Pink or Blue?

Don't get all huffy and puffy about "gender stereotyping" with the title. It's a happy post with happy news.

Blue!
It's a boy!

I am kinda proud of this picture. I took it with my iPhone, one of our favorite board games (scrabble), and the newest ultrasound pictures.
Yes, our little love is a boy! We had names lined up already for a girl and a boy, but we are keeping the name a secret until he is born. We told my OB though and she was so excited. When the ultrasound tech told us the gender, he first asked what we both thought it would be. We both said "Boy" and Corry excitedly kept talking about why he thought it was a boy. Then the tech goes "Well dad, you're right. It's a boy." We laughed and grabbed each others hands; we were so happy to know the gender. It's another thing that we feel like brings us closer to our first little love.
Baby boy is healthy and growing. His heartbeat is still in the early 140's. Everything is developed except his lungs and brain (brain doesn't fully develop until 25 years old). The lungs are no problem and will develop just fine, he's just a little behind with that one. But even though my due date is January 12th, he's measuring at 20 weeks instead of 19. We're still sticking with January 12th as a due date, even though it's really just an "educated guess". We will see how it plays out, but if baby boy is ready to come early, he might share a birthday with his uncle (my brother) or very close to that time. My brother really wanted a nephew too, so that would be pretty special.
When I called my dad to tell him, I said "it's a boy!" and he goes "A boy? Really?" He sounded a little surprised. I think it was excited surprise though. There are lots of girls on my side of the family, and it's about time another little guy joined in. I know my sister and my brother are excited to have a nephew. They will be a wonderful aunt and uncle.

Another super cool piece of news came on the day we found out the gender. Later that evening, we found out that I have been accepted to BYU Idaho! Online for now because we don't yet live in Idaho. When I did Pathway, I was "technically" a BYU student. But now I'm 100% a University student. It feels so good to say! It also feels good to already have a few credits done (15 credits) that are going toward my degree. Class for me starts on September 14th online, same day my nephew starts Kindergarten. He's excited we start school the same day. :) I'm only going to take 2 classes to start with in the Fall because Fall Quarter ends really close to my due date. I don't want to overwork myself and have no time to prepare for our little love to come into the world. But come Spring, after baby is born and we've established a little bit of a routine, I am set to continue class and then I think I will do 3 classes. After that, it will be time to transfer to the real Idaho campus! I'm excited to move to Idaho. And so excited to have our son.

I'll probably post the newest ultrasound pics later today or tomorrow. We have a family member coming into town this evening so we want to show him the ultrasounds if he wants to see them before I post them. I'll do a 19 weeks post with it and talk about how well things are going, but how we still have a bit of a ways to go. Things are getting easier though!
Thanks for reading, and sharing in our excitement. :)