wedding and that the drama level is our household should remain about where it is. Yes, Renee and I are both a little on the emotional/dramatic side. He's also pleased that there will be another shot at the Ski name not dying out. He is, however, head over heels in love with Renee so I think there was a part of him that mourned for the other little girl he'd never have.
I was very surprised by how emotional finding out the gender is. When they were born and I found she was a girl and he was a boy I was busy taking care of them that I didn't really have a chance to consider what their gender meant for our family. I didn't have time to really care either way. This has been all-consuming but at the end of the day, I really can't wait to meet my son.
