A Little Brother

We had an ultrasound on December 3rd, before we went on vacation, and saw our sweet little baby squirming around. For most of the appointment, he had his hands next to his face and eventually started sucking his fingers. A few times he seemed a little annoyed that the tech was pushing against him, so he started pushing back and, boy, did I feel it!

The tech asked if we wanted to know the sex and we told her we did, but asked that she give us a chance to look and guess before she told us. After taking several measurements, she told us that if the baby did not switch positions, she would be unable to see the sex. (Sounded awfully familiar to our experience with big brother, Hunter!) Luckily, I remembered to bring some orange juice with me, and sure enough after drinking some the baby moved around and ended in a better position. The tech said, "Well there you go. What do you see?" All we saw was a blurr, so she got another angle to give us another try.. Both Ryan and I knew immediately that we were looking a baby boy parts!!! We are absolutely ecstatic; and while I don't think you can ever know for sure the sex of a baby until you get an ultrasound, throughout this pregnancy we both thought we were going to have a boy...we only had fleeting moments where we second guessed ourselves.

So, on vacation in Punta Cana there were many many conversations about baby boy names. We finally came up with one we BOTH really like. We are keeping our options open, but Mason Alexander feels like it is the right fit for our second son right now.

Here is a sneak peek at our second little angel: