It's A Boy!

We went in for our first official (and probably only) sonogram last Monday. I was so excited and anxious to find out.  I feel like I was even more so than with the boys and I think it's because I'd already had several sonograms by then and had a feeling at least one was a boy. This time I honestly had no idea. All along I had been thinking it was a girl for whatever reason. Almost everyone else thought the same except for Nana K, Daddy, and Pierce. It was just one of those things where every time I thought about the baby, I thought girl things. As we got closer to the sonogram I started really trying to pray and focus my heart for either gender possibility. More than anything, I just wanted to be excited no matter what the results are. A girl seemed like the newer and more adventurous possibility, but in my heart I knew that God had picked out the perfect child for our family at this perfect time.

I will never forget the Friday before our appointment. The boys were napping and I was in the middle of painting a desk for the dining room. I walked by the gallery wall  in the hallway and glanced at a picture of the boys. It was in that instant that God distinctly spoke to my heart and impressed on me the honor, privilege, and importance it would be to raise another boy. I think I can count the number of moments like that on one hand where I just knew it was God's voice straight to my heart. I immediately felt a calming peace over me and knew that God was in control and the outcome would be exciting no matter what. I also started to seriously wonder if we were having another boy. :)

Monday morning finally came (I felt like a kid on Christmas morning) and Daddy and I put in our final votes while driving down I35. He had thought boy all along and I kept going back and forth the entire drive. I could not decide! Finally, I settled on boy although I was only 51/49. Our sonogram started right on time and it was so wonderful to see our moving and active baby. I could have laid there all day and watched. She took some measurements and finally got to the time to see the gender. She settled in on one angle and said, "It's a..." and we both immediately said, "BOY!". There was no doubt about it! I felt a familiar excitement come over me. It wasn't the new, unexpected excitement that would have been with a girl, but a knowing excitement for the joys of raising a little boy. I immediately thought of Pierce and Blaine and the fun (and mischief!) the three of them would have. Also, my fears about the spacing being too close were immediately erased as I looked forward to them growing up together.

We had a reveal party that night and all our friends and family came. Once everyone was gathered we pulled out a wrapped box with two white streamers coming out. The boys each pulled and pulled until blue streamers popped out and everyone cheered. Many were quite surprised to see blue, thinking it would be a girl!

Pierce and Blaine like looking at the sonogram picture and have affectionately named their brother "Baby Buh". It's perfect. We're excited to have you as part of our family, Baby Buh!