The Big Reveal!

Before we get to what we have all been waiting for, let me tell you about our concert last night.

It went amazingly well. Giora played beautifully and the crowd cheered and applauded for what had to have been at least 5 min, which led Giora to play an encore. He played a Serenade in Bb by Bach; there were many tearing eyes in the crowd. The rest of the concert went great and the crowd gave us another standing ovation which we all appreciated. If there is one thing I can say about Fairbanks it would be that they love their classical music.

Now for the baby. First of all we got this brochure from the imaging place giving Beth step by step instructions for the day. She had to relieve her bladder at 11:30; check. One thing that Beth is good at is going. She constantly has to go to the bathroom (even before she was pregnant). Which made the next part of the instructions seemingly impossible. Drink 32oz of water over the next hour without relieving her bladder; she needed a full bladder for the ultrasound (apparently this forces the baby's head out of the birth canal).

So Beth comes to my school to pick me up, she is holding my Nalgene water-bottle and wearing a painful expression, kind of like a wince. We eventually made it to the waiting room, Beth sweating and walking like a penguin, trying to hold back the flood waters with all her might; and succeeding! We got there at 12:30, the appointment was for 1:00. For half of an hour Beth tried all the tricks in the book to hold it in. Pacing, crossing her legs, tapping her foot, cursing....the works.

1:00 finally roles around and Beth is starting to get angry. Sweat is dripping down her face and she is ready to cry. At this point she isn't even sure if she could make it to the bathroom. The nurse finally called our name at 1:10 and let is into a room, Beth laid down, got a belly-full of lube, and relished quietly in her success.

The actual ultrasound went great. Helga (not her real name but it fits her well) the technician went to work and ignored all the questions we asked her. The baby never stopped moving while we were taking a peak; a real performer. We got about 11 or 12 print-outs showing us the head, arms and legs, feet, a creepy face shot, and hands with beautiful long fingers. Well I guess you can't really say beautiful because it was like looking at a tiny skeleton hand, but baby parts are generally pretty cute.

Beth used the bathroom three times before we left the exam room (impressive), and headed to Denny's for a quick bite before I had to be back to work.

Oh yeah...its a boy. I have the pictures to prove it, but I don't think pictures of his junk should end up on the Internet before he's even out of the womb...it just seems wrong.