It's a ...

We've had a girl name chosen for this baby since I became pregnant, really. Elisabeth Ruth (Ruth after Granny, Elisabeth after Mikkee Lizabeth and our own Elizabeth in Hong Kong, and also because it means "consecrated," and these two friend's lives have lived up to their name), and we'd call her Ella. If I'm going to be honest, this pregnancy has been SO different and everyone else was SO sure we'd have a girl that I'd begun to think of the little knot in my belly as Ella already.

So we're driving to the ultrasound yesterday and Brian says, "What will we name him if it's a boy?" We talked about a couple of names in the waiting room, and then decided to wait and see if we even needed to pick a boy name before we worried too much about it.

We do.

It's a boy! With all of the chambers of his heart, a fully developed spine, a perfectly sized little brain, and all the little boy parts.

Name to be announced.