WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!

It's a boy! It's a boy!!!! And I'm crazy excited about it!

We were SO sure this little man was a girl... We would have probably said we were 95% sure. Our Chinese calendar said girl, the wives tails all pointed to girl, and most of our friends and family predicted we were expecting a girl. 

And we were so happy about the idea of having a girl, too, but as it turns out we get to have a boy! :D

We had an ultrasound 2 weeks before our vacation home to Indiana and despite all temptation, asked the ultrasound tech to please keep the gender a secret. She did, however, write "it's a boy" down and sealed it in two separate envelopes- one to my mom and one to Ben's mom. 

Our moms kept the gender a secret from the world and from us until just last Saturday when we had a huge gender reveal party with friends and family and popped balloon number 10 to reveal that we were having a baby boy!

It's hard for me to describe the feelings I had after seeing that blue confetti rain down from the sky. First, I was so shocked that we had been wrong all this time!! Then I was overjoyed at the fact that I get to be a boy-mom and Ben gets to be a boy-dad. So much fun in store, I'm sure!

And then I felt extremely thankful... To the point of tears for about 3 days everytime I thought about it. Because it was clear that God had decided he wanted us to raise a little boy who will one day become a man. 

I'm sappy about this, I know, but I really believe raising boys is something so special. Let me share my thoughts... First, boys get to carry on your family name. There's something that I love about the idea of our boy carrying out my husband's name and the legacy that gets to start here and continue on for generations. It makes me so excited for the future and to watch my little man grow up to become a husband some day and start a family of his own. How sweet it'll be to have little baby boy and girl grand-kids running around one day. I dream of what our extended family will be like then, and I pray that we only grow to be stronger in our faith and in our love for eachother. 

Then there's the call on the lives of men that The Lord has specifically given... This is not to diminish the call of women at all, but the passages of scripture that clearly lay out the responsibilities and duties placed on a Godly man are so special to me when I think about our baby (this is assuming that my son will be pleased to step into this role and call himself a Godly man. I'm praying and believing that he will!). 

Biblical men are called to not only love and serve well, but also to take positions of leadership, to teach the masses and to be agents of serious change in the Kingdom of God. 

I'm so excited for my son to know that this is what God has in store for him! Not that he HAS to change the world, but if that's what God wanted him to do, he totally could! And if it's not an earth shattering future that's in store for my boy, I only pray that he loves and serves with a pure heart just like Jesus asks him to.

And I have to say too... I cannot think of a better example of a husband/father loving and serving well like my Ben. I know this little boy will have such good guidance to follow all the years of his life. His daddy is so genuinely sweet, loving and caring. Especially since we found out I'm pregnant, Ben has been nothing but overly patient, kind, generous and selfless toward me. With an example like that, this little boy will have so much to glean from and look up to, and will one day grow to become just as amazing. I just know it.