gender reveal

We're having a BOY!! Scott and I are SO surprised and compeltely excited! We can't wait to welcome our little man into the world January 1st. I know he's going to be big and strong like his daddy! The doctor kept commenting how big his lips are, haha. He's going to be so handsome.

We feel immensely blessed to have such a healthy baby and pregnancy!

Showing off his "piano fingers"! He was wiggling his index finger at us during the ultrasound :)

We had "let slip" to some close family and friends that we were having a girl... haha. To those of you who are gawking at the news: we are just as shocked as you are! From the moment we found out about our pregnancy, we felt it was a girl. The doctor hinted it was a girl starting at our 12 week checkup. Even throughout the 20 week ultrasound, he was making jokes about "her" ("daddy's going to have to buy a shotgun to keep all the boys away, her lips are so big, she's so pretty like mommy, etc.) then at the very end we did one last check and OOPS!

There was a stem on the apple!

Scott and I were SO sure it was a girl, that we had even chosen her name (really neat story behind it), started buying girl clothes, and the whole shabang! I never thought I'd be one of those moms who was completely surprised by the gender of her baby. This just goes to show me that nothing in life is certain, but everything happens as it's meant to. We know now that we were just feeling the sweet spirit of his sister, looking out for her older brother as he transitions into this world. 

We couldn't be more excited to have a boy first--I know he's going to be extremely talented and the protector of his younger siblings. We've actually known our first boy name since we got engaged, so now I have to decide if we want to reveal it or wait... :)

I'm finally past the sick stages and super grateful to be working out, eating right and growing a healthy baby boy while continuing to pursue other things in life. Pregnancy is so amazing. I can't believe that ANY woman is able to create an entire human being within 9 months, let alone an estimated 200 million women per year. Creating a baby is such a blessing! 

xoxo

Brittany