The Estrogen Spell has been Broken

We are proud to announce that baby Morriss #3 is a BOY!! Move over fairies and baby dolls, here come baseballs and dump trucks! (It's good that Makayla still loves cars, trains, and the sandbox. She'll show him the ropes until she pulls her tutu out.)

(I was a little apprehensive to put this picture up, but unless you know what to look for it is pretty obscure.)

We found out today around noon. Jeremy and the girls came, making it a family affair. It was nasty, snowy outside but we were undaunted in our quest to find out if we had another sister or if we had a brother. We had barely settled in the room and the technician started looking around when Jeremy said, "Yep, that's a boy." The technician agreed and I still had no idea what I was looking at! At least she kept it there for a minute so I could see what everyone else was seeing. It was real, we're having a boy! We are so excited! I have no idea how to raise a boy, but we'll figure it out. One thing is for sure I think there aren't too many decorating options for this kid, baseball and the Braves. I think if I framed a couple of Daddy's college assignments of calculus and thermodynamics on his famous green engineering paper, that might be allowed in his bedroom as well. I'm hoping that Daddy will spare him the pocket protector until he's at least in the 1st grade. Who knows, maybe he'll have "The Knack". We have already suspected Makayla to have some "knackiness" in her, but I think it runs stronger in the male side of the Morriss family.

The baby is measuring a week bigger than my original date, and has been the last two ultrasounds so our due date is July 28th. Everything looks really good. He was pretty still at the beginning of the ultrasound then decided to move around a bit towards the end. He had his hand up by his mouth and was opening and closing it, which Makayla was certain that he was waving at her so she waved back. So cute. She informed us on the way home she still wants to name him "Karen" after her favorite babysitter. The jury is still out on that one. Natalie just smiles and says, "baby, tummy, baby, tummy." I think we are excited to have Morriss baby #3 come!

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