(Getting the big sister out of the car just 5 minutes before finding out we were having a boy!)
It seemed as though the Lord set up our "gender reveal" day nearly perfect. After battling for a few weeks with bad headaches and dizziness, last Friday (the day we found out) was the one day where my symptoms seemed to subside. What a blessing. Along with that the weather was cold, brisk, cloudy, and even a bit rainy, contrasting the nearly 100 degree days we have been having for months and months and months on end, this was a beautiful and surprising treat. Before arriving to our appointment, Jeremey and I had one last "SO what do you think it is?" discussion. As usual, I said 55% boy, 45% girl. (Though in my heart of hearts, I always had a much stronger pull towards it being a boy, but who wants to guess wrong???") When having these discussions with Jeremey previously, he would always flip flop his answer. Every day it would be the opposite gender from the day before. I swear he does these things just to get under my skin ;) But that day as we were leaving for our appointment he said "Well, lets go meet our boy." I love my husband!
The Ultrasound tech got right to work ... I mean, she got us right in, and within one minute, was getting the little cursor ready on the screen, to type out the gender. Jeremey and I were kind of stunned, and couldn't believe she could tell that fast, but before she could type out what it was, I shouted out "ITS A BOY ISN'T IT???" She laughed, and said "Well geez, you're pretty sure aren't you, well you are right. It's a BOY!" Jeremey and I cheered while at the same time being in complete disbelief. He just looked at me with this big smile, while rubbing his hands back and forth (signiture Wilson sign of excitement). It was one of the best moments in my life to date. We kept saying "how did you know so fast? are you sure? While the ultrasound tech then proceeded to show us 5 different angles of, well, his boy parts. our little guy was calm, sleeping away, but in the perfect position to show us what we needed to see. This was the opposite of Tatum, who in every single ultrasound we ever got with her, the techs would say "geez, this is the most active baby ever." We left the office with smiles on our faces that wouldn't leave for the duration of the weekend ... to be honest, we are still in shock!
The funniest part about the whole day, was how when it came time to call our parents to tell them the news. NOBODY would answer ... All 4 phones, rang and rang and rang, till we thought we were going to go insane. To mess with them a little bit, we decided that when they did call us back, that we would play a little trick on both sets of parents and tell them that it was a girl first. Gosh we are so mean. BUT COME ON. Your children are calling you continuously to tell you the gender of your next GRANDCHILD, pick up the phone, haha. Well we got them both good ...
When my parents called they were in the car on the road. It just so happend that both Jeremey and my phones were almost dead, because we had been trying to call them for so long, and it was the end of the day. We told them that it was a girl, and let them linger on that for a while, then we flipped the script and told them it was actually a boy, THEN THE PHONE DIED. Impeccable timing. To talk to them again, we had to charge our phones for at least 10 minutes. hahahaha. I would have loved to see what type of conversation they were having in the car. Eventually we called them back, and the first thing they said was "SO WHAT IS IT??????" hahaha. We did the same thing to Jeremey's parents, but without the phone dying. We let his mom discuss with us a little bit about what its like to have 2 girls back to back, while I was dying on the other end, telling him to just tell them the truth. It was a fun way to share the news. The most exciting reveal was to Jeremey's sister Stephanie, who brought all 6 of her kids and husband into the room on speaker phone to hear the gender. She has 7 nieces on the Wilson side and NO nephews. She has waited a looong time to hear "its a boy" from one of her brothers or sisters. When we told the family, there was a minute long uproar of screams and celebration. With 7 Wilson girls born in a row, this was quite the surprise!
Truly, our hearts are completely overwhelmed with joy that the Lord would bless us with another child to care for and Love, and that he would see fit for us to have a SON! We know that this next stage in life will not be easy, but are ready to cling to the Lord through whatever it is that faces us in the future.
