Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails...gross.

It's official! We are having a boy! We had the ultrasound yesterday and the kid has external tackle. We are very excited about our son, and couldn't help but buy some newborn onesies. He was very cooperative and danced for us the whole time, flexing his spine and waving his limbs. Grandma Karla and Grandpa Phil got to go with Josh and I, which was special for all of us. The baby looks healthy, so the u/s technician tells us, no problems or anything. They also think that we are at 18 weeks, not 17 like the first u/s said. That gives Grandpa Phil a better chance of the kiddo arriving on his birthday. GP is also sure that the boy will be an athlete, the onsesie from GP says "Grandpa's Little Allstar."

I am stoked that it is a boy, that is what Josh and I were hoping for. We think we have decided on Leif Connor Konyndyk, for the name. Leif would be pronounced "Leaf" as an homage to Josh's middle name "Lee" and he will have my last two initials "C.K." which will be cool (hmmm, also Clark Kent, I wonder if he will be as good looking as Smallville...).

So I have to say that it is a little weird to think about the fact that I have a tiny boy living inside me. Makes the whole thing a more surreal, not sure why, but a girl seems more symbiotic, and it just is strange knowing I have a dude growing in me, peeing in my uterus with his little penis, lol. Strange.

I really like not calling the baby an "it" anymore and I am pretty excited that our first is a boy. Josh is stoked, he said "Whew, I know what to do with a boy. " I think he was stressed about how to raise a girl and this might have relieved some of that pressure for him.

Well with out further ado, here are some of the ultrasound pictures of our tiny man.