The Great Debate

Is it a boy or girl?

This past Wednesday Allison and I went to the doctor to find out the gender of the little human being inside her belly. For most parents-to-be this is a highly anticipated event. By knowing the gender we can eliminate calling the thing in her belly an "it", focus on gender specific names, and answer the always asked question "is it a boy or girl?". More importantly, as a father, it lets me know if I need to start buying footballs and fishing poles or ribbons and lace. So, without further ado, I present the pictures that were printed for us at the doctors office and decide yourself if it's a boy or girl.



This is just a profile shot of the face. You can't really tell too much of the gender, but for the next picture the baby turns bottom up and gives us a solid shot of his buttocks and what's between.



There's no arguing here! It's a boy! For the record, from the very first day we knew Allison was pregnant I thought it would be a boy. The reason: I trained my 'Y' chromosomes to swim faster than my 'X'. We're excited about HIM coming into the world and I know our family is as well. I was reminded by my uncle the other day that our baby will be the first boy born into my(Gary) side of the family in 14 years. We have six beautiful little girls and now they have a cousin who can protect them - or who they can dress up like a girl...

Allison is officially 20 weeks pregnant and pregnancy has been good to the both of us(directly her, indirectly me). She feels very fortunate to not have had any morning sickness, illness, or unpredictable hormonal swings - I'm most grateful for that. After watching the sonogram this past week we learned that he weighs approximately 12 ounces and seems to be a healthy, strapping young boy. Allison can feel him move around - which he does quite a bit - and I've been able to feel a kick here and there. I can already tell we'll have our hands full.

Our favorite name so far is a combination of my grandfather's and grandmother's:
Buford Clydine - what do you think?