Sorry it's been a while since I've updated...okay so it's been a long while. :) But, on November 25, 2009 we found out that we were expecting baby #2. We were shocked, but excited because we didn't think it would happen so quickly. We are due July 28th (about) so that means this baby and Maya will be almost...so close to two years apart.
On Thanksgiving we told the Van Gend side of the family. My family knew that I had made sugar cookies and wanted to eat some right after dinner. I tried to hide them for a minute because not everyone was downstairs. But, they kept asking where the sugar cookies were and when they could eat some. I tried to round everyone up but was unsuccessful. So, unfortunetly our announcement was made without everyone there. :( But, it was still a shock to everyone.
On November 28th we had Thanksgiving dinner with the Aragon side of the family. Rather than me fight the crowds I had my sister Stefani get this Big Sister shirt for Maya the day after Thanksgiving while she was at the mall. When we first got to our Thanksgiving dinner not everyone was there so Jeremy told the fam not to take off Maya's coat because she was cold and would get very upset. After the majority got there Jer told them it was okay to take off her coat.
We were so excited to find out what we were having and couldn't wait until our 20 week appointment to find out. Fortunetly, the doctor that I see offers a gender check at 16 weeks for a small price. Our appointment was at 8:30am and I was so happy because my sister was able to get the morning off work to watch Maya and my mom was able to skip out on a part of her meeting to come to the ultrasound. We got into the ultrasound room and was in there for about 20-25 minutes. They were having the hardest time finding what the gender was because the baby's legs were crossed and because the cord was sitting in between the baby's legs. They told me to go to my appointment with my doctor and then come back down. I was kind of upset because my mom had to leave to go to her meeting and I wanted her to be there to see first hand what the baby was. We went up to my appointment and while we were up there we got to hear the heartbeat. It was going pretty fast so with that said they told us that 60% chance it was a girl and 40% chance it was a boy....that kind of shot Jer's hopes down of it being a boy. So then we went back down and they STILL had a hard time telling what the gender was for the same reasons. But, they thought it was a BOY! Jeremy couldn't be more happy!! He's wanted a boy since Maya. I wanted a girl just because we already have all the girl stuff, but I'm happy with a boy too. But, we will confirm that on March 11th at my 20 week appointment. Hopefully the baby's gender won't change in 4 weeks. :)
Profile Picture...he looks just like Maya did.
Here are the best pictures they could get of his "manhood"...hopefully they are right. :)
