Boy or Girl? What's our little Sprout gonna be?

The past two days have turned out to be really quite exciting! Today held one of the most wonderful, happiest moments of my life!
But before I get ahead of myself, lets back track to what brought us here in the first place! On Wednesday night I was trying to make dinner and I got EXTREMELY dizzy. Way more dizzy than usual. Eating didn't help, and sitting down didn't help, so I tried to sleep it off. The next morning I was still so dizzy. I couldn't even get ready for work. I called in sick and called my midwife to ask her for advise. She told me to come in since she had an opening and we would have my 16 week appointment a little early.
Have I mentioned how awesome my birth center is? Every time I walk in there they offer me tea and I get to sit by the fireplace while I wait. It smelled like bacon so I asked if a momma had her baby, and sure enough a baby was delivered the day before and they were making the new family breakfast (I'm SO looking forward to that.)
I talked with my midwife for awhile about all these crazy symptoms I've been having and what has been going on in the last few weeks. I expressed my curiosity about the possibility of twins, and asked her to check out the growth of my uterus. I laid down on the bed and my midwife felt around and said that it was kind of high for 16 weeks, so an ultrasound would be a good idea to rule it out. I was like, "WHAAAAAT" I couldn't believe I could get an ultrasound so early to see my little baby. I was prepared to not see our little one until 20 weeks, so I nearly peed my pants with excitement knowing it would be sooner. MUCH sooner. We called up the ultrasound place and scheduled the ultrasound for the next day.
I couldn't wait to tell Zach! Anytime anything remotely interesting happens in my day, I can't wait to tell my husband, so this was almost unbearable. I was so happy to tell him the good news even though I was still so so dizzy.
Our appointment was at 1:30 today and Zach's new job let him leave work for awhile so he could come. I got about 3 hours of sleep last night because I was so excited to see my baby! I had Mollie meet me in the morning because I knew I would go nuts waiting around all day for it to happen, and she is great at reading ultrasounds so I wanted her there with us. Spending time with her two little rascals makes the time go by as quickly as possible. I chugged water and we all went to the center to see my perfect little Sprout.
I should note that I was curious about twins, I mean, my belly feels HUGE, but mostly I just knew we would be able to tell what our little one was packing... or not packing. And I felt like I was cheating the system by finding out so soon.
Anyways, we went into the "dark room" and I laid down on the bed and my ultrasound tech lubed me up and got the show on the road .Our ultrasound tech was the sweetest thing ever! I've never met a nicer one, and I'm really excited to see her again for our 20 week scan! We told her we were checking for twins, but this was my very first ultrasound and asked her if we can look at our baby for awhile, and she said, "Of course!" She was legitimately excited for us. She was so nice! She started the scan, and sure enough, only ONE little Sprout was there on the screen. My heart was so happy to see my little one. I was dying for Zach to come in, because he was a little late (naturally.) My sweet little baby was all curled up in a ball, snuggled so close to me. We had to wiggle my belly to get Sprout to open up the legs so we could sneak a peak. It seemed like eternity for us to get a good view, and then, sure enough... My little Sprout is a precious baby boy! Zach came in and I urgently told him, "There's only one!" He said "Oh good" and I told him our little Sprout was a baby boy and he was so surprised! We both were convinced we had a little lady on our hands! Zach came around and watched the screen with us. It was such a magical moment. I couldn't believe that seeing our little baby squirm around on the screen like that would bring up the most intense feelings of love and gratitude for this little life inside me. This is the best gift that has been given to us. I realize how special it is because not everyone gets to experience this. We are so so lucky to have our little guy, and I will never take that gift for granted. My heart is so full of love, not just for my little handsome guy in my belly, but also for my incredible husband who has been so supportive, and for our family who have helped us on this journey. Little guy is gonna wish he had a twin cause his little cheeks are going to get worn out from all the kisses.
I always imagined how it would feel to have our first ultrasound, and I underestimated it so much! Watching my husband's eyes look at our little baby just melted me. I held his hand and it's like there was absolutely nothing else in the world that mattered except for our precious little baby. We were completely in awe of the miracle we were seeing. I've never felt anything like it, and I'm so grateful we had the opportunity to see our baby boy. My husband was still so worried about me, he kept asking if I was feeling better, and why my uterus was so big, and if my thyroid was ok.
My theory is that this little guy inside me is brilliant and he knew just how to play his cards right so that we could see him early. Thank you little mister for making my uterus huge, I don't even care, you are my whole world!
My niece was so excited about seeing the baby up on the screen, it was so cute. Mollie was jumping up and down with excitement. We had so much fun looking at our little man from every angle. Our ultrasound tech was so awesome, and laughed right along with us. It was really hard for me to not laugh and cry, but I was trying not to make my belly shake... Although it was funny to see little guy wiggle when I laughed. It's funny because I've always thought that every baby looks the same on an ultrasound, but no, when you see your own baby up there I guarantee that your heart will just burst like you've never felt before. My little man was so tucked up and snuggling me and I wanted to cry. I never thought I would feel that way staring at a black and white picture. I was so excited to see all of his little bones and his little arms flailing around. He is my little baby. I am so thankful for every moment I have with him and that God chose me to be his mommy.
Zach had to go back to work after the scan and Mollie and the kids drove back up to Portland and here I am writing this blog trying to get everything out and trying not to ball my eyes out! You moms and future mommies know the struggle I'm sure.
Zach and I have had boy and girl names picked out since before we were even pregnant. Our little guy will be named, Uriah Blaine Gilbert. Uriah meaning God is my light, and Blaine being passed down so little Uriah will be at least the 4th Gilbert man to have the name. I really liked Uri as a nick name, but then Ella put it so perfectly as she calls him "Riah" I swear that little girl has the best ideas. Before Mollie left today Ella said, "I can't wait to see my friend again!" Mollie asked her what friend, and she said "My friend in Aunty Carol's belly"
Me either Ella Kay, me either. Uriah is giving me some nice little kicks right now and telling me I should take a freakin nap!