We've surpassed the half-way point in the pregnancy!  About a week and a half ago, we had our 20-week ultrasound -- and it was reassuring to hear that everything seems healthy with both mother and child.

Also, we learned that it's a boy!  It's interesting to note how strong the opinions can be about learning the sex of the baby ahead of time.  I can imagine that some people would be severely disappointed that we would "cheat" and find out this key piece of information before the actual birth... And on the other hand, I can imagine that a different set of people would be extremely frustrated and bothered if we were to "ignore the opportunity" presented to us by scientific technology and choose not to discover the sex of the baby ahead of time.  So interesting... As for us, we had already waited one time (we didn't know that Elliot was a boy until the delivery room of the hospital), and we had already used the ultrasound to learn the sex of the baby one time (learning 20 weeks after conception that Olivia was a girl).  So, I guess we just prefered the ability to emotionally and practically prepare ourselves ahead of time... thus we decided to ask the technician to take a look for us, if it was possible during the most recent ultrasound.

So I don't know about you -- as you're perfectly entitled to your opinion about finding out the sex of a baby ahead of time -- but I'm glad that we took advantage of the opportunity to find out.  On the one hand, I expected that we might be having a girl -- because the third child in both my family and in Marci's family were girls.  But on the other hand, I know that the Asp family seems to produce more boys than girls, at a ratio of 2:1 (figuring in at least four generations).  And even though, scientifically speaking, neither of these trends means a darn thing -- and even though I would have been equally happy with either a boy or a girl -- I must say that I like the ability to gear myself up for having another baby boy.  Without a doubt, I'm thrilled to be having another son!