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We went to the doctor yesterday for our 20 week anatomy sonogram and to find out the sex of the baby. We got to see our new baby from an incredible number of angles and in amazing detail. The doctors were very clear with us: we’re definitely having a boy!

We couldn’t believe how clear the pictures were. Although a lot of the time they had to explain just what we were looking at (especially when they showed us his, um, “male parts”). But then at the end they showed us the 3D images and we were blown away. We could actually see our baby’s face. Unbelievable.

And after much deep thought (and much Googling), we’ve chosen a name:

With luck, in less than 5 months little Eli will become the newest member of our family.

Here’s a small set of pictures from the sonogram showing our healthy baby boy:

And here’s our baby boy’s development chart:

So I’ve tried to tell most people in person or via a direct email. But that really doesn’t scale, so it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. Nicole and I are expecting our first child in March. I’m going to be a dad!

We don’t know the gender of the baby yet but we are going to find out at our next sonogram. Nicole has a bunch of potential names although we haven’t decided on anything yet (waiting to find out the gender). We’re also moving from DC out to West Falls Church to have a little more room for our growing family.

It’s been a pretty crazy few months but the good news is that everything seems to be going well according to the doctor. Nicole was pretty miserable for the first trimester but now most of the nausea has passed. Unfortunately she still has some pretty wicked heartburn most of the time. But aside from that, we’re both pretty excited and can’t wait to meet our new son or daughter.

And according to the development charts, our baby is currently the size of an avocado. Ah, they grow up so fast nowadays…