Big News!!

Once again you all have to suffer through my ranting, however tonight I actually have some news of note. As all of you know, I hope everyone knows, that we are expecting a new addition to our family. I am not sure how many of the details everyone has heard so I'll just recap the adventures up to this point ( I know that the wives like to know all the details).

The official due date is Dec. 17th, yes I know that December is going to be even more expensive now with 3 birthdays (Jacob, New Baby, and Dale). As many of you also know, we got a little scare a few weeks ago when the doctor called to let us know that Jen's blood work came back positive for "downs".

Well, today we went to get her ultrasound and they did what is known as a level 2 ultrasound. This scan lets them check not only the sex of the baby, but they also look at the anatomy of the baby. They check to see if the organs are developing correctly; heart chambers and valves, brain size, bone growth, kidney function, etc. During this ultrasound they also check for what are called "soft markers" which can start to give an indication of whether or not the child could have "downs". Well I am happy to say that they were unable to find any of the soft markers that usually accompany a child that has "downs". Nothing is definitive until the baby is born, but at this point there is no real concern on the doctor's part about the health of the baby.

Now, for the part that everyone cares about...the sex of the next member of our clan. I am happy to annouce that the "stache" will live on!!! The males have now taken control of the house 3 to 2. I have included pictures as proof of what I say is true. And for those of you novices, I included a red arrow to illustrate the "boys" in the second picture.

So I am now going to supercede the topic of the day tomorrow and as for votes on some of the names that we are thinking of our baby boy. So please check you emails and feel free to include names that aren't mentioned.