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boy!! (i think everyone that reads this already knows that, but i'm still really excited, so forgive the exclamation points) our cute little man was moving all around during the ultrasound, and even flexed his little arm muscle for us, as seen in the second pic. that made his dad very proud. the funniest part was when the ultrasound tech honed in on the, um, male indicator, and said "look, there's the little tool". very scientific term, sir. the most important part is that mcnugget looks healthy - 5 fingers on each hand, strong heart rate, etc. - so we are over the moon.