Yesterday was our 20 week ultrasound. Our baby is healthy, happy, and growing as HE should be. Yep, that's right. It's a boy. Boy number 4 for the Swans. I was surprised, but by no means disappointed to learn we were having a boy instead of a girl. I love being the mom of boys! And we make such darling ones. :)
I think almost everyone thought we were going to have a girl. I know Aaron was pretty convinced. It took him a little bit after finding out to shift his frame of mind away from it being a girl. But I don't think anyone was as convinced of the baby's girlness as Adelia was. I'd venture to say she was dead set on getting another little sister.
She was going to be at school during my appointment and was upset that she wouldn't be with there with the other kids when we came home and told them. So, I made a deal with her that we would wait until FHE, and I would announce to all the kids the gender of the baby when we were all together as a family. That satisfied her. Unfortunately, the news of a baby brother did not. You can see her reaction in this video.
Poor Del. She cried for about 20 minutes. Aaron took her aside and showed her all the pictures from the ultrasound, I took her upstairs for some 'girls only' time and painted her fingernails and toenails. The combination of things stopped the crying. But all night she just kept saying, "But I just don't want it to be a boy!" She'll come around though, when she sees how cute and little and snuggley the baby is.
We are about 95% set on the name Calvin Tanner Swan. He'll go by Cal. The kids and I are already calling him Calvin or Baby Cal. :) Aaron is agreeable to the name as well.
To me, Calvin is the name of someone who is laid back, easy going, and brilliant. But also kind, enthusiastic, and a bit mischievous. :) The baby name website that I haunt describes it as, "a slightly quirky but cozy name that has a fashion edge. It has been steadily on the popularity lists since records were kept, never lower than #250, peaking in the 1920s." Quirky and cozy -- perfect. Plus, the names of some of my other kids hit their peaks in the 1920s as well (Adelia, Ruby, and Oliver), so I feel like that connects Cal to the other kids. The name Calvin ranked #182 on the US Social Security list in 2014 so it's the perfect sweet-spot of not being too "out there" but also not being overly used. It means 'bald', but that isn't a deterrent for me. And who knows, he could come out bald! Lincoln did. ;)
As for Tanner, we found out a few months ago while doing some family history, that Aaron and I share a 10th great grandfather named William Tanner. The line goes back indirectly through both my mom and my dad, and through Aaron's mom. I'll do another post another time on all the super awesome family history details of that. I drew it all out on a paper and everything. :) But for right now, suffice it to say that Tanner is pretty much the perfect name to connect both sides of the whole entire family.
Cal Swan. It sounds like late summer/early fall. It sounds like sitting outside on the front porch listening to the crickets in the evening. It sounds like the grass under a big shade tree blowing in a cool breeze, and time slowed down. I love it.
I've made it 20 weeks so far, only 20 more to go.
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