I might explain that I was 100% sure that you were a girl. From everything I had read, you were a girl. Everyone said that I was showing fast, which means I was having a girl---really I think it was just because I packed on the weight the first trimester. Right now I am 27 weeks. At my 24 week appointment, I had gained 10 pounds. I think probably about 7-8 of them were in the first trimester! I was nauseated most of the time if my stomach didn't have anything, so I was eating a lot. Plus I didn't get to work out every day because of tax season hours. Other signs that I thought you were a girl. Your heartbeat was super fast at all my appointments. The first appointment the heartbeat was 168. The second it was 160. I was craving Mexican food like crazy especially salsa. Anything spicy. People told me that spicy foods meant I was having a girl. I had a line running from my hip bone to belly button. A book said that meant girl. Weston apparently has more girls in the family and he is the one that determines the gender (I think he has more boys in the family in my opinion). Finally one girl said that I was carrying low, which meant boy. I think she was the only one that said boy. Weston wanted a boy, but even he thought girl.
Weston and I went to the appointment on May 21st. The sonogram lady was super sweet and funny. She pulled up the screen and immediately we saw you. She said "well I guess you can tell what the gender is". I couldn't, so I had to have her explain. She finally pointed out that there was two legs and then a third that wasn't another leg. I started to tear up. A BOY! I was literally in shock. I think the whole rest of the appointment I was in this kind of bubble that is unexplainable. I was so surprised, excited, and emotional. She went on to take your measurements. You were measuring at 1lb and 2 days ahead of schedule. Your heartbeat was either 154 or 156 (it was hard for me to concentrate). You had a 3 cm femer, which she said was good. The doctor said you were in 60th percentile of weight. Basically you were in the average. You were SUPER active. The sonogram technician kept laughing about how much you were moving around in there. Plus, you were showing off your private part. She kept saying that you were certainly proud of it and wanted us to know for sure what the gender was going to be. At one point she showed us like you were actually waving it. The very end of the sonogram, a picture was taken with your hand over your face. Almost like "is this almost over? good grief". It was the most amazing thing ever. I hope I will never forget it. Of course we have it all on a dvd, so we will be able to show you one day. The sonogram technician asked if I have felt you any. I told her no. She said I should any day because of the way you were positioned, your legs were right against my belly. Not much fat in between the two. I was excited to hear that because I realllllly wanted to feel you.
After the appointment, Weston and I went to pick out tile. Ha, what a romantic day. Then we went to eat lunch at Corner Bakery. They did my wedding cake. I ordered the gender reveal cake. We made it blue on the inside of course, with buttercream frosting square sheet cake. Then had all colors of bows and flowers to make you question boy or girl. I had to wait two whole days to tell a single person. Oh it was HARD!! Thursday we had the gender reveal party at my parents house. My grandparents from both sides, parents, brother, Leah, George, Ashley, and Angeleck all came over. Before the party started, I wanted to announce that we got a contract on the house that day. So, I said "first off, i have a big announcement to make". When I looked over, my Grandburger had both her hands on her face and her eyes were so big. I later learned that she thought that I was going to announce we were having twins!! Haha what a riot (even though I have often wondered if it might be better to have twins). After the contract on the house announcement, I got out the cake. Weston and I cut into it twice. I could hear everyone calling out. First they said boy, then they said girl. We were cutting into the top that had blue and pink on it, so they were getting confused. Then I brought out the piece of blue cake. The only thing I remember is everyone screaming. I teared up! It was such a special moment. I remember my Grandburger yelling "it's a boy!!". It was so cute! The cake was DELICIOUS! It was a whole lot of fun to share that with my family.
The next day at work I took mini hershey bar's and colored in the "he" part of it. I wrote another poem "the time has come, so sound the drum. Look at the clue. What is filled in is what is due" Everyone at work was so excited. Shannon said she would pray for me. Haha. Most people said that it is great to start off with a boy. Most people at work have girls and all they do is complain about them.
On facebook what I did was on Thursday, I put up a photo of me holding a pink and blue ice cream cone. I said "Tonight is the big night of the gender reveal to my family!!!!! So for my facebook family, I thought I would do the reveal this way. We will start off with two ice cream cones. Pink or Blue????? Which one will fall and which one will stay??? Tune in to find out tomorrow....." Then later on that night, I put a picture of a cone upside down as if one fell. I said "One stays and one falls, will our child be playing with trucks or dolls????? Looks like most people voted girl. Time will tell....." Then on Friday after everyone got to work (which was delayed and everyone was stalking FB making comments about stalking my page..hilarious!!), I posted a picture of just the blue ice cream cone with a thumbs up and said "Drum roll please....................
A great way to make your big announcement to the world :)
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