I know it’s a little past due, but we are having a boy! We found out on October 7 during my second ultrasound. I was about twenty one and half weeks preggie at the time. The baby was estimated to weigh 1.1 pounds and everything seemed to be normal.

Sex of our second baby didn’t matter to us much, but honestly I was just a tad more excited to hear that we are having a boy! Our first one is a girl and to have one of each is definitely a blessing. Before the ultrasound, my husband and I were pretty much convinced that we are having a girl this time as well. My sister-in-law did the ’scientific’ pendant test against the palm of my hand. The pendant was moving in a circular motion versus back and forth, predicting a girl. I also did the Intelligender Gender Prediction Test, which was kind of inconclusive, but I decided that it was going to be a girl afterall.

So definitely hearing words “it’s a boy” from the ultrasound technician was a wonderful surprise! I now have to switch my mindset from pinks and purples, dolls and hair dos, to blues, and trucks, and planes, and sports uniforms. I’m used to girly things (hello, I’m a girl), and since I am the only child, exploring the boy world is like stepping into the Wild Wild West. But afterall I am more than ready for the challenge and can’t wait to meet my son! He, he, it still sounds a little unnatural to me, “MY son”, but boy-o-boy am I ready!