Carson Thomas Harper

It's a BOY!!! James and I are just ecstatic that we can now give our little baby a name, Carson Thomas Harper! WooHoo :) We had our ultrasound first thing this morning and it was the most amazing thing EVER! The tech started out by just doing lots of measurements of Carson's anatomy (brain, bones, heart, spine, etc) It was really neat to get a tour through his little body. I will remind you that he is still only 11 ounces! It really is crazy you can see all of that when he is no bigger than my hand! Anyways...after all of the measurements she said, "So you wanted to know the sex right?" and we're dying..."YES!!" She then freezes the image and says, "It's definitely a boy!" We were so pumped!! Me of course, being the worrier that I am immediately said, "Are you sure?!?!" and she says, "Yum yeah, I'm sure!" When you see the picture you will know why this was a dumb question... Anyone can look at the pic and tell it's a boy! At this point tears start rolling down my face. It kind of makes everything come full circle when I can actually give that "baby in my belly" a NAME! Carson... I love him :) James and I were originally going to name him Brady James but the other night my mom suggested Carson and it just sounded perfect! So... On May 30th 2010 we will be welcoming a little boy, Carson Thomas Harper into our lives! Yay :) Any of you that know me at all probably wont be shocked when I say that AS SOON AS I left the doctor I immediately went to Target and bought a few boy things :) The elephant pj's are my favorite!

Today we also got to do a 3D ultrasound! The tech. kept saying that Carson wasn't cooperating while she was trying to get measurements and show us a 3D image of his face. James says, "Great, he's already hard-headed. That's all from her side!" haha Too funny... Totally true :) When she first pulled up the 3D image on the screen he had his fist directly over his face so we couldn't see anything... after the tech wiggled around the probe a little he finally started moving and then proceeded to put his arms in a X shape directly over his face. It was hilarious! FINALLY, he moved them and gave in for a quick picture of his sweet little face! I've posted all of the ultrasound photos below! We get to go back for another one in 10 weeks :) They said that the next 3D ultrasound will be way better... Cant wait to see that little guy again!!!! The third picture is the "Money Shot" and the fourth is a his little foot :)