It's Raining Men

We, and by we I mean I, went back and forth on whether or not to find out the gender mid-pregnancy or wait until he or she was laying on my chest. Tim was set from the start to find out and at one point told me that he would find out and keep it a secret from me. That would drive me nuts. Over the last few months, I came around to finding out and so on Wednesday we had our 20 week ultrasound. We waited until Friday to find out.

We gave the gender ultrasound pictures, which were in a sealed envelope, to Linda, Tim's sister. I gave her a bag of pink balloons and blue balloons and sent her on her way. She filled the appropriate color with helium and sealed them in a box. After dinner, we found out together as a family. Jude understood right away and has been excitedly telling everyone that we are having a boy. Eli was focused on the balloons and could care less whether we are having a boy or a dinosaur.

If you would like to share in our big moment, here is the video. It is three minutes so hunker down.

Trash & Tractors

Last week, the Me & Mommy class that Jude & I attend went on a field trip to the local recycling center and the local John Deere dealer. This was basically heaven for Jude & Elijah. They loved watching the big tractors at the recycling center as they smashed cardboard and moved green waste.

The tractor dealer was a massive success. Elijah crawled on almost every tractor and pushed and pulled all the levers and buttons he could find. It was so generous of the dealership to let our little ranchers-in-training crawl all over their brand new equipment. Jude's favorite was a John Deere tricycle that he monopolized for over 15 minutes inside the store.

Here is their reaction to the tractor moving a mountain of cardboard.

Lovin' the green and gold.