Our immediate family found out the gender of our expected baby on Christmas and when we returned from the holiday, but I know there are still a few people out there waiting anxiously to hear our results. So here goes!
It's a......
My last doctor's appointment was just a few days before the ultrasound and at that appointment the heart beat was 125-131 (good range is 120-160), so on the low end. Old wive's tale says if it's low it's a boy so our hunch was correct. Another reason I thought it was a boy before we saw the results was I had a co-worker who did the "pencil test" on me. Dangling a pencil above your wrist is supposed to predict the gender of your children and how many you will have. It first swung perpendicular to my arm showing Megan and then swung the length of my arm showing this baby. Too cool!
We tried to have a little fun with the gender reveal. John baked up a couple batches of cupcakes with filling in the middle. In two cupcakes, he colored the filling blue so only one person at each party got to see the results. At the Gennrich Christmas it was my sister Rachel who picked the special cupcake and John's dad got it at the Lewis Christmas. Witnesses say he got a little teary when he discovered that he would have a grandson!
We also let my dad's side of the family know the gender on Christmas. Every year we give my grandparents a Grandma & Grandpa day calendar and write our special days in it. On May 1st I wrote "Great Grandson's Due Date" and had my Grandma read it. She also was excited by the news although she figured it was a boy from the previous ultrasound pics I had posted. I really don't think that was a little boy part but it doesn't really matter any more.
John and I are both so excited to have a son on the way and can't wait to meet him around the beginning of May!
YEAH!!! Thanks for sharing. Shucks though, I don't know how much boy clothes I can borrow you since I think they'll be off seasons. Oh well, you'll get plenty of handsome blue as gifts.
ReplyDeleteI know you are used to a girl but I'm telling you, you are going to have SO MUCH fun with your little man. Girls and boys are sooo different - it's so much fun figuring them both out. And a year down the road when you see your little guy playing with and wrestling with your big guy - it'll melt your heart!
I pray that the rest of your pregnancy goes well. I think about you often! Love you and your growing family.