The 19 week ultrasound

[juthwara]

We went in for the Level II ultrasound today, the Big One where you get to see a baby that finally looks completely human. Everything looked absolutely perfect - we saw tiny little fingers and toes, a four chambered heart, a normal brain, an alternating cute and bizarre alien looking face, the cute little mouth opening, swallowing and sucking on fingers and an intact spinal column. And a penis.

So yes, we're having a boy! We were pretty neutral on the subject, although I had looked forward to barely having to buy any more clothing if we had a girl. Fortunately, I've been buying K some boys' clothes all along - the advantages of a daughter who likes dinosaurs.

To reward him for being more revealing than his sister, I will change his nickname from a girl's name to a boy's name. So our incipient offspring is now Wulfrith. Now all we have to do is work on his actual name. We had a boy's name for K, but we weren't in love with it, so we're revisiting the issue. If you have any suggestions for your favorite boy names, we would love to hear them.

Comments

[kristeljohns.livejournal.com]

Yay for a healthy, accomodating baby with all the parts! Woohoo Wulfrith! Congrats!

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Yay! Boys are a joy, in my experience. Well, babies are a joy period!

Boys names I liked... obviously Gregory and Nathaniel. :-)

Also Matthew, Tristan and Martin.

You have my permission to use Gregory and Nathaniel, as long as you don't use the same bizarre nicknames. :-)

[archangelbeth]

I always liked Leslie, but that's gone rather girlish (though I went to school with a boy named Leslie, and then there's the author of The Saint books). My mom's name is Gareth, so that was on my possible-list for a boy as well... >_>

Aside from that, there's always the "take a name or variation from family members." (E.g., ze spouse has a "Frank" for a dad. I'd probably have pushed for the fad of Surname As First Name and gone with Franklin.)

Hoping all continues to go smoothly! (Well, compared to the alternatives. O:> )

[slightlyjillian.livejournal.com]

I've always been tempted to name my son Carrot. :) Although, Sam is also good.

Congrats on the the little brother for K!

[everinbluejeans.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And good job, baby, on being more of an exhibitionist than your big sister!

[lady-zylle.livejournal.com]

Congrats! If Lily had been a boy, she'd have been Jacob. Unfortunately, I've since found out that name is even more insanely popular than it seems Lily is... I was trying to avoid the whole Heathers and Ashleys thing from my school years, and seem to have failed.