The Braatz family is proud to welcome......

So I had to make a decision yesterday at my appointment, and I tell you I was alittle stressed out about it, but glad we did! Rodney was going to meet me there, but had to work late, so I got the results put in an envelope and we decided that we would have Bailey open it up and read it to us, maybe not such a good idea for Bailey, it was fine for us! Anyways the boys got their jammies on and we decided to open it, Rodney and I were really nervous, not sure why, but we were! Bailey opened up the envelope, looked at the picture and then looked in the card and it said "It's a boy"! Once he read it outloud, Brady started crying, then the tears came from Bailey. Keep in mind these were not happy tears, they were both upset because it was not a girl and they were both mad at Rodney and I for having a boy!! That took some explaining, but I think they are fine with it, it was a shock to all of us, they will love their little brother I know they will, even though they say they won't!! LOL I told them that now we need to come up with names, so that got their minds off of that for awhile!

Rodney and I are thrilled that this baby is healthy and going to be a boy, another hunting, fishing partner for Rodney, which means a free day to myself!! LOL

Anyway the tech said that everything looked good to her, of course the doctors will review everything and they will let me know if something is out of the ordinary. Heartbeat was at 152, he is about 11 oz already and from the measurements, my due date is pretty accurate, it was within' 1 day. He was being shy and covering up his face with his arm so the profile pictures aren't that good, I just hope this one looks like me!! LOL

So here we are 20 weeks, half way there, I do have to say that it went by really fast! But so do the days, which is scary! Knock on wood, I have been feeling pretty good lately, besides the aches and pains, my back has been really bothering me, but such is life, my belly feels really heavy too, weird for being this early in the pregnancy, but I suppose this little guy is growing! I have most of my energy back, that is kind of nice especially since it is getting nice out, I love being outside and going for walks with the boys, I just hope it continues! I do have to say though that it is weird knowing what is growing inside of me and to actually call the bean a "him" and not "it", very wierd to me, but something different we decided to do with this one! I am glad that we did, now bring on the garage sales!! LOL

Before opening the envelope

Bean #3, not knowing what it was

This is the picture that was inside the envelope, it is kind of hard to see, but pretty sure there is alittle wiener in there!!

The results!

The boys crying after reading the results! Poor kids!