We're Halfway There!

it's a bouncing baby boy

Last Friday was our scheduled monthly visit to the gynecologist. After the little scare we had a week ago, the visit to the Doc was very much welcomed!

Doc was very thorough with the ultrasound this time around. And unlike our last few visits, I could not make out what I was looking at from the scans. Doc gave us a guided tour. "These are the kidneys. Ok, looks good!" she went. "That's the heart and it's beating quite nicely," she continued. And Mae and I responded with elated oohs and aahs! By the way, the left of the pic is a shot of Baby's... erm... family jewels. Heh! It's a boy! On the right is a shot of Baby's upper body.

Baby is already 20 weeks old and progressing quite nicely. And that was all we needed to hear.

When Mae and I first talked about having a baby a year back, we talked about what we'd like. In our simplistic logic, we deduced that a little girl would be a nice entry-level baby for our foray into parenthood. She'd be intelligent. She would be obedient. She wouldn't cry too much. She would play in the day and sleep all through the night. She'd be as pretty as Mommy and as brilliant as Daddy (*ahem*).

But we have come to realise that all that didn't matter one bit. As long as Baby was healthy, we'd be happy. And as long as Baby was ours, we'd love him for the rest of our lives.

After 5 months of pregnancy, I think we're finally ready to be parents.