It's a BOY!!!

So yesterday was the BIG day! My husband, his Mom, and I went to the doctor to see our precious baby. As the ultrasound started, the tech told us that she was going to do all the measurements the doctor needed, then she would look for the sex for us. I remember thinking, "Man! I have to wait some more!" Well our baby had other plans. As soon as the tech started the ultrasound, we saw the "goods!" The tech told us if we looked we would have a pretty good idea of what we were having. Let me tell you, it was so OBVIOUS that we are having a BOY!! As soon as I saw it, I looked at my husband. That grin on his face was indescribable....he was one proud Daddy! :)

The tech continued with the ultrasound. At the beginning, baby was sleeping and she easily measured what she needed to. She told us his heart, kidneys, and umbilical cord all the looked great. We found out that he weighed 8 ounces and on average measured 18 weeks 3 days, although I was supposed to be 18 weeks 0 days. Either he is a big boy or the dates are a little off.

The tech then told us that his heart rate was 148. She then preceded to let us listen to it. This is when baby woke up! Every time she tried to listen, he jumped. I mean jumped. It was crazy to watch him do that. He is doing that in my tummy?! Crazy! After 3 attempts, we finally got to hear. She then let us look at him for a bit. At one point he grabbed his legs and started playing with them. It was so cute! Toward the end, he put his hand behind his head and relaxed. Its amazing how much personality he already has and he is still in my tummy!

After the ultrasound, we were all on CLOUD 9! What a precious gift! A healthy BOY!! However, it didn't take long for us to remember....we didn't pick out a boy name! We had a girl name, but hadn't agreed on a boy name! I knew I wanted to find one soon, so I could start calling him by name. We ended up going shopping and eating with my husband's Mom. The whole time we were going over names...I still didn't LOVE any! When we got back to town we went around to family showing off his ultrasound pictures...still talking about what his name would be. We still hadn't come up with one when my husband and I laid down for bed. As we laid there talking about our exciting day, my husband, a former jock in high school, tells me the baby looked like he was jumping at a cadence in football. I love football (GO COLTS!), but had no idea what he was talking about. He then explained how after hearing a code word, you jump into the play. He said the baby seemed to do this every time the tech tried to listened to his heartbeat. Suddenly it came to me "Kaden!!" Together we decided his name will be Kaden. I looked it up today and Kaden mean "fighter." It fits him after having complications early in this pregnancy, he is a fighter...one strong determined boy. I must say I cannot wait to meet this strong boy of mine!

Here's a profile of our sweet boy!