Baby Mueller: Boy or Girl?

It's a boy!

We had our 19 week ultrasound appointment yesterday, and, yes, we are now expecting a baby boy! Joe and I are definitely excited to see our little guy and to give this baby a name. Joseph Allen Mueller, Jr.

We're not quite sure what we'll call him though...Joe, Joey, J.J., lil Joe (see here), or Junior (that's what Joe's rooting for). But I'm sure it'll come.

It was a great ultrasound though. He was laying on his side facing us and we could see his little heartbeat and breathing with his lungs (not really breathing, but performing the function). His cute little arms were moving all about and he sucked his thumb and flipped over. He was an active little baby.

He no longer has an alien head, but we sure did see a lot of his skeleton in the pictures. It was kind of funny to see his head turn and look at you and you see more of a skull than a head. But he has a cute little nose and definitely has boy parts.

Momma and baby are feeling good and growing great. Stella, our ultrasound technician, says he weighs about 1 lb. and his head was measuring 19 weeks 3(-5) days. My protein and glucose levels have been normal and I've only gained 4 lbs. since our last appointment (making a total of 7-8 lbs.). The midwife, Jude, I saw yesterday said from now on I should be gaining about a 1 lb. a week. And between 5 to 7 months lil Joe will start getting some meat on his little bones.

It was an exciting time. Here are the rest of the pictures: