Well before I get too far into this post I have to share my little celebratory mini-carrot cake. See I had BIG PLANS to do a gender reveal shindig and make a big fat cake with layers of blue or pink frosting. Yeah. Then I realized it’s the middle of the week and I’m exhausted (see also: pregnant). A gender reveal is fun, but y’all? Just not happening this time around.
Although I suppose this is a gender reveal party of sorts, right? Right!
Anyway, the most important thing that came out of yesterday’s appointment is this: the baby is healthy. It’s squirming and moving and everything is in place. A lot of people have asked us if the gender that we have is what we wanted, and the reality is that we didn’t care – we just want a healthy baby. But now that we know it’s healthy it makes it that much better to celebrate knowing something else about our little one!
Oh, what’s that? You want to know too? It’s….a….
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BOY!
Funny little tidbit on this is that literally right as the doctor started the ultrasound she said – from what I could hear – “Second one’s a show-off!”
WHAT?! I almost shot off the table. Then she realized what I’d heard and said that no, this was the second baby today who was a show-off…she immediately could tell the gender! I wouldn’t mind twins at all, but after 5 months of thinking it’s one kiddo and then finding out there are two? Yikes…that would be a shell-shocked mama!
Anyway, more to come on this appointment and the baby in general, but for now grab your carrot cake and a fork and dig in to celebrate our little baby boy!
Kim in MD says
Congratulations! I’m so excited for you, and so happy to hear that he’s healthy! 🙂
Laurie @SimplyScratch says
Yay!! So excited for you! Motherhood is a blast! 🙂
Sarah says
Ahhhhhh! Congratulations!
A baby boy!
I’m having a baby boy, too. I never really pictured myself as the mom of a boy, but now that I am one, I’m in love:-). So, so happy for you!
Maria says
Congrats!!!! SO SO SO happy for you! You will LOVE having a little boy. We are smitten by our little guy already:)
Lindsay @ Schnoodle Soup says
Yay! So many congratualtions on your healthy, sweet baby boy. So happy for you. All these bloggers having boys – I sort of had a feeling you’d be having one too! So exciting.
Jenny says
wow! Congratulations on your healthy little boy!
Funny thing..I scrolled down realllllllly slow so I could build the suspense on finding out the gender 😀
Congrats again!
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking says
Congratulations, Heather!! Such wonderful news on both accounts!!
Christie says
AHHHHH YAY! I guessed boy. To be honest I didn’t read the post either, just scrolled until I saw it =) Okay, gonna go actually read the rest now. Congrats Momma-to-be! Hope you have a wonderful pregnancy and can’t wait to read all about it.
Katie @ Healthy Heddleston says
Congratulations Heather!! This is so so exciting!
Ali says
Boys rock – what can I say – but then you know why. But agree with you, healthy is what we want them all to be. Fabulous news
Ashley says
CONGRATS!!! Have a slice of that yummy cake for me!
Ashley says
CONGRATS!!! Send some cake my way!
Tina @ Faith Fitness Fun says
Awwwww!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! I had a feeling.
And I would have jumped off the table hearing that too. It did sound like she meant twins. Whew. LOL
Urban Wife says
1. So glad he’s healthy!
2. I would’ve thought the same thing if my nurse said that – yikes!
3. Carrot cake is the perfect way to celebrate. Heck, any type of cake would do.
🙂 Congrats, again!
Anna @ On Anna's Plate says
Yay!!! Congrats!!! And that looks like perfect celebration cake to me 🙂
Kim LeForge says
Heather I don’t know you but I have been following your blog for a while now and I am sitting here crying because I am just so happy for you. Congratulations on your healthy baby!
Liz @ Tip Top Shape says
Ha, I would have freaked out if I thought I had twins, too. Congratulations on your one baby boy!!
Becky at VintageMixer says
Congratulations Heather!!
Lauren says
Congrats!!!! He will be perfect. 😉
Cassie @ Bake Your Day says
Congrats, so happy for you guys. Love boys!
Heather says
Congratulations!! I have three boys and they are wonderful.
Aunt Cindy and Uncle Pancho says
Congratulations! We are so happy for you two. I talked to your Mom the other day and boy are they excited. I am so glad everything is going great and if you need any advice on raising little boys I got quite a few. I told your Mom about making sure you are ready with new diaper before you change him.
Love you both!
Sabrina says
Congrats!
Heather says
Congratulations! Glad to hear it’s a Healthy baby boy!
Mia Smith says
So excited for you! Congrats again!
Mama Pea says
Aww, congratulations on your little boy!
Tracie says
Congrats Heather and Nate!!! So exicted for you both!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Emily @ A Cambridge Story says
Congrats! What a sweet little boy it will be!
Estela @ Weekly Bite says
Congrats Heather! A little boy will be so much fun!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen says
Yay! Congratulations! Carrot cake is my favorite, good celebratory choice 😉
Amy Halter says
Welcome to the club!!! At least there might be lots of clothes and toys to share from lots of people around you! So many boys around! So happy for you both and looking forward to meeting him someday!
Krystina (Organically Me) says
Well, a carrot cake is sort of a gender reveal cake. 😉
Congrats to you! I’m glad the little bambino is healthy.
Heather says
Hahahaha! Awesome, that totally made me laugh 🙂
Julie @SavvyEats says
Haha, I just laughed out loud at that one.
Congratulations on your baby boy!
Heather @ Dietitian on the Run says
Hah just one boy for now is probably more than enough! 😉 So exciting to finally know!!
Lauren says
Congratulations! That is so exciting for you guys 🙂 And I love reading these pregnancy updates!
Chelsy E. says
Congrats Heather!
janetha says
Yay! Excited for you!
Diana @ frontyardfoodie says
Oh my goodness congrats!!
Boys rock.
Becca says
Congratulations! 🙂
Shanna, Like Banana says
Awww congrats! Ours was a show off too — totally spread HIS legs to see the goods 🙂
Evan Thomas says
Awww, congratulations! He’ll have a lot of boy baby blogger friends when he arrives.
Mads says
Yaaay!!! A lil man! How wonderful!
I’m hoping you got that carrot cake at a restaurant, because I can’t see how that would be easier than making a layered cake yourself. 😉 Mmmmm
Paula - bell'alimento says
Aw, Congratulations! A sweet little boy! xoxo