Boy- We're having a boy?

I'm still in shock.

Coming from a family of all girls I have been "pre-conditioned" to expect only girls being announced from the doctor’s office. I told Shane last night, "if there's a boy in here (pointing to my belly) I will be shocked"- and I am. Granted, the Chinese calendar said we would be having a boy- you should never argue with the Chinese! I had this feeling/impression that we were having a boy- but I didn’t want to be disappointed IF this little person was a girl and so I tried to keep my feelings to myself. (Even though I bought the cutest Captain America swimsuit combo on clearence in Oct. he he)

Now I can say it- I’m VERY EXCITED! Everyone tells me boys: A.)Are easy to raise. B.) Less complicated than girls. C.) Easy going. D.) More fun. The list could go on… but I think girls are all of those things! So this little boy should be just as easy right?

Having another little girl would have been fun- get to re-use all the darling stuff I have for Lexie, get matching bows and dresses!! (Ack- I need another girl too!) BUT I’m a thrilled beyond relief that this little man will get to start from scratch. And I do mean scratch. Having aunties close to Lexie’s age, we were blessed (heavily) with all of their hand-me-downs. But now, with two cousins just barely ahead of us, our little guy will need a bunch of new stuff- yippee! Oh how I love clearance shopping. :D
And to feel this baby move at last- oh how I love it! He doesn't karate-chop me like Lexie did. Instead, I get little butterflies in my stomach at random, like you do hitting a bump on the road. Oh it's fantastic, I love being pregnant. And now that I know what to call HIM- phew what a relief! Strange to call my belly him- he he. The rest of this pregnancy is downhill- time will fly. Yahoo!

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Word vomit- that’s what this post looks like- a bunch of splattered words mixed together in sentences- I'm sorry. You have no idea how hard this was to write down what I’m feeling right now- as I said, I’m still in shock.
But this little Miss is very excited about a baby coming to the family, and a boy- it's very cute. Yesterday when I told her we were going to take a picture of mommy's belly to see the baby she got excited. Couple hours later she saw a picture of an ultrasound and exclaimed, "baby". I guess she gets it. At the doc appointment today she was darling, oohing and aweing the whole time. She's going to be mama's very big helper. So lucky to have her.
******* This update is for Lindsey ******

OHHH and from the last post I have an update for my dear friend Lindsey who says she's checking my blog daily for an update…. I’m sorry for keeping you in suspense this whole time, and I’m sorry to keep putting you in suspense. To continue to keep it cryptic (again to save my own butt)… hmmm… we hit a bump in this long and exciting road ahead of us… so the plan is put on hold until the end of the Feb…therefore I’ll keep you posted. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Lots of love to my cyber family out there!