As my belly is growing bigger by the day, I am more and more in love. with my baby BOY! Although I know it would be so fun to wait to know the sex of the baby, it is REALLY fun to know now!



John and I went on a romantic getaway to Northern Michigan two weekends ago. We had the envelope (with the sex written down inside) with us, but we kept it sealed till we had unpacked our things, gone out to (a very yummy) dinner, come home and popped some homemade chocolate chip cookies in the oven. As they were cooking, we sat down on the couch and opened the envelope together. I canNOT describe to you how unbelievably giddy and excited I was before we opened it. And then when we saw the writing--"It's a BOY!" Ahh, i just couldn't believe it. I know, I know...it's a 50/50 chance either way. But somehow knowing the sex of our baby suddenly changed everything. well, almost everything. We could suddenly say "he" instead of "it" or the cumbersome "he or she". I could finally imagine this little one swimming around in my belly. It was suddenly much more real.



Although we would have been excited no matter what, we are thrilled to be having a baby boy :). As a friend rightfully noted, , now my "inner-planner" can come out! Even more than that, though, I can start to imagine, bond with, and embrace this new life forming inside of me. and can i just say, that it's very fun.