boy or girl?

time to take your guess! we'll open the gift tomorrow on Christmas Day, so time is running short to make a guess....

clarification...

Sorry if I seemed to confuse anyone with my last post. Here's the story:

With our first two we did not find out the gender before they announced it upon their arrival. This seems to drive most of our family and friends crazy! (Sorry... but it is really fun to be surprised like that! You should try it some time.)

For this child, we were thinking of doing the same thing, but decided since our 20 week ultrasound was so close to Christmas, we would find out on Christmas. So we had the ultrasound technician write it on some paper and seal it in an envelope. This envelope now sits under our tree in a pretty little package and is waiting for us to open it on Christmas, where our child will announce the gender. This way it will be just our little family, all together, and not in some cold room where I am awkwardly lying on a table and some complete stranger tells us the good news...

So that's what's going on in our little world... this is our compromise to all our loved ones who so desperately want to know if we have a little boy or a little girl for them to love.

Now, don't sneak in and find the gift and open it before we do.

That would hurt my feelings.

It's a..... healthy......baby......

EITHER A BOY OR A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're not actually sure yet.
(Our choice.... not the jelly bean's modesty.)

I know. I know. Why do we torture our dear family and friends in this way? Because we love you that's all. And it's fun to not find out until the great arrival. (Wasn't Sam's and Livia's births way more exciting since we didn't know their genders beforehand!)

But....

we decided to be different this time. And we will find out long before April if the little bean is a boy bean or a girl bean.... are you surprised? Yeah, we are too.

It will be our best Christmas present to open this year. A sweet surprise from our choice little spirit that will soon join our family and take over our house.

So, yes, we will find out the gender in a couple of weeks. Unless of course we change our minds by then. You never know with us.