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Things that a pregnant wife might not find funny... oh and it's a boy
We went to Sarah's second ultrasound this evening.  We walked up to the receptionist.  After she asked if anything had changed since last time (referring to insurance), I really wanted to say, "Aside from circumference?  No."  But I bit my tongue.

During the first ultrasound I was a complete wreck.  We knew that she was pregnant, but hearing the heartbeat made it real.  Not that we weren't ready, but it suddenly became pretty serious.  Now that we've had a few months of getting ready (buying baby clothes, considering car seats, thinking about names, etc.), the ultrasound tonight was nowhere near as nerve wracking for me.  I won't say that I wasn't a little anxious to be sure that everything looked alright, but compared to last time, this was a breeze.  The baby is now one pound and change and looking perfectly normal, if a little bit big for its age... but look at his parents.  Sarah is taller than average, and I simply lay outside the bell curve of normal height.  Everything looks good.

Before we found out, I usually thought of the baby as a girl.  Sarah thought of it as a boy.  I guess she's got a closer connection than I do.  I didn't really care one way or another, but now that we know name negotiations will start soon.  Unfortunately, there are far more nice girl names than boy names... especially for ethnic names.  I like the idea of a Scandinavian name, but a kid named Asgeir, Gjurd, or Sverre would probably just be trouble.  I'm sure there are some more reasonable Scandinavian names.  We'll see.  I can be open minded.  How about German.  Sigfreid, perhaps?

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