It's a.....?????

Before we get to the BIG announcement, here's a picture of Shayli going on a date night with her daddy.  It's her first official "date-night" and she was so excited for it!  In fact, she went upstairs to change her clothes so she could be beautiful.  This was her outfit choice.  (And does it surprise anyone that we have a photo-bomber?)

And now for other news.....there is a new little Reese that will be joining us in May!  Here is a belly shot at about 20 weeks.  My expression explains my surprise at how quickly my belly started poking out.  Like at 8 weeks.  I guess that's to be expected on your 5th?  

Through this entire pregnancy, I've been asked to do extra things from my doctor since I now fall into  an Advanced Maternity Age pregnancy.  Eh????  I'm not sure what to even say to that.  Anyhoo, I went to get my extra advanced ultrasound at 22 weeks.  Here's our little bundle!

Now. we decided to have the ultrasound tech write the gender down in a sealed envelope for us and not tell us if it was a boy or girl.  We wanted to do something fun with the kids for the big announcement.  But let me tell you, when I saw this picture I was sure I knew the gender.  I'll just say this.  It feels a little masculine if you know what I mean...... But I didn't want to be wrong (like I am every other time) so I kept my mouth shut and hoped for the best!

Our friend Lora was kind enough to help out by preparing our special announcement box.  She did a great job and the kids were sooo excited to open it!  But we had to wait for daddy to get home which didn't happen until 7:30 ish.   Talk about torture!

I thought we needed something sweet to eat to help with the celebration so we whipped up these delicious sugar cookies.

In the end, we opened the box and inside were black balloons.  At first I thought Lora was playing a mean trick on us, but then we read the directions and started popping the balloons.  Inside the balloons blue confetti flew out!  BOY!  Just what we need to help round us out!

We are super excited to welcome our new addition who is scheduled to arrive around May 28!  Can't wait!

PS Here is a drawing Shayli did for me in Nursery.  You have to turn your head sideways.  It's two stick figures but one has a big circle for a tummy.  It's me.  She told me it was "Mommy with her big belly and Shayli." She just can't wait for this baby to come!