It's a BOY!!!

We had our 18 weeks check up last night (we're about half way to the finish line!) and had another ultrasound. You could tell our doctor was trying to encourage us to wait one more month to try and find out the gender, but Stacy wasn't leaving until we tried our hardest to find out! The ultrasound was amazing! We could see so much more detail this time, including the 4 sections of his heart, his brain, every tiny finger, and YES! his little man parts! We weren't sure if the ultrasound technician was planning on telling us, so Kit finally asked her if she could tell the gender. She said "Oh I think so, do you want to know?" and of course we said "yes!" He was twisting and turning the whole time but while he was laying on his stomach, he jumped up really high and you could see his little parts clearly flap up and down! She got a pretty good shot of the "proof" (below). There were a few other funny moments when he seemed to be giving us a "high five" and then a "thumbs up" at one point! So I'm sorry to those few who were really crossing their fingers for a girl (Chris), but we're really excited to have a little boy (we would have been for a girl too) to carry on the Klein name. Stacy is just really happy to know one way or the other, so she can start shopping! Enjoy the pictures!

HIGH FIVE!!!

THUMBS UP!!!

This is my cute bony body! I weigh 1/2 lbs. right now!

16 Weeks!

The belly at 16 weeks! We're nearly half way there!

Baby Registry Update

We totally changed and updated our registry and have narrowed it down to what we really think we need and want from America. We're now registered at Target and Walmart, not because we wanted more things, just because the two stores didn't have the same items. So you can check it out at Walmart.com and Target.com (Just click on the underlined links).The arrival state is New Mexico and the date is October 2008. You can also find our baby registry in the registry kiosks in both stores.

First Ultrasound

We thought that once we actually saw the baby with our own eyes, the reality that we're actually going to have a baby would settle in. We were right, seeing the baby was an amazing experience and made this feel more "real". But even though we could see it with our own eyes, it was still hard to believe that is what is actually going on inside of me. We had to do the ultrasound twice because the baby was positioned head down at first, so we couldn't see much. So we waited 15 more minutes or so and tried again. This time the position was better (laying long-ways) but he/she was lying face down so we still couldn't see the right parts to determine whether we're having a boy or a girl. So we'll have to wait four more weeks to find that out, but we did get to hear a healthy heart beat (which was way faster than we thought it would be!), and the doctor said the baby looks like he/she is developing well with a very low risk to down syndrome. The baby is about 89 millimeters from head to tail bone (3.5 inches). Here are two of the best pictures that we got last night. You can see the spine, legs, arms, and a profile of the face. Pretty amazing huh? The pictures aren't near as cool as seeing the live movement on the big screen, but they are our baby's first pictures! (To enlarge, just click on the picture and it will open in a new window so you can see better.)