Baby BOY #2

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No questions here! Boy for SURE (as the sono tech wrote)

On Tuesday, April 10th, we found out that our baby #2 will in fact be a BOY!! We are so excited that Ryan will have a brother and know they will have so much fun together. We announced to family in the evening showing them the DVD of the sonogram which I am so glad to have. Ryan asks to "watch baby" almost every day.

Baby was measuring right on time to be due between Sept 10-12th, 2012. The heartbeat was 147 bpm. In the anatomy sonogram they observe and measure many different markers on the baby and he looks completely healthy! The only thing measuring ahead of his due date was his head (by 4 days... haha). Hopefully this just means he will be smart like Ryan since his head was rather large at birth also. They were able to see all 4 chambers of the heart and valves functioning, as well as see feet, hands, leg and arm bones, measured cerebellum, see depth distinction between nose, mouth, and chin, kidneys, bladder and observed proper umbilical cord function into the baby's tummy. I really appreciate our sono tech at this new Dr so much more than the last because she is so thorough and really explains everything she is looking at. (Which is mostly amazing that they can see anyways!!)

We are still deciding on names and while we currently have it narrowed down to a couple we are going to continue to look at a few more and I am hoping we will have made a decision within the next few weeks. I am glad to at least call the baby "him" instead of "it", but I am anxious to begin just saying his name! Praying for God's guidance in picking just the right name for our sweet boy!

So far, this pregnancy continues to be an easy one for me, any signs of nausea that were slight in the beginning are completely gone and most of my energy is back, although I do enjoy some nap times with Ryan during the afternoon. :) My little baby bump is finally seeming more noticeable and at my appointment Tuesday I was just about back to my exact "pre-pregnancy weight". I lost 4 lbs in the 1st trimester, but don't have any doubt that I will put on PLENTY in the next 4.5 months! I am beginning to wear a handful of maternity clothes, although I obviously purchase shorts that are too large for me because they still fit buttoned! Jeans however are a different story... So thankful to MANY friends for loaning maternity clothes this time around so I feel like I have a brand new wardrobe! Thanks Melissa, Mara, Christina, and Sarah! Thank you everyone for your continued prayers for me and baby and hopefully I will update again soon with a name.

All our love,
The Campbell Family