Baby G is a Baby HE!!!

That's right, little Greeno is a little man!

I had my 19 week appointment at my regular OB's office today, and when I scheduled it, my Doctor said I could have an ultrasound at my main office, even though I'm having a Level II at the High Risk office next week (I'm not really high risk, but with a few meds I've had to take they just send me there as a precaution). So I invited my parent's to come along and we were going to make an event of it.

Of course we had to wait FOREVER, and when they call me back I start walking towards ultrasound and the RN tells me I'm not scheduled because I'm having an US the next week.

"I'm sorry, hmmm? I've had this scheduled for weeks... my parent's are here... I didn't sleep last night because I've been looking forward to this day for months..." and so on. She frowned, and while I prepared the tears, she said she was going to go talk to the US tech. Luckily this tech and I are best buds so she says it's "No problem to take a peek at Baby G! Of course I'll do that for you!"

Tears were put back in storage.

So after my general check-up and blood draw, we all (Mom, Dad, Ben, Annette (US Tech) and Baby G) piled into the ultrasound room.

Literally the moment she put the transponder thingy on my belly, there was our baby in all of his boyness. Annette looks at me and goes, "Uh... Hello! What is it!?" to which I immediately respond "A BOY!"

A HUGE grin spreads across Ben's face, and my parent's are just looking at the screen like, "HUH? WHERE?!?!" We spent the next 10 minutes or so just looking at him move around and play in my belly. Annette was great pointing out all of his little features, including my Dad's favorite, the heart. It really is neat because you can actually see all 4 chambers working; we were just so in awe of this little life being formed in my belly.

So now... I can finally call him a HIM. And it is with great pleasure that we formally introduce:

MAX THOMAS GREENO

(We're still undecided if we want to do Maxwell or just Max, but either way he will be known as Max :)

And now the fun of registering and preparing for our little boy truly begins... I can't believe I'm going to have a son!

P.S. here are weeks 18 and 19... definitely can feel the belly starting to firm up and out... and am starting to feel little Max move around!

Week 18 (actually 18.2, taken 3/12/10)

Week 19 (taken 3/17/10)