Boy Oh Boy!

First of all, I need to apologize because I'm going to have to post a few things out-of-order this upcoming week. I'm totally exhausted after having taken care of a sick puppy last night but still wanted to get this post done before I head to bed! You probably won't be surprised to hear that I slept out on the couch last night in order to more easily provide endless amounts of belly rubs and back scratches to the pup with a tummy ache - or that I was awake from 2:30 until 6:00 am in order to accommodate her need to lay outside on the cool grass every 15 minutes, or that I tried to tempt her to eat by making rice with chicken stock at about 3:15 this morning. But the hard part about it is that 8:00 am brought one of the BIGGEST events of our lives - and certainly that of our married lives! We had an appointment to get another glimpse of baby R and discover whether we'll be raising a son or daughter.... so huge.

I finally made it back to our bed around 6:40 this morning so that I could "sleep" for another 20 minutes before getting up for the day. (You would have expected me to bolt out of bed, considering that I've been counting down the hours - literally - since we scheduled this ultrasound). But I was just begging for a few more minutes. Anyway, we got ready and headed out to the hospital.

Tony and I anxiously waited for my name to be called. We had actually asked the ultrasound tech to keep the sex a secret until she could write it down in a card we'd brought along to the appointment. Then the plan was for us to have breakfast together somewhere fun and open the card when it was just the two of us.

The appointment went well, she clicked through so many images on the computer; taking measurements and labeling body parts as she went. It was amazing to see the little pumpkin's hand resting on it's face, all the toes and fingers, the heart chugging away, and other various organs exactly as they should be. That was the most important part of the ultrasound, of course. When we were done, she asked us to head out to the waiting room again where she'd bring a CD of images and the card in the envelope.

We were so giddy when she brought the CD out! She congratulated us again as we practically ran to the truck!

We got to Josie's Corner bakery (which was a funny choice - neither of us had ever been there before) and ordered a couple of hot chocolates. Then we sat down with the card between us. I think we were both really nervous to open it! When we finally did, this is what it looked like:

I was totally shocked - and I was the one who thought it was going to be a boy! (I was 50% positive, at least). But this guy here looked like he'd won the lottery! I guess he did want a little boy, after all.

It was so fun to be able to find out when it was just the two of us, and I love having that little card for the baby book. Tony sent texts to his family right away - he'd already started the message beforehand so he could just fill in the sex and then hit send. Before we left the bakery, we ordered blue-frosted sugar cookies for Tony to take back to work, since he didn't have the whole day off like I did.

Then we went to my parents' place to tell them the news. The night prior, I had put 20 pink and 20 blue M&M's in two little satchets to give to them, knowing I'd have to take a pink or a blue one out after the ultrasound. When we got there, they were both excited to find out what we were having, so we said, "You tell us!' and gave them the bags. There might have been some aggressive competition by one of them as they raced to see whether there were more blue or pink M&M's, but I won't say from who!! It was really fun to see their reactions as they discovered for themselves that they were getting a grandson.

After that, Tony headed to the office and I went to grandma and grandpa's to share the news with them. I spent the rest of the day shopping and checking on our dog (who seems to have almost completely recovered from her stomach ache, thankfully).

I am about dying to get to bed, but wanted to include a shot or two of the baby boy! We just cannot wait to meet him in August and are crazy about him already!

A profile shot is above (and I did tell Tony he'd better hope that nose grows a bit; or he runs the risk of having a mini-nose like mine! And then the money shot where you can see some shin bones and the "boy parts" that the tech mentioned in the card. Aaah, we love that little guy! Can't wait to meet him in person!