It's a..................................... SURPRISE!!

Disclaimer: This is not Nicole's belly. Or her hands.

This blog post is written by Issac.

Today Nicole and I visited the lady-doctor's office and the General Electric ultrasound machine showed us blurry and bubbly images of our unborn baby who is still due in September. The size and measurement of the baby are right on schedule and the heartbeat was 143 beats per minute. It was beautiful and Nicole did great.

Although I was positive I taught myself how to read ultrasounds, I couldn't determine the gender of the baby.. and Nicole had already told the ultrasound technician that we did not want to know. Therefore, the gender remains a mystery. Amelia is convinced that the baby is a boy (whenever we ask her, "boy or girl?" .. "girl or boy?".. she makes the sign for "boy," which looks like tipping the brim of a baseball cap).

We have also not yet decided on any baby names, though if tradition holds true we won't decide until the last minute anyway so we choose not to share in case we change our minds.

So, ultimately, we have no news to share with you, except that the baby is healthy and squirmy and growing right on target. Nicole is feeling well, craving watermelon, and cursing the unstylish selection of "tent-like" pregnancy clothes.

Until next time,
Issac