It's a.... Mike and met our baby today via ultrasound and were advised of its sex. I will not post it because there are a few people who I would like to tell in person and not have them read it here first. What I can say is what a magical experience it was. I could not believe that right there on the screen was my baby. Its little legs were bending and stretching, its arms were waving and its head moved from side to side. At one point it actually put its thumb in its mouth and began sucking, but not for long because the hand jerked out of it almost as soon as it started sucking. The little thing moves a lot but does not have much coordination. My favorite part was watching the little legs kick. I was amazed that I could distinguish the little thighs and calves. Missy conducted the ultrasound and she took us on a guided tour of our baby's little home. She checked out the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs... everything looked perfect!!! I must say that I'm very relieved and happy. And I can't explain the feeling I got when she told us the sex. Not that that matters much to me, but being able to know just that much more about the little thing is wonderful. I love it so much already. We had the ultrasound videotaped, so I can watch it over and over.

Afterwards, we celebrated by applying for our marriage license. Then we stopped by my mom's office to show her the four still photos we had and to tell her the sex. She was pleased and made photocopies of the pictures for her photo album. And now I'm back at work. It is virtually impossible to concentrate on anything today. I can't seem to stop looking at the ultrasound pictures. They're so cute!!

And for a quick update on my weekend....

Friday night we painted our hallway

Saturday we took the boat to the river and invted my friends, Tracey, Tammy and Trudy to come along. It was a great day, despite being 100 degrees. We drove up to the Cottonwood Marina in Blair, tubing and skiing along the way (not me, of course), stopped for a drink at the Marina, and returned the way we came. It was great getting away from everything out on the River again.

And yesterday we awoke about 9, had breakfast and began painting our bedroom. It is now a dark blue color. I love it. We also re-arranged the furniture and the whole room seems much cozier and we decided to spend the rest of the night there. We had a couple bouts of fun in bed (if ya know what I mean - and yes I said a couple), ordered pizza, watched the Osbournes and fell asleep. It doesn't really get any better than that...