Yesterday I wound up being a little busy and I wasn’t able to update treo Addicts. Most of you probably don’t know this, but my wife is 20 weeks pregnant with our first baby. Yesterday we went to the clinic to have an ultrasound done, checking baby’s growth/health and to find out the sex.

Before I go any further, I should explain something about my family. I am first born, my father was first born, his father was first born and so on. We all have the same middle name and of course last name. So as part of a long family tradition, it is important for my first born to be a male. Not that I would have personally minded having a girl, but its just a family thing.

Well my family and I were extremely happy to find out that my first born will be a boy. I am very excited! My father and grandmother were extremely excited. It really made my grandmother’s day - 3 years after her husband (my grandfather) passed away, she finds that her great-grandson will carry on the family name and tradition.

So now the wife and I get to take a closer look at names, finally get to start baby registering, and can now start decorating the baby room.

I mention this on treo Addicts, not only because I’m an excited dad-to-be, but I also have found a great little piece of software for the Palm - HeyBaby by Wagware. If you or your spouse is expecting, I highly recommend this app. Although not very optimized for the Treo (no d-pad support) it is very handy.

Version 2.5 of the software features a Today view - which shows the baby’s current development progress; Baby Name Ideas - A list of over 1500 Baby Name ideas and an intergrated “Favorites” list; Chinese Birthing Chart - a fun tool that allows you to guess the sex of your baby - which if we calculated it correctly was wrong - it says the baby was supposed to be a girl; Glossary of Pregnancy terms; Ovulation Calculator; Baby Growth chart - Shows the estimated Weight and Length of Baby; Day Calculator - shows how far along the baby will be on a certain date; and Wives Tales - An integrated book of about 40 Wives Tales that is sure to crack you up. My favorite tale is “If your tummy itches, your baby will be extremely hairy.” You are also able to print from the favorites list and the today view.

UPDATE - If any of you are interested here is a picture of the 4D ultrasound:

Wagware - HeyBaby

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