Kid #1 is a Girl!

Posted November 12th, 2008 by Jeremy Hutton

That’s right, after a day of nerve-racking suspense Joy and I went to the Birthing Center to find out what our little baby was up to.  Shamefully, I was a little late due to a last minute fire-drill at the new work-site and a treacherous commute through the drudges of Bellevue on 405.  Argh.

Well, our ultrasound guru Ylia (pronounced Eel-e-ya) didn’t miss a beat and whipped out his laptop-esque gadgetry with joystick attachment that magically reveals the activity of our mini-Hutton once you apply the jelly goo to the tummy of La Prega (aka Joy).

It was at that most crucial moment, when Joystick meets belly that Ylia says, “What would you like to know first – the sex of the baby or the health?”  Are you kidding me?!  The baby’s sex of course.  Show me the baby you crazy Polish man!

So he revealed to us that our little bun in the oven is actually a little girl.  Then he showed us that she had a nice beating heart and working kidneys – I guess that’s good to know too.  I made him take about a dozen pictures on his gadget and made him swear to send us pics this time – we never got our first ones.  So stay tuned, we will be updating them asap – as in tomorrow when he sends them to us via email!  In the meantime you can look at Ben Jacobson’s 16-Week Baby Picture – note that our baby is 20 weeks (4 weeks bigger) but that pic will have to do for now.

Side Note: What’s also good to know is that Joy, herself, has two kidneys that are both there.  I don’t know what that has to do with pregnancy and babies, but Ylia seemed to think it was worthy of a little extra ultra-sounding.

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