It's a BOY!!!

I guess my maternal instinct was off a tad since I was convinced we were having a girl, but hey...we're still thrilled. For Owen's sake, I am SUPER happy it's a boy....I mean, what little boy wouldn't love having a little brother? And I'll be honest, there was a hint of disappointment when I saw the oh-so-evident protruding male anatomy (there's no question with this little guy...it's pretty evident he's a boy), but I'm not nearly as disappointed as I thought I would be. I think if I were one of those women who just popped out babies left and right and then returned right back to normal I wouldn't mind a bit.....but since I'm not, and I AM the kind of woman who has huge hormonal issues that totally mess with my body and fertility and I'm not sure how many more times we're going to do this, I am a smidge disappointed that I don't yet have a daughter. But believe me, I am SOOOO ready to love another little boy and believe 100% that God knows what is best for our family. And hopefully some day we will have a daughter....and that some day means at least a few years down the road!

I think the main reason why I thought this baby was a girl is because I feel DRASTICALLY different with this pregnancy than I did with Owen. Honestly, there wasn't much that I enjoyed with Owen...in fact, when I heard other women say that they were feeling "great" or even "fine" during pregnancy, I would be like "you liar." But now I get it. This pregnancy has been SO easy. I honestly forget most of the time that I'm even pregnant until I feel him moving and think "oh yeah, there's a baby in there." I was convinced that I felt so much better this time around because it was a girl, but apparently it really is true what they say "evey pregnancy is different." Honestly, I think it's probably just that my body has been so messed up and my hormones so out of whack for the past 2 years (ever since I got pregnant with Owen, an event that totally caused my PCOS to flare up big time) that being pregnant almost feels more "normal" for me than what I was dealing with. Whatever the case, I have been LOVING this pregnancy and am hoping that continues through the 3rd trimester (dream big, right?).

So here we are with another little boy and the way, and I am glad to be able to seriously say that I am SO thankful. We praise God that we are blessed with another healthy baby (at least everything looks A-O.K. for now) and will love having two little boys running around our house. Oh yeah, and him being a boy with undoubtedly save us a lot of money since you better believe I would have had a REALLY hard time not buying every frilly pink thing I saw. And saving money is a really good thing for us right now since we start construction on our house in October!! So many fun things coming this fall. Oh yeah #2...due date is January 9....a little later than I thought it was, but honestly that's good. I really REALLY don't want to have a baby in the middle of the holidays. Any time after Jan 3 or 4 will be great with me. Ta ta for now!