Drum roll, please

We're having a boy!  

For Austin's birthday we had his family come down for dinner.  Afterwards we stopped by my sister's house where we opened our "present" of balloons to tell us the gender!  It was a surprise to see those blue balloons float to the ceiling.  Tricky baby, we though you were a girl!  But it was a happy surprise :)

It was so nice to open and celebrate it all with family; to feel their support and happiness for one of the newest members of the family!  

Hey, buddy! At 18 weeks you are 15.2 cm, a little over 6 inches, and boy you are a mover and a shaker!  Every time we've had an ultrasound, even at 10 weeks, the technicians have commented on your wiggles.  It makes me happy to feel you everyday now and have gotten used to your schedule of wiggle time and resting time. Your dad felt you for the first time this weekend, which was surprising cause I thought it was a little early, but hey! We'll take it!  I have finally grown too big for my first piece of clothing.  But I don't feel too bad, it was a pencil skirt ;)  I'm trying to keep up with your growing body and have started feeling VERY hungry every 2 hours.  The nausea bug has turned it's ugly head and now I get sick if I don't eat soon enough! Oh dear. I love knowing now that you are a boy and am very excited to have you come!