The Big Reveal

Since we knew we would be finding out whether Lovebug was a boy or a girl so close to Christmas, we decided to wait and share the news until we could be with our families in person. At the time when I made that decision, I didn't realize that my mom would be living with us at the time we found out the news, but we did manage to keep the secret from her for a whole week. I wanted to tell our families in a creative way, and I had heard of the idea of baking a pink or blue cake to share the news. I had so much fun making the cake and sharing the news that I think this will become the traditional way of sharing our news with all our babies. It was also fun to keep the secret just between Matt and me for a few days before we told anyone else.

It's a BOY! We are thrilled to be expecting a healthy baby boy in just four short months and thankful he was cooperative during the ultrasound and had his legs open :). We let my grandpa cut the cake, and my mom was hovering over him the whole time. Before he left that night, he came up to us and said, "When he gets old enough to understand, I'm going to tell him that I was the one that cut the cake." I'm pretty sure he felt awfully special to have that honor.

During the cake cutting we also announced Lovebug's name to our family. I'd like to introduce you to:

Nathan Wilson Baugher

He had his mouth wide open during the ultrasound. I think he was trying to talk to us :)

Once we found out we were expecting a boy, we got to work on baby boy names. We had our girl name finalized but were pretty up in the air with a boy name. Matt asked me one night if I liked the name Nathan. I was a tad skeptical at first, but the name grew on me, and after I looked up the meaning, I was sold. The whole way trip home to Weatherford, I read our baby name book, and every name we thought we liked just didn't compare to Nathan, so we decided it was final. I've mentioned before about how this pregnancy came at a difficult time in our family and I believe the timing of my pregnancy was God's way of showing his faithfulness and promises to our family and carrying us through a dark time. Ever since I got pregnant, I have been drawn to names that signify God's promises, so when I discovered that the meaning of the name Nathan is God's gift, I knew it was the perfect name for our first son. He is such a gift to our family. Matthew's name has a very similar meaning, and I've said from day one that if we have a boy I want him to grow up and be just like his daddy. Wilson is Matt's middle name and was his grandfather's name and has tradition in his family, so it was fitting that Nathan share Matt's middle name. Now that we have a gender and a name, he feels so much more real, and we can't wait for him to get here. We're gearing up for lots of baby blue jeans and sweater vests, and blocks, Legos, trains, and cars. Bring on the blue!