The Thrill Of The Reveal!

Today was the big day! Our appointment was at 8:00 this morning for an ultrasound and if all went well the reveal of boy or girl!?! I don't know if I was more excited or anxious to find out but definitely ready to know!

Of course it was 8:05 before we got there because I can never be on time for anything... On the elevator ride we eagerly gave a thumbs up and anxious smiles into the mirrored doors. Hopefully there were not cameras capturing our dorkiness!

To prepare for the big day I had handed out packages marked with a one and a two to share the news with our family and friends!

The Packages

Package One

Package two

The first thing she did was check the baby for the organs that should be developed, take measurements, and check for the heartbeat. Several people had told me to drink a Coke before I went to make sure the baby was active! That was not an issue Baby Hovatter moved the entire time. She had to try five times to measure the heart beat because there was so much movement!

I have to say it was so neat to see! Our last ultrasound was at 7 weeks so it was basically a cell mass that you could only make out the heart beat. I know for people with children this isn't news but for us it was amazing. You could see the spine, ribs, hands, feet, chambers in the heart, and face it was just the neatest thing! Like looking at a human you could see through! 

After the ultrasound we met with the doctor who discussed a few things with us and sent us on our way! We then got to start calling everyone and telling them to open package number two!!!!

It's a boy!!

I was convinced for the last 12 weeks it was a girl! When she was checking the bladder I thought and Sonny told me afterwards he also thought he saw what looked to be a little boy! When she finished she said "Well I don't think there is any question what we have here" all I could say was "are you serious" which is also what I said when Hovatter proposed! Excited was an understatement and made it a little easier to finally give up my hope that another baby was hiding out =(

We had about fifteen minutes to call everyone before I had to be at work. Lucky for me I only had to cross the parking lot! I took a pink and blue shirt to work with me and drug Kalyn into a room with me before I walked out to make the reveal! 

Overall it has been such an exciting day! I've always heard for ladies  you feel an instant connect with your baby. Well, for me that's not true! I feel like today is the first day of our pregnancy and in about 20 weeks we will meet the sweetest baby boy! 

Now only to name him...