Would you like to know?

When I first got pregnant, I was unsure if I wanted to find out the gender of this little babe.  I loved the idea (note: the "idea") of building up anticipation and excitement and finding out the gender on D-Day.  I've been there for births that didn't know the gender and it is a truly emotional and exciting moment when the baby finally arrives.

Then I thought that maybe we'd do a fun kind of gender reveal...

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More party pictures at the Hostess Blog

Okay, I digress.... there are lots of neat ideas and since this is most likely (moooost likely) our last child, I thought it might be neat to either find out in a fun way just our little family of 4, maybe even go as far as having some kind of gender reveal party, or simply revealing it to others in a fun way.  

But.... I'm too impatient and have a lack of willpower.  And, well, its too easy when you know someone who is a sonographer.  

Do you want to know what this little bun in the oven is?   Are you dying to know?   

We.......

are.......

having.........

To say I'm excited is an understatement.  I'm completely and utterly over the moon.  I've prayed and wished and hoped for this little girl and can not believe she is going to be part of our family in May.  I've never pictured our family any different... I've always envisioned two boys and a girl.  And though I've always felt this little one was a girl, I had my worries that maybe my intuition was wrong and it was just wishful thinking.  Ryan is kind of speechless... he always pictured 3 boys and I know he's so worried about having a daughter- a little girl to be overprotective of.  

The boys, well, they're going to be the best big brothers ever.  They both really wanted a little sister, and when I told Porter he was so excited he was almost speechless.  It was adorable.  I showed him some of the clothes Ry and I had picked up for "sissy" and he oohed and ahhed at all of them.  He talks to her almost every day and kisses my belly all the time.  Hudson still is a little oblivious... he knows he's going to have a little sister but seems to think both he AND Porter each get their own HAHA!  

So that's the big news.  It's a girl!  

15/16 weeks

I'm a few days away from 16 weeks so I figure I'll do a multi-post.  On Thursday night (errr... early early Friday morning) I snuck in to see LeeAnn at work so she could do an ultrasound.  I had originally planned not to find out the gender but of course I'm too nosy.  She was about 90% sure on her gender call.  I went back this evening to have her scan me again to see if there was any change and she said she'd be 99% sure she is right.  I'm going back in a week or so to see if there are any changes.  So... if you haven't voted in the ExpectNet Poll (in the sidebar)... go do so now!  You get points (gender is worth 400!) and the person with the LEAST points wins.  So, if you guess the wrong gender you are smacked with 400pts.  Birth Date, Weight etc... all that are points as well.  Fun stuff!   I'm not sure when I'll reveal the gender but we shall see.   Ryan and I did spend the weekend discussing names and envisioning #3 as a specific gender in our family.  Fun stuff!

I did have a doctor's appointment on Friday and have gained a disgusting amount of weight.  ICK.  Heard the heartbeat and that sounded great.  My blood pressure, however, is of concern.  It was 130/90 (which I thought seemed normal for me but she said my last few appointments were 106/68 or around there).  So, they're keeping an eye on it and I go back the 2nd week in December for "the Big Ultrasound" and another appointment.  The blood pressure thing makes me a little nervous as my co-worker (who is pregnant) was taken off work for her blood pressure being too high.  Would be nice, if I got paid time off... but I don't.  So... I can't afford to be taken off work.  Hopefully it won't cause any problems.  

Right now, Baby Barczak #3 is somewhere around the size of an apple or avocado.