In keeping with tradition, I made pink and blue cupcakes (except for this time, first I think I left something out of the cupcakes because I was so anxious....they didn't rise up like normal and I never even ate one so I have no idea if they tasted right...and second, somehow I came home with HOT pink and BRIGHT blue icing...not exactly baby colors!)
Once everyone arrived, they chose the cupcake with the color icing that was their guess as to what Baby #3 was. We have done this each time and it is fun to look back on the pics. Since this was our last time doing this, we invited our families (my brother and his fam were able to make it to this one since they now live in town!!) and we also invited our two sweet friends, the McKinnons and the McClearys.
Then my little fam made our selections. John has said it was a boy all along. Will REALLY wanted a sister. Alex mostly said he wanted a sister, but I'm pretty sure that is because Will kept saying sister. At any rate, there were no more pink cupcakes for him to choose :) I chose pink to go out on a limb. This pregnancy for me was much different than with the boys. I took zofran round the clock, which I never had to do with them! The heartbeat at our first appointment and at the gender appointment was different than what Will and Alex's was, so that was all I had to go by.
I think everyone standing around was a little overwhelming for Will. We tried to get him to do the honor of opening the envelope, but he got super shy. Alex tackled the job with no problem and before we knew it he pulled out a BLUE sheet of paper that was to inform Will and Alex that "It's A BROTHER!"
Alex didn't really have a clue what was going on and after everyone screamed and cheered at the paper, he just kind of put it down and dug into his cupcake :) Will cried immediately. He REALLY wanted a sister. Since before I was pregnant, he would pull up my shirt and say, "Is there a baby sister in there yet??" He prayed every night for a baby sister and so I think he was just SURE that God would give us a sister. John and I tried explaining to him that God might give us a brother and if so, that would be just fine! His reasoning was that no God would definitely not do that because "we already have one of those." HA! Will never really recovered that night. He was sad. Partly because the outcome of the situation didn't go his way, but also I think in part to he was tired, there were a lot of people with a lot of action going on, and he didn't understand why everyone didn't stay longer to play :) Will was in NO mood to take a picture!
I literally had to bribe with every treat known to man to get this one picture. Will was crying, Alex was NOT cooperating, and I was in tears as well. I just wanted one sweet picture to document the night we found out we would be adding another sweet, precious boy to our family. It was harder than I thought!!
The next morning, Will seemed better and I really tried to talk up all the reasons why he was going to LOVE having not one, but two little brothers. We talked about how fun it would be to go to Auburn games with Daddy and his brothers....how there would be another buddy to wrestle with....and play ninja turtles with. Out of the blue he asked me when we were going to go to Disney World again. I told him I wasn't sure and you could tell he was thinking about something. He looked at me and said, "Hey Mama, the next time we go to Disney World we won't have to wait in any of those lines for Princess stuff!!!!" That was what changed his attitude. Seriously?!? When we went to Disney in October, he saw really long lines and would ask what people were doing. I would tell him they were in line to meet Belle or Ariel or whoever. He was so glad we didn't have to wait in those long lines. I told him then that if we ever had a sister, we would have to do some of that princess stuff because that is what girls like to do. So after that thought, he decided having a brother wasn't going to be so bad after all :)
So here's to having a house full of BOYS!! I am extremely outnumbered and have a feeling I am in for quite the ride!! A wild, but insanely fun ride!! It was obviously God's plan all along for us to have all boys and I can't wait to meet the newest little guy!
