Baby Gone Wild...

(Picture taken by Grandma Boatsman in Arizona about a month ago.)

Yesterday we had our 19 week ultrasound and everything is looking great! We even got to count all the fingers and toes! The ultrasound took twice as long as it usually does because Baby Boatsman was squirming around. Seems that the baby was upset that Mommy had filled her bladder and it wasn't leaving enough room to play. I (Ryan) got to watch most of the ultrasound but Marie had to hear the play-by-play from me since she had to lay still and couldn't see the screen. From the looks of it, our baby will be taking after its great-grand-father, Bill Boatsman (a professional boxer in his early years), since the baby was giving Mommy's badder a few left and right hooks. Even Tim, the medical person doing the ultrasound, said that our baby was VERY active and he even admitted that it looked like the baby was throwing some combo punches. I am sure that it didn't help that Mommy had a granola bar before the ultrasound too. I am sure it was just like a power bar for the baby.

This was the first time that we got to see definite features of the baby. From what I saw, it looks like it has some really long legs and big feet. Tim was also trying his best to make us change our minds about finding out if Baby Boatsman is a boy or a girl. We held strong, but he didn't make it easy. He said that we were the first couple this year that didn't find out! He said that he does about 20 ultrasounds a week so we are definitely not following the pack with our decision!! I admit that it was hard to not find out, but we have made it half way through the pregnancy without knowing and it is only about 20 more weeks. It is only weird to think that Tim knows and we don't, but he was nice and didn't even give us any hints.

We are getting packed for our big Europe trip and are we are getting excited! It is hard for Marie to pack since her baby belly is blooming this spring! I just keep trying to convince her that she will look cute in anything that she wears. Well, we will try to post a few blogs with Sean and Jillian on our trip, so you can check it out at http://seanjillian.blogspot.com/ .