BOY!
And we were completely and utterly shocked. Both the husband and I have had a gut feeling since we first got the call we were pregnant that this was going to be a girl. All my symptoms made me think girl, the way I'm carrying, and even the chinese gender predictor made me think girl. As in, M had said numerous times, "As much as I'd love to have a son, I just know this baby is a girl." As in, all we'd been talking about for weeks were girl names since we couldn't find one we both absolutely loved.
So you can imagine our shock and complete amazement when there on the screen at the end of our ultrasound, we saw what we'd been waiting for. I thought I had seen something on the screen shortly before as the tech was scanning, but didn't think much of it because he was going pretty fast. However, once the tech zeroed in and and got a good shot, he immediately put the words "Looks like a boy!" on the screen. I was floored. All I could do was keep saying NO WAY! M and I were both laughing and excited. (and would be obviously just as excited if it had been a girl too). Our nurse said deep down we must have known it was a boy because the only dream I had was about a boy and because the only name we 100% agreed on was a boy name. Who knows!
After that we were done with the ultrasound and went to the exam room to see the dr. All we could do the whole time was look at each other, laugh, and say that we just couldn't believe it. Everything checked out perfectly and he's totally healthy so far. The ultrasound was pretty phenomenal too. We were able to see his stomach clearly, which means that he can swallow, and we also saw both kidneys functioning as well. Our favorite part of the ultrasound (aside from finding out who he is), was seeing him YAWN sooo big - and we even got that part recorded. It was beyond cute, and you can even see it here. (This is the shortened video...7 minutes seemed a little long for anyone to want to watch aside from family.)
That night (Tuesday), we got together with our families (my parents, M's dad and dad's gf, and M's grandparents) to share the big news. They had all pretty much been waiting on pins and needles to find out, and everyone except M's granddad thought it was a girl. We met for dinner at Red Lobster, and once we all ordered we pulled out a gift bag that would reveal the baby's gender. I had everyone close their eyes and pulled out a cute little neon green romper with a monkey on it that says HUNK. Once I had it out, they opened their eyes and were all shocked! My mom was funny - she couldn't figure out when I had picked a green outfit for a girl since she just knew that's what we were having. She (and everyone else) are definitely in shock, but excited too. It was definitely a fun way to share the news with our family.
We kept the big news a secret from everyone else until Wednesday night when we met with our life group (who are also some of our super good friends). I had been signed up to bring dessert last night anyway, so we decided it would be perfect to do a gender reveal cake. I made a simple white cake dyed blue and covered it with chocolate icing. Once we got to group, everyone gathered in the kitchen. and we once again went around and said boy or girl. And once again girl votes far outweighed boy votes. I got the honors of cutting the cake, and got to shock everyone when I pulled out the first slice. It was such a fun way to surprise everyone! And even better...we got it on video!
So that's the BIG news :) and tomorrow we'll post even BIGGER news....baby boy's name!
1 comment:
Loved the videos! So excited for you.
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