Baby #3 is a.....

And we are thrilled ;)

On Thursday morning, Mitch and I went into Saskatoon (sans kiddos) for a third trimester ultrasound.  I love ultrasounds (when baby is healthy, of course). Mitch and I both get a little giddy as we get to watch our baby move around "on the inside." I did feel a little guilty when the ultrasound tech asked me, "How far along are you?" "Just past 32 weeks," was my response. She then asked, "Is there anything your doctor is worried about?" To which my response was, "I don't think so."

We are fortunate to live in a place where it is so easy to get an ultrasound. I know this is not the case everywhere. My doctor that I see for pre-natal care (and who will hopefully deliver my baby) is a specialist and she likes to do third trimester ultrasounds fairly routinely. With Kalena, I declined the third trimester ultrasound because everything seemed good with the pregnancy and I didn't think it was necessary (AND we already knew that she was a girl ;) This pregnancy is going just fine and I have no reason to believe there are any issues with my sweet baby, BUT I 'indulged' in this late ultrasound mostly because we wanted to know the gender of our wee one (and he didn't cooperate at 20 weeks). Seems a tad extravagant, huh?

Here's a side profile picture of our sweet boy. You can see his little hand in a fist in front of his face. Those little hands were moving constantly throughout the ultrasound!

This is another side profile, but his hand is right up beside his face. Sweet boy.

In this pic, you can see our little man 'face-on'. I love how his little face looks so much more filled out than the 'hollow eye socket' look babies have at 20 weeks.

You may be thinking, face pics don't identify gender! And you're right ;) BUT I'll refrain from posting pics of baby genitalia, even in utero. Trust me, we saw the goods. He is a boy.

As we think about what we want our little family to look like in the completed form, three is looking like a good number. I come from a family of 4 children (I am the oldest), so it's taken me a while to come to terms with 3 being an acceptable number of children in one family. Mitch only has one brother, and three is seeming quite full and complete to him. ;) I really can't imagine being pregnant again! When this baby boy is born, we will have 3 children who are 3 years old and younger for approximately 4 1/2 months. (Pray for us, if you think of us ;) I think I've been pregnant more than un-pregnant in the last few years...

As I think about what our family dynamics will be like with boy-girl-boy, all close in age, I like it. Our token middle child, is also our only girl. I think Mitch was relieved to find out baby #3 is a boy ;) Already, Kalena has her daddy wrapped around her little finger, and I'm not sure he could've handled another girl! Also, Lena has three girl cousins born in the same year and two of them live close by. Lucy (my sister Carrie's daughter) and Kalena will even be in the same class at school in Dalmeny! Fun, fun, fun ;)

So NOW, we are left with the daunting task of choosing a name for this little gaffer. Mitch and I both find the whole name selection thing to be incredibly daunting. We don't agree on a tonne of names and I pick names apart way too much. As a middle school teacher, I try to think of every way a name could be made fun of... Is this helpful? Not sure...

I recently ruled out one of my favourite names for a boy. I love the name Tucker. I think it's a great name and it just so happens to be my grandma's maiden name, so there's a familial connection. BUT... we can all think of a not-so-nice word that rhymes with it. "Tucker, Tucker Bo-bucker..." You get my drift.

We will continue to scour baby names books and sites (such as THIS one) for a boy name that we love and hopefully, by the time he's ready to make his entrance, we will have agreed on one. THAT will remain secret, though. ;) 

If you have any fabulous suggestions for boy names that would sound good next to Jett and Kalena, feel free to send them our way!