baby Rivas has a name!

Well, I thought we were going to have a hard time deciding on a name for little baby Rivas once we found out we are having a boy...but it didn't end up being tough at all! Last week, I sat down with a list of about 25 boys names that I had previously written down as names that I liked. I ended up immediately scratching off all but 2 or 3 of the names. Of the names that remained, there was one that Manny and I both agreed that we liked, thought would be a good name, and that met all of our criteria. Halleluiah! Soooooooooo..... baby Rivas will now be known to the world as:

Evan Manuel Rivas

...and we can't wait to see him!

drumroll please...

Well, we had our 20-week ultrasound this morning and the whopping 4 people who took my poll were right! We're having a BOY! We're super-excited and I am already seeing visions of Little League baseball games in our future...

All the baby's organs, bones, etc. looked healthy and normal (YEAH!), and thanks to technology we even have a DVD of the ultrasound. Pretty cool, huh? If I have time, I'll try to isolate a good pic of the baby from the video to add to the blog... I have been feeling the baby moving around and kicking me, and am DEFINITELY showing! In fact, on Thursday of last week, I was at the grocery store and was asked for the first time by a complete stranger when I'm due...I took that as a pretty definite sign that I'm looking pregnant. :)

Finally, we (or at least I) would welcome any suggestions for names! Shoot me an email or leave a comment on this post with any great suggestions you have. My only parameters: nothing so weird that it's hard to pronounce (remember our family contains both English and Spanish speakers...so it can't be too complicated), and nothing so common that there will be 5 other kids in every class with the same name (ie: Michael). Thanks in advance for any help you can give!!!