GENDER REVEAL: It's a....

We got to the beach today in the middle of tropical storm Debby (that bi*ch).  The BIG REVEAL we had planned involved using the beach, beautiful sunset for pictures, and of course, the sand.  Well....that wasn't happening.  For anyone that knows Destin, Florida....this is not what we usually see looking out into the blue.

Change of plans.  The family already had cabin fever from the morning and was in no mood to wait for the news.  They needed a pick-me-up for a rainy vacation....and expected us to deliver....IMMEDIATELY!

But first, mom gave us a gender neutral gift that melted my heart.  A sweet little monkey plush toy, and a book "Twinkle Twinkle" that featured everyone in the family reading a different page.  Bring on the tears!!!!

Daniel is in disbelief that a book can be read by voices....technology these days, I tell ya!

We decided to change the plans and got our props out for everyone to guess.  Some grabbed a mustach right away, while others waivered their decisions for a second.  And then there is my nephew Waylon who guessed both....just because he liked to chew the foam props.

Here are the other gender predictions:

We checked out their predictions, counting boy verse girl.



We laughed, because it seemed that all couples were a split decision, except for one.....my parents.

And drumroll please......we are having a sweet little bouncy baby:

BOY!!!

(and obviously...my husband couldn't be more proud as evidenced in the picture!)

And, in perfect style...my mom had a gift bag for a boy waiting in the wings...because in her words

"she just knew"

We'll make an "edit" to the post about the 20 week appointment/ultrasound since there were details we couldn't include until this special day of telling our family.  We were so thrilled to be able to tell part of our family in person, and feel the love for this little boy already. <3