IT'S A BOY!!!

The ultrasound was on Monday. Our little one fooled pretty much everyone. The general consensus before the ultrasound was that the baby was a girl. Apparently, we and those we know and love don't really have a sense for this sort of thing. It seems pretty obvious from the physical evidence that we are having a boy...but we'll let you decide based on the evidence provided.

Jordan is of the belief that he can only produce males...I guess his position holds for now. He was beaming when we left the doctor's office. I believe his words were something to the effect that he was going to tape the ultrasound pictures to his chest and strut around campus. (I took the pictures with me).

It was a really incredible experience seeing our baby. Words really can't express the feeling. The Nurse Practitioner reported that all of his parts were developing properly. He was an active little one during the ultrasound. At the time, I was 19 weeks 5 days and he was measuring 20 weeks 3 days. They don't change the due date if it is within a week though. Jordan is happy to know that he is measuring big. Thank you, by the way, to all of those who have offered to help in the fattening process.

Here he is in his Halloween costume: a skeleton. I have been working on it for five months.

PREGNANCY PROGRESSION: WEEK 18

In comparison to week 16, she has made some progress. However, now is the time to buckle down and pull out all the stops. We need a large child, who will be able to hold his or her own on the playground, and based upon the size of the child at this point we have some work to do before it emerges triumphant from the womb. Rally around the banner and join with me fellow citizens in promoting the enlargement* of the Wife!

*All donations will be graciously accepted, including, but not limited to: cake, chocolate, ice cream, various baked goods and tasty morsels with a sugar to other ingredients ratio of 10:1. If you decide to contribute to the cause please ensure that you deliver two plates, the first with twice the amount of the second, as her "weight coach" will need to consume the first plate in order to determine proper quality and quantity. Thank you.

Can you feel the power and prestige?

This picture is in no way relevant to any recent event either I or Natasha have experienced, but in browsing through the pictures on our computer, I concluded that this one would do most to contribute to the power and political legitimacy of our blog. Thank you (VOTE CULLIMORE 2028).

PREGNANCY PROGRESSION: WEEK 16

As you all know, Natasha is pregnant with my man child (or woman child?). As per Tiffany's request, we will periodically post pictures of Natasha on her journey to fatness. Please note that she is already developing a nice little pooch. She is supposed to be gaining a pound a week, so if she looks a little skinny next time you see her, make sure to feed her something healthy and get on her case for not gaining enough weight.

Sweet Action Shot

For a couple semesters now, my mission buddy Ryan Kacher has organized a Slovenian Flag Football team. It has been a great way to keep in contact with everyone, and we get to have a ton of fun playing football together. This semester our team name is "Nimam pojma", which essentially means "I have no idea." I feel it was definitely an inspired name compliments of Ryan. Unfortunately I have only been able to make it to one of our three games so far, but I am hoping to make it to the rest. Anyway, this is a sweet action shot that Natasha took of me during the game. It almost makes it look like I know what I am doing out there. Fake it til you make it; a life motto to live by.

Something New

Due to Scott's request, I have created the post: "Something New." I am not completely sure why he wanted me to post this, but I don't usually ask too many questions of Scott while he is up on the Big Rock Candy Mountain. The answers are just too strange.

The Heartbeat

Last Tuesday, we had a doctor visit and were able to listen to the baby's heartbeat. The heartbeat was really fast and strong. The Nurse Practicioner said that it sounded healthy. We have since been informed that boys generally have faster heartbeats. However my parents seem to be convinced that the baby will be a girl. I suppose that all baby heartbeats sound fast anyway. Only 8 more weeks until we will be able to find out the truth via ultrasound.