Hair bows or bow ties?

18 weeks

 This baby is really starting to make it's presence known- lots of wiggling around in there day & night. So of course we have been dying to know if we are growing a son or a daughter in my ever-expanding belly and this week we finally got to find out! The day of our ultrasound (February 6th) felt like Christmas morning- I was so excited and anxious all day long. At our appointment, however, our lil babe was feeling comfy and cozy in a little pretzel shape and didn't want to cooperate for the ultrasound tech. So I will have to go back in a couple of weeks to try again. Still, she was able to take a photo of it's teeny tiny sex organs to put in an envelope and send home with us because this was something we both wanted to find out privately as a couple. J and I ate a candlit dinner before opening the life-changing envelope.

 

My plan was to go to the neighborhood bakery and ask that they put 2 blue or pink sugar cookies in a box for us to open after dinner, but when I stopped by after our ultrasound, the bakery that ALWAYS has pink & blue cookies alas only had pink heart cookies for Valentine's Day. So, was it a sign of our baby girl?? Or were the 3 baby boys I saw on my way into the ultrasound office a sign of our boy? Aren't you just dying to know? We sure were!

It's a...

 BOY!!!

We are thrilled (and I have so much to learn!). We celebrated with ice cream sundaes topped with blue sprinkles of course. I know that many people debate the decision to find out or wait until the birth day, but I have to say that I really love being able to talk to "our son" and "baby boy" and say "he" instead of just "baby" or "it." I can't wait to meet him, but we still have 21 weeks to go!