halloween,16 weeks, and gender...

last night cal went trick or treating for the first time.

he, jackson, and grandma dressed up and we went out to a few houses in grandma's neighborhood.

c was a little scared at first, but he caught on quick... and he was definitely excited about the candy.

 we ate a yummy dinner and spent time with family while passing out treats.

earlier that day...

i actually had time to get ready for the day and document my growing bump...

and then

at 1:00 we met up with josh and headed to the doctor's office to have an early ultrasound.

this pregnancy has been a bit surreal to us for a few reasons, 

so it was a little weird to actually see a baby inside me.

at the same time, it felt so perfect, and exciting, and right.

i could have laid there all day watching the little one move around on that black and white screen - little hands opening and closing, and arm's swinging around.

the baby was sitting indian style at first making it hard to see the gender, but it was cute to see those little ankles crossed and feet so comfy.

when the tech finally got a view of the parts.. i didn't see much there..

i asked if it was a girl, and she said she wasn't sure yet.. that she felt like she saw both at different points.. that the baby's cord was also obscuring the view..

she readjusted the angle, and turned on something that showed what was the cord, and what wasn't.. 

she pointed to something and called it outdoor plumbing.. 

it's another BOY.

whew... i have really been hoping he was a boy..

it will be so fun for the boys to be so close in age,

they can share a room (aka, we get to still have a guest room),

we already have all the boy clothes, boy decor, boy toys.. etc.

anyways, i did a really good job of keeping it a secret for a whole 4 hours, until cal opened this 'dino' egg at the halloween party: 

 it had a little dinosaur inside with blue confetti.

 we have our official anatomy scan the week after thanksgiving.

let's hope this first tech told us the right thing..