Half way there!

...Ty and I knew before we ever got pregnant that we didn't want to know the gender of our baby before they were born. Anytime anyone would ask us if were knew what we were having yet, they gave us one of two reactions.

Either they could not understand why we wouldn't find out. How would we decorate the nursery in pink or blue? Or buy clothes? Or pick out a name? Well, we were doing the nursery in a couple of shades of green with owls and so many clothes had been given to us, not to mention that all of the shopping could be down after the birth. And as far as names went, we really had no intention of picking one out until we met our little one anyways. We planned to pick a handful of girl's names and boy's names and wait and see what felt right. So, from the very beginning our baby was called 'lil 'bit'. Good enough for us!

The other reaction that we got from a few people when they learned we weren't finding out the gender was total joy! These are the people who would say 'GOOD! To many people spoil the surprise these days!" And that is exactly how we felt. They are so few good surprises in life, why would we spoil this one? Ty thought of it like opening your Christmas presents before Christmas day...just no fun on Christmas morning if you already know what your getting.

I had more then one person who was willing to accept the not finding out the gender but not picking a name or sharing our options with people didn't make any sense. I described the moment that I was waiting for and people seemed to understand a little more. I wanted that moment after our baby was born when we found out for the very first time what the gender is and get to name our blessing. I couldn't think of anything more special then Ty and I being the only ones in the world who knew this for just a little while. It would be so special. And the excited of telling all our friends and family would be pretty great too:)

We, as we headed to our 20 week ultrasound to check on our babes progress, I was so paranoid that they tech would let it slip if we were having a boy or girl. I think I may have reminded her 2o times that we didn't want to know. I was so scared to look at the screen for fear that I may see something I didn't want to. After we finished the ultrasound with no slip ups and asked the tech out of curiosity if she knew what it was. She told me because the babe was breech, she really couldn't tell so it was a good thing that we didn't want to know.