On having a boy

I admit it.  I really *wanted* a girl.

I love the relationship I have with my mother and I wanted that with a daughter.  I wanted pink dresses and bows and ballet lessons.  Yep, I wanted a girl.

I did also want a boy.  I wanted Doug to have a son and my dad to have a grandson named after him.  That's where George gets his middle name - Theodore.

Having a boy scared me.  I know nothing about sports and super hero's - other than the fact my husband loves them.  Teenage boys are awkward... and boys during puberty.  Eeeeeek.  How in the heck would I deal with that??!!

So I knew I would have a boy.  Doug was convinced George was a boy and Doug is very good at stuff like that, so a boy it would be!

At the 20 week ultrasound I knew I needed to sound crazy excited in the video and say, "Yay!  It's a boy!"  I found myself saying that... a little half-heartidly. 

To be honest, I think of I would have been told the baby was a girl... I would have strangely been sad it wasn't a boy. This all probably stems with not knowing if we can ever conceive again - and really wanting both a boy and a girl in our family. Weird feelings, but they were there!

I quickly changed my tune about wanting pink in my world and changed to being all about blue.  I was still a little sad that my dreams of a girl might not come true.  But seeing how excited Doug was to have a son took a lot of that away. He was ecstatic!

Now, I'm in love with having a boy.  

I love how he *slightly* resembles my red headed hubby.

I love dressing my little man in plaid and polo's.

I love that when he plays, he zooms his cars and trucks around the living room.

I love his superhero t-shirts.

I love his dinosaur pajama's.

I love that he is a mama's boy.

I love how he has my heart.

I love how he says, "Mamamamamamamama."  Makes me swoon.

I love that my dad has a namesake.

I could go on and on...

Now that I have one boy, I admit, I would love another.  I would love for George to have a brother.  I don't have a sister and Doug does not have a brother.  I always missed that.  I NEVER thought I'd ever say that I'd want a houseful of boys, but I could totally take it now.

Granted, I still would love a little girl too... but for now, Boys Rule.

Pictures by Beth.  :)