I went in for a redo of my 20 week ultrasound today. At 20 weeks the baby was sitting such that the ultrasound tech couldn't get a good picture of its heart. This also meant that she couldn't tell whether the baby was a boy or a girl.
At 24 weeks the baby was much more cooperative. And...
.... INSERT DRUM ROLL...
It's a boy!
(Hah. I bet you thought with all that suspense that it would be a girl. Nope. Boy.)
Current kid count = 6 boys, 1 girl.
I arrived home to a list of boy names compiled by the rest of my family which included "Robinson" (Crusoe?), "Aquinas", "Barnabas", and "Xavier". One of my 4 year olds informed me that we were going to name the baby "Luke" -- for Luke Skywalker, of course.
At boy #6, I guess you have to get creative.
Congrats on the boy! Xavier was on our short list too.
Posted by: Pam | March 02, 2010 at 01:15 PM
Congratulations! We had trouble with names even with girl #4. :) Luke is a cool name! :)
Posted by: Amy | March 02, 2010 at 01:35 PM
Ah, congratulations. You and Katydid will be the ladies of the house!
Posted by: Sarah | March 02, 2010 at 02:41 PM
Big hugs for your baby-boy-on-the-way! (And yes, as soon as I read "DRUM ROLL" I instantly thought "girl!" Ya got me.)
Posted by: Sarah | March 02, 2010 at 03:46 PM
Congrats! At least you won't have t buy all new stuff. I'm sure you've got the boy stuff covered!
Posted by: Theresa | March 02, 2010 at 04:12 PM
I fought for Aquinas for my little Xavier's middle name! Husband just wasn't feeling it, so we ended up with Quinn.
Congratulations!
Posted by: Milehimama | March 05, 2010 at 06:31 PM
Congrads. I'm sure whatever name you choose will be great.
Posted by: Aly in Va | March 05, 2010 at 09:27 PM
I bet you feel happy just with the knowing.
Your one little girl is going to feel SO special. I am one girl with 2 brothers and it makes me feel very special.
Posted by: Melissa R | March 09, 2010 at 12:51 PM
We just had our 6th boy Monday night...no girls here. We have had Victoria picked as a girl name for 13 years now and decided we may never get to use it and so named this son Victor. Good luck picking a name. It's funny how they always end up with nicknames given from the other boys. Our boy #5 was "The Owl" for months after he was born and our 3 year old started calling the new baby "Frenchy" about a week before he was born and it has stuck. I have no idea where he got this name from! Good luck to you!!!
Posted by: jackie | March 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Congratulations, Jackie! I had to LOL about your 3 yo and the new baby... My now 6 yo was "Boo" until he was at least 3 years old. I figured it would stick for life, but somewhere along the line we all dropped it.
Posted by: Angel | March 12, 2010 at 06:50 AM