This has been a very big week for us here. I will start with
the weekend. On Friday I was able to go to Bear Lake with my in-laws and have a
girl’s night. We stayed in Justin’s great aunt’s condo on ideal beach, the same
one that Justin and I got engaged in. We did crafts, scrapbooking, watched
chick-flicks and of course, ate tons of junk food. Saturday afternoon all of
the boys drove up and joined us for our weekend getaway. That night as everyone
was on the brink of sleep, I shout, “Oh my gosh guys! I just felt the baby move
for the first time!” I pretty much scared everyone out of their wits, but I
just couldn’t hold it in until morning! I was so excited! At first I thought it
might be gas, but it didn’t take long to realize that nope, that was my little
kiddo in there moving around. I gotta say, that is probably the most amazing,
bizarre, wonderful, slightly creepy but totally breathtaking experiences of my
life. Feeling your baby move inside of you for the first time… wow… I just don’t
know that there are words adequate enough to describe it. It was just so
wonderful. I definitely fell asleep with a smile on my face that night. First I
got engaged there, then I felt my baby kick for the first time, I am telling
you what, magical things happen in that little condo in Bear Lake!!!
So on Wednesday we had my 20 week appointment with the prego
doc. This was the appointment that we have been waiting for for ages because we
would finally, finally!, know the sex of our baby. The night before I felt like
a five year old on Christmas Eve, I was way too anxious to sleep. My mom was
able to come to the appointment and it was so special to share that moment with
her and to have my amazing stalwart husband by my side as well. The other
reason I was anxious for this appointment is because this is when they check
every single body part of baby and make sure that everything looks okay. You
probably already figured this out, but I am kind of the biggest worry wart when
it comes to this kid. So anyway, the ultra sound tech said that he would start
at the head and work his way down. I was anxious to find out the sex of the
baby but it really is a good thing that he waited until the end because it was
hard to pay attention to anything he said after that point. Thank my lucky
stars everything looked great with baby. They checked it’s brain, heart, spine,
kidneys, stomach, lip (no cleft pallet), and umbilical cord. Baby is growing on
schedule (maybe 8 days ahead) and is healthy with no problems! This is where I
take a big big sigh of relief. Whew.
So then the last image that pops up on the
screen is two legs spread wide and a little weeny sticking out between them.
Yup. That’s right. We are having a BOY!! Woot-woot! There were some majorly loud
exclamations of excitement at this pronouncement in that tiny little ultra
sound room let me tell you what! The weird thing is is that Justin and I first
started out thinking that it was a boy. And then after all of the appointments
we had we switched to thinking it was a girl. Then about two weeks ago we both
switched back to boy. It was honestly the craziest thing how we would switch
our minds together, without even talking about it beforehand. I even had a
dream that at the appointment I found out that it was a boy and when I woke up
all I felt was disappointment that the dream hadn’t been real. And now I can
tell the world how much I really really wanted a boy. This whole pregnancy I
kept trying to talk myself into wanting a girl, but honestly, my heart has
always been set on having a boy first. I always wanted a big brother growing
up, and now all of my kids will have one. Plus I gotta carry on that family
name since Justin is the only boy in his family. Not to mention I have to
produce a hunter and Bronco’s fan for Grandpa Wright! Haha anyway, I am beyond
thrilled about having this boy. I hope he is a momma’s boy!
After the ultra sound we headed back into the waiting room
to wait for my monthly appointment with the prego doc. I had planned on waiting
until after both appointments to start telling people, but Justin couldn’t hold
it in any longer. Out came his phone to call his mom at work. Well, gosh darn
it I couldn’t hold it in either so out came my phone to call my dad at work. If
you think I wanted a boy it is nothing compared to how much Grandpa Wright
wanted a boy. Holy heck was he excited! My dad told me that he was going to
call Pa (my grandpa) right away. I told him not to, that I wanted to tell him,
but when I hung up the phone I realized that my dad was too excited and I didn’t
trust him at all. I HAD to call Pa and Grandma before him! So I quickly called
them and told them the news. About five minutes later I got another call from
my dad. When I answered he said, “I can’t believe you called your grandparents
that fast! I just called them to say that I knew the sex of the baby and then I
was going to hang up, but when Grandma answered the phone she just shouted at
me ‘We are going to have a grandson!’” haha it was a pretty funny moment.
We are then taken back into the room to wait for the
doctor when my little sister calls my mom. I decided to just answer with the
news. Jessica informed me that my dad had text all of my siblings saying that
he knew the sex of the baby and they didn’t and hahaha! (My dad is such a brat!
Haha) So then I get a text from Cassie the instant I hung up the phone with
Jess. So I told her too. Originally I had planned on going to the store after
the appointments and buying balloons with ‘It’s a boy!’ on them and then
texting that picture to my family to break the news to them. But they didn’t
last that long. Oh man, it was funny how excited everyone was. It was almost as
fun telling people what I was having as telling them that I was pregnant in the
first place. Zach called me on his lunch break and he was ecstatic too. When I
told my dad he said he had to go buy some camouflage. When I told my
grandparents they said they were headed shopping that very day now that they knew to buy blue. And
when I told Zach he said that he was going to go buy some Bronco’s stuff. Can
you say spoiled little boy already?!!
When we were done with the doctors Justin headed to Gossners
to tell his dad because he couldn’t get a hold of him on the phone and my mom
and I went to get the balloons. I figured that even if I couldn’t send the
picture to my siblings, I could still send it to my friends and Facebook. We
met at home and took some pictures and then headed to the Blue Bird to
celebrate. On the way to the restaurant I finally got a hold of Grandpa Paulsen and when I told him he just started screaming. He informed me that he was in the car and every time he would pass someone he would scream, "I am having a great grandson!" at them. Oh goodness I have a funny family! It was such a good day and I literally could not peel the smile from
my face! IT’S A BOY! IT’S A BOY! IT’S A BOY!!!!!!
Here are the two announcement pictures. I will scan the
ultra sound pictures later since I don’t
own a scanner.
