18 weeks and some gender thoughts.

sorry for the delay, i'm actually closer to 19 weeks than 18 as of now! week 18 was great, the highlight was being able to hear our baby's heartbeat! at our doctor appointment we found out that all of my blood work came back normal, and everything seems to be right on track!

this picture seems somewhat deceiving to me... i think it's actually somewhat slimming ;o).

now we are patiently awaiting our ultrasound appointment this tuesday. we get to see a world renowned ultrasound doc, and find out the sex of our baby.  as we've been waiting for the big reveal, we've had a lot of time to think about who our baby turri could be.

if you know me at all, you know that i've always thought (and assumed) i would have a girl first. at our first doctor appointment it dawned on me that this baby could actually be a boy... and i started thinking a lot about what that would be like for us. then it dawned on me, ryan was a baby boy once. this most amazing, talented, sensitive man that i get to call my husband was indeed a baby once upon a time. then it made me think, i would be nothing short of ecstatic for ryan and i to have the chance to raise a baby into another man like him. we would actually be doing the world a favor ;o).

so as i think about our sweet baby, i find myself just praying that at some point in our lives we can experience both. we know that it will all happen in god's time, and that whatever gender our baby is, it will be PERFECT!

so what do ya think?  girl or boy?

whatever it is, i'm staging one of these photos after their arrival! thank you to pinterest for the inspiration!

side note- ry fixed up my comment section, so it should be a little more user friendly when it comes to leaving comments. sorry if it's been a pain in the past!