It's A Boy!

Neal and I are beyond excited to be adding another boy to the bunch.  We had gone back and forth on whether or not we were going to find out, and by "we" I mean Me.  Neal didn't want to find out but my curiosity got the best of me, and I am SOOOO glad we found out about our little boy.  People had been trying to convince me that it is more exciting to find out at the moment they are born, but I have not lost any excitement or anticipation having found out beforehand.  There are so many other surprises, like, will he have dark brown hair? whose teeny, tiny fingers will he have? whose eyes? whose nose? ears?  the list goes on and on.  Judging from the photo, I think he may have Neal's lips.

I admit that I am a little relieved knowing that we are having a boy.  When I would envision having a family, even before pregnancy, even before marriage, and Neal, I had hoped for a boy first.  Growing up I wondered what it would be like to have an older brother, and at times wished I did, no offense Annora or Erin.  Even though I had long hoped for a boy first, I began assuming I was having a girl because there were already 5 Grandsons, so statistically I figured we would be having a girl. Not that I would be disappointed on his birthday, but I was pretty certain we were having a girl!  The day we found out, I was so happy and over the moon to know that my family would be start the way I had most often envisioned it, with a Boy first, and he is going to be so cute!