We got to see Sprout last week in an ultrasound.

I think he looks just like his daddy. That's right, we learned that he is a boy! The picture we have proving that seems a bit too graphic to put on the internet. It looks as though he is sitting on the camera. And as if that weren't clear enough, the ultrasound tech labeled just above "BOY."

Now we are trying to decide on names. I love names, so I have been toying with name ideas since before we started trying to conceive. I would throw out a name, and the Professor would shrug his shoulders disinterested in that one, and I would throw out another. We managed to find a girl's name that we both liked, but no luck at all with boy names. After I ran out of standard names, I started throwing out semi-absurd to fully absurd names, like Mortimer, Mork, Exador, and Zebulon. (The latter of which I *love* but would never use. Probably.) Lately names have been inspired by my favorite podcast, the History of Rome, so Hannibal, Augustus, Scipio Africanus. (The Professor pointed out that Hannibal is a cannibal in a movie more famous than the great general. Also, Africanus has "anus" in it.) Also, I'm watching The Wire on DVD, and I'm in the second season, and right now I love the character Omar, and therefore his name. (He is awfully clever, loyal to those he loves, and knows and likes mythology--sigh. However, he also steals drugs from dealers and sometimes kills people, sooo, no).

Complicating finding boy names, *everyone* local that I know has had boys the last three years, so a lot of sweet names are taken. (We could still use them, but still.)

So, any suggestions?

Meanwhile, I'm starting to look unmistakeably pregnant. Here I am at 21 weeks.

I love how comfortable maternity pants are. I just wish they'd stay up. I may have to start sporting suspenders. If I get rainbow ones, maybe Mork won't be such a bad name for Sprout after all. Or Mirth.