"There once was a tree....and she loved a little boy"

YAY I'm BACK! It's been a while since I've written, partially on purpose, because I wanted to wait and see how our second trimester ultrasound went. This was the biggie and the one where we'd find out the gender. Steve and I we were on pins and needles and could hardly stand it. Our instincts said it was boy, most of our friends and family said it was a girl. But, who really knew?! All we knew is how excited we were and just maybe ... if it actually WAS a boy, we'd have a leg up on this whole parenting thing, since we have an awesome nephew who is just the best kid ever. And, hey...we have a male dog - and as we all know... dogs, kids...they're all the same! LOL ..JK

I've been so excited, that last night I decided to make cupcakes. My plan was to fill vanilla cupcakes with either blue or pink frosting and cover the top with white frosting. Then I would try and see as many people as I could in person to tell them the good news but I wouldn't say what were having, they would have take a bite of the cupcake! Brilliant, right?! I thought so ;)

So today was the day and we were out of our mind! Giddy like school children. In fact, last night Steve and I went to bed semi-early thinking the sooner we go to sleep the sooner we'll wake up to find out the good news. I invited my Mom and Phyllis to come with us, but they only allowed Steve in the actual room while the technician checked to make sure all the measurements were good and the baby had all it's ligaments. Whew! We're good! The ultrasound tech asked us what we thought gender was and we both said "BOY"! Then Steve-o started to tell him about my cupcakes and how last night we both randomly chose one, we took a bite at the same time and there it was the blue frosting! Both of us had a blue frosting cupcake, we couldn't believe it! The technician laughed and officially gave me the crazy look - but hey I don't blame him! We're talking cupcakes here.

Then in his little ultrasound tech voice he said...hmmm..

Beautiful Rio Del Mar Beach last weekend...thanks to Cori I was able to get this shot!

Now I don't think I have EVER seen Steve more excited than when I saw him today. We both let out a little yelp and tears rolled down our eyes. Steve held my hand so tightly and then all of sudden we started laughing and crying in excitement. It was truly a blessing..a healthy...boy was wiggling across the screen like a little water baby! He kept moving so much the tech had a hard time nailing down a good pic but we got one. Still working on the upload.

Mom and Phyllis were then allowed in and the tech said "either that kid has three legs or you've got a grandson!" They eeked with excitement and grabbed on to my feet while Steve and I kept our laugh/cry going on. Mostly, it was me crying. What an amazing feeling. Nonetheless, our appointment with our doctor was great. While waiting for her to come and see us, Steve and I jumped and danced around the room. We're pretty much children ourselves.

Steve called his Dad, Grandma, Brother and Auntie. I went and saw my Dad, God Mom and work peeps (who were having a bet on what I was having - 2:1 for a boy). Here are some great pics from today!

My Auntie Linda and I :)

Courtney!!!

So as you can tell it was a great day, a wonderful experience! Probably one of the best days of our entire lives. And for those of you who read this whole post, you're great! Extra points if you know where the title of this post comes from...

Because I love pictures of me and my dog Willie...who will soon have someone else to contend with..here's our latest..pre-cut.