ALL Boys

I had to go to the doctor last week for first trimester screening. This means that I had to go in for an ultrasound and a blood test. I'm not a fan of blood tests because I hate needles but getting an ultrasound is a treat! I'm a big fan of getting to see the baby! I was 12 weeks and 1 day on the day of my ultrasound so I knew that it was probably too early to tell the gender of the baby but I went in hoping that we'd at least get a chance to see.
When I went in for my appointment the tech was very nice and explained that she needed to get a certain view of the baby for this screening so it may take some time. She had me lay on my back and after quite a bit of prodding with the ultrasound wand she had me lay on my side facing her. This position didn't seem to work and baby Perry was being extremely uncooperative. After more prodding and poking she asked me to turn on my other side facing away from her. After what seemed like an eternity of her searching and me staring at a wall she was finally able to catch the baby in the correct position.
While she was doing all of this poking and prodding she began to make polite conversation with me. You know the usual "Is this your first or second baby?" kind of questions. She had a surprised look on her face when I said, "Nope, my fourth." The next question is what you would expect. "How many boys and girls do you have?" I told her that I had all boys and asked if she could possibly tell the gender of this baby. She told me that at 13 weeks she could tell pretty clearly but at 12 weeks it was still too early. She must have had a change of heart or felt bad that it had taken so long for her to get the right shot that after she was done with her measurements she said she'd take a look and try to see if she could tell the gender of the baby. It didn't take long. She said, "Oh, here it is." I looked at the screen and said "4 boys" She agreed that it looks like a boy but then said it still is early.
I've seen three other boy ultrasounds and this one looked like a boy. My mom said that I shouldn't buy anything until my 20 week ultrasound when I can be sure. I think that's good advice and I will follow it. However, I'm pretty sure of what I saw and so it looks like Ron and I will be the proud parents of ALL BOYS!
And in case you're wondering (because I've already been asked this question by a couple of people) we're not disappointed. We figure that God knows what He's doing by giving us 4 boys. We're blessed to have the 3 that we already have and we're blessed to be adding another one!