Pregnancy

So I am 20 1/2 weeks pregnant today, finally past the 1/2 way point! Yes! Here are  my "Belly Pictures" up to this point...

 4 Weeks

 8 Weeks

 12 Weeks

 16 Weeks

20 Weeks

About a month ago we had an ultrasound to find out the gender of our growing baby. We were very excited to hear that we were having another girl! We love Autumn so much and felt that another girl would be just as fun as she was and it would be so cute for her to have a little sister! We love the name Skylar Jane or just Jane for her (I was calling her baby Jane). Autumn seemed very excited about a baby sister and she would touch my tummy and say "Is that my baby sister down there? Can she come out?" It was seriously the most adorable thing.

On Monday we went in for our big ultrasound where they check the heart and the fluids and make sure everything is going well. The Ultrasound tech asked if we wanted to find out the gender and we told her our doctor had already done an ultrasound and told us it was a girl. She said congratulations and continued on with her process. About a minute later she said, "Um, do you see that? That is a little penis. This is a little boy."

(There really is just no denying that this is a boy.)

I felt completely shocked. I didn't know what to think. She went on with the ultrasound and said he looked very healthy (she also said he has very long arms and legs and will most likely be pretty tall, Just like his Dad!) and then she went out. She said  a doctor would come in in a few minutes to talk to us. As soon as she left Logan looked at me and said, "Honey, are you alright?" and then I couldn't help it I just started crying. It's not that I don't want a boy, because I really do. I just already thought of this baby as my baby girl and it felt so weird to think that it wasn't her anymore, it was a him. Logan said he was feeling the same way.  He had been so excited it was another girl, we had already gone through having a girl, this change seemed so unfamiliar like going through the whole process of having a baby for the first time again. But we are both feeling excited too. Such weird feelings. Of course I cried. I am so over emotional when I'm pregnant. It was a fun Birthday Surprise for Logan to find out he was going to have a little boy. I'm so glad he got off work early and came with me to my appointment because I wouldn't have known how to tell him the news, I'm glad he got to hear it with me.

I put my ultrasound pictures on Facebook that night and told everyone that it was actually a boy and the next day at work one of my favorite clients brought me this

She has two boys and was so excited to hear that I was having a boy. She got us our first boy clothes and it's weird but holding those little outfits and knowing that our little boy was going to wear them made me feel a lot better. I could just picture how cute and tiny he would be. I'm so grateful that she was so thoughtful because I really needed to feel that. Then we spent the next hour talking about how fun having little boys is. She is a great mom and I hope that I can raise our little boy to be as polite and sweet as hers are.

I think it has been a little confusing for Autumn too. When we were in the ultrasound we asked her if she wanted a baby brother and she said Yeah. But she still thinks she's having a sister. Even just a few minutes ago as I was writing this she came in and saw the ultrasound pictures on the screen and said "Baby Sister! Skylar...Jane...Sister." I tried to tell her baby brother but she wasn't interested anymore and was already walking out of the room to play with her toys. I hope someday we do have another girl and she can have a baby sister. But for now we'll be getting ready for a boy around here. I guess I'm going to need a lot of new stuff since everything we have is pretty dang girly :)

p.s. we don't know what we want to name a boy yet but here are some ideas that I really like. Logan will veto a lot of them I'm sure....

Evan James Cleveland

Colby James Cleveland

Easton James Cleveland

Jaren James Cleveland

Ryan James Cleveland

Of course James doesn't have to be the middle name but I really want it to be (we don't agree on this) but I think it sounds pretty good with all of these names.