its a BOY

     The day before I went back to work, Brian and I headed to my OB's office to have our gender ultrasound. We were thrilled to see that all is well with baby #3. We were also beyond excited to hear we are having a BOY this time. All of the old wives tales were true for us with this third and boy pregnancy:  I have LOVED orange juice, in my first trimester I was sick in the afternoon, I am carrying lower, his heart rate was lower than his sisters' from the beginning. Our son will make his arrival sometime in December.
     Brian and Giada had both guessed this baby was a boy. I wasn't convinced and thought we were having another girl until the ultrasound. Giada is excited to have a baby brother. She loves to show off his room and crib. We talk about him a lot and she loves to hug and blow raspberries on my belly.
     We have been going through all of our girl clothes and trading them in for some boy clothes. The nursery is almost complete. We are decorating in a Chicago Bears and Cubs theme, and I've had to remind Brian more than once that it is our son's nursery and not Daddy's man cave. We are such a sports loving family. Giada even says "DAA BEARS" when we are watching football. We love it!

     I am now 24+ weeks pregnant. I've had numerous ultrasounds. My doctor is taking very good care of me and monitoring my pregnancy very closely. It has been very reassuring since I began feeling our little man move. He is very active. Brian has felt him move several times. He is so strong Brian can often see my belly moving. Every movement is so reassuring of his life, I don't even mind that it keeps me up at 11:00pm. I have another ultrasound at the end of this month as well as my glucose test.