19 weeks, 6 days

On Wednesday, we had our ultrasound appointment and found out that the baby is healthy and likes to roll around in my belly. It was face-down at first, then on its side, then on its back. There's so much room in there! 

Also, we found out the sex of our baby! 

We had our ultrasound tech, Susan, write it on a card and put it in an envelope. 

Then, we drove down to the Musee Mecanique, which is pretty much a warehouse filled with penny-arcade machines and games from the early 1900's, in Fisherman's Wharf. 

We got into a film-processing photo booth (not one of the digital ones that you see today, and yes, I had to be snobby about what kind of photo booth we got into), and then, we opened the envelope! 

This is what it said:

The photo strip on the left shows our reactions from when we found out. I love J's face in the second and third frames. I'm really glad we got to capture the moment on film.

It's a boy!  

11 weeks, 4 days

Another ultrasound at 11 weeks. This time, it was close-up and I saw his/her floaty arms wiggling around. I asked the tech why the ears looked so big, and she said that those are not ears because this is a cross-sectional view. So if you are wondering the same thing, don't worry, those are not giant earlobes.

11 weeks, 2 days

Where did week 10 go? We had our second ultrasound yesterday, and it turns out that the baby is a week further than we thought. So no week 10 for us, just a bigger baby!

We also heard the heartbeat yesterday and it was the best sound ever. 

7 weeks, 2 days

Our little beanpole has a strong heartbeat and might be larger than average beanpoles of this age.