The whole family trooped into the doctor’s office today, with video tape in hand. I still have the same video tape with both Jachin’s and Zoe’s ultrasounds on it, so we added baby Gale #3’s to it (or BG3, as I like to call it, since we don’t have a name yet).  With some jiggling and bugging the little guy, we finally got a shot of the “goods”. It’s a boy for sure. Zoe started crying. Then she actually left the room. No, I’m not kidding. Jon had to go after her. Jachin never took his eyes off of the screen the whole time. “Wow, there are his ribs!” he said. “And look at his legs!” At one point the little guy did an impressive yoga move with his legs extended back over the top of his head. As the ultrasound tech measured his head, Jachin remarked about how small the baby’s brain appeared to be. The tech assured him that it was normal; the little guy will have no problems with video game aptitude. Jon came back into the room carrying Zoe, who refused to talk the rest of the time, except to occasionally whimper: “But I really wanted it to be a girl…”

But she’ll get over it… eventually. Hopefully.

And now we can start buying blue. And thinking of boy names. I have a few in mind. Jon named Jachin, and Jachin named Zoe, so Zoe and I are the only ones who actually get a vote on the baby’s name… since we’re the ones who haven’t gotten to name a baby yet. (Zoe cried more when I talked about this, because — as she pointed out, sobbing — she’d only thought of girl names.)

(She hasn’t yet talked about actually leaving for Hawaii. We’re hoping it doesn’t come to that. Because we’d really miss her. And airfare is so expensive right now…)

4 Comments »

1. Congratulations!! And tell Zoe not to feel too bad. Being the only girl can have some benefits. She’ll be a queen among men!

   Comment by Leslie — July 29, 2008 @ 6:56 pm

2. Yes, hopefully Zoe will realize that being the only girl is sometimes the most awesome position in the world. And getting to choose a name? POWER. I chose my sister’s (don’t mention that my little sis has hated me for 31 years for making her go by “Michelle G” throughout school); I am the Big Goddess Sister With All the Answers of Life.

   Enjoy shopping for blue stuff

   Comment by stephanie (bad mom) — July 29, 2008 @ 9:12 pm

3. My girl prayed for a sister - she always said Zack was a boy and was ok with that - and never got a girl cousin either.

   And all the girly fun stuff has been bestowed upon her.

   It’s not a bad gig.

   Congratulations!

   Comment by Lisa Milton — July 30, 2008 @ 3:15 am

4. Grandma just ruined the news before I got to read it… congratulations though.

   Comment by paulyourlittlebro — July 30, 2008 @ 4:33 am

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