In case you haven't heard...

...it's a Jack!

It was a family affair at the doctor last week as we all (Ryan, Molly, and I) filed in to witness the big reveal.  I must say, I was pretty surprised!  I really was expecting little thang to be a girl and even Ryan, who has said boy from the beginning, admitted to being a bit surprised.  I think when you live in Molly-land it's hard to picture anything else.  We've lived with the exciting news for a week today and Jack is now a fixture in our family by name (instead of just by presence)!  Several people have already asked me if we are planning on calling him Jack Oliver because that's how Molly refers to him always.  Well, we've thought all along it'd be just Jack, for us anyway, but if Molly decides to call him Jack Oliver then good for her (and how cute is that?)!  Lately she completes a family inventory every time we get in the car: "Daddy's Ryan Michael Lucas, you're Ashleigh Roach Lucas, I'm Molly Harper Lucas, and we're gonna have a Jack Oliver Lucas!"  Love that kid.

So, we didn't come away with any super clear pictures of our little man (he was laying on his tummy so we basically ended up with a really good picture of his spine).  I was kind of hoping for a profile to compare with Molly's sono pics.  But he looks healthy and his heartbeat was strong!  He's also measuring exactly on target--maybe he'll be a normal sized baby?!  Molly enjoyed getting to see him and was familiar with all the fancy equipment since she's had quite a few of those herself.  But near the end of the sonogram she declared she was "all finished" and ready for a change of scenery.  She also did pretty well at delivering the news via phone call to MiMi, Pop, Grandma, and Granddaddy but after about 5 phone calls she said "I have an idea!  Mommy, how bout you call the next one!"  She wore her "big sister" shirt and was excited to tell her preschool teachers once we were back at school.

At the doctor's office after the big news:

The pictures we did get of Jack are still waiting to be scanned but in the meantime enjoy a rendering done by Ryan's coworker.  It was waiting for him when he arrived at work after our appointment: