It's a.....

                   BOY!!!!!!!!

I'm sure some of you were waiting to hear from me.  Excuse the silence...it was for no reason other than the fact we have been very busy since we got the news.

And I'm sure many of you are surprised that we even found out.  There are multiple reasons we found out this time...but the main one is...I just needed to know.  Justin actually wanted to wait, but I won that one :)

We got the ultrasound technician to put this picture with everything clearly marked, in an envelope for us to open at dinner.  I had to go for an appt with the doc after the US, so me and Briggs went to Justin's work after we were done...we begged him to let us open it then...and he gave in.  It's funny that we waited the whole pregnancy last time and didn't find out, but this time I couldn't even wait until the end of the day :)

I have had many exciting text and FB messages about how happy people are for us...and then of course you have the..

• Do you wish it was a girl...I don't WISH anything..Justin and I both THOUGHT it was a girl b/c I was much sicker with this pregnancy, so we were a little shocked but we are so excited it's a boy!...REALLY!

• Are yall gonna try for a girl next time...uh..we just found out we are having a boy..how about we get him here first

 CLOSING THOUGHTS: We are tickled we will have two boys.  The ultrasound showed he is healthy and growing just perfect.  As Justin so eloquently said...the Lord has chosen to bless us with two boys for now and if he continues to bless us with more boys as we have more children, we will continue to say how grateful we are to him for his blessings and will do our best to raise them to honor him with their lives and hearts.  As fun as a little girl would be to add to our mix of 5 boys total between all the grandbabies, we are not looking anxiously to what the future holds, but instead we are living presently in this special time with hearts very full and happy.

Parker (still working on a middle name) Poland will be our new little guy's name.  Briggs is excited about the news too, he just doesn't know it yet.  They will be so close in age (20 months) that it's great they are both boys and will be able to share a room and clothes and be best friends :)  My sister and I are 24 months apart and I honestly don't know what I would do without her.  My prayer is that Briggs and Parker can have a connection like that.

As things progress we will update...but for now..I'm going to go chase my little guy around the yard :)