It's true! The Bean family really will have a little boy after all! I've strongly felt this entire pregnancy that it was going to be a boy. This is a personal story, but I want to remember it. Almost a year ago I was lying down taking a nap after church one Sunday. David was right beside me taking a nap as well. I kept waking up with that feeling you have when you are waiting and waiting for someone to arrive. I kept thinking "Where is he?! Why isn't he here yet? ". The feeling would not go away and I kept looking and reminding myself that "he", David, was right beside me. Later that afternoon, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was still waiting for someone to "get here". It dawned on me that perhaps that was Heavenly Fathers way of telling me it was time for another child to join our family.
My entire life, before getting married, I always said I wanted ALL boys when I became a mother. But when the technician confirmed that the baby really is a boy, I was speechless the rest of the ultrasound. All sorts of nervous feelings started racing through my mind. I don't know anything about boys!!! And there are all sorts of "boy things" I would be perfectly happy going the rest of my life without knowing more about them. Legos, Thomas the Train, super heroes, trucks, dinosaurs, scouting, tying ties.... I could do without all of these things! Not the mention the whole "boy parts" issue.... And then someone mentioned the great feeling of sending a son on a mission! WHAT, I have to do that too!?!?! I can't do that?!!! Send my child away for two whole years to some other corner of the earth? NO WAY! Even though I did it myself, the thought of sending my child away nearly gave me a panic attack, and he's not even born yet.
I love my girls, they are challenging in their own ways. And I know that I will love my son as well. (It's still pretty weird to say "son") It know this will bring a wonderful new adventure to our family. The girls are excited to have a brother and David is beyond thrilled and stressed about it as well. I know he looks forward to all those things I said I could do without. I was pretty sure he was going to go out the next day and buy a train table, but he resisted! I've also never seen him so concerned about my welfare, encouraging me to get rest, take my vitamins and eat well. And I guess I've got four more months to get used to the idea of not saying "the girls", but rather "the kids". Fun times are ahead!
**And for those who are wondering, the other side of those signs said - It's a Girl (we were prepared either way)
6 comments:
Congrats from one who has 3 girls and 1 boy! It is a bit of a switch, but fun.
The whole time in the hospital, and even a few days after, I kept saying "she" and even "girl". The nurses must have thought I was crazy!
And you do not have to do Thomas the Train. I am avoiding it so far - can't stand him. Legos are fun for everyone, though. The girls have had them for years.
Hooray! I was pretty upset when I found out I was getting TWO boys. But they've turned out to be pretty fun, at least now that they're 18 months! He will add balance to your family, and you'll LOVE him!
I just can't be happier, and it's not even my baby!! Guess it's the proud Aunt syndrome!! April and David are such great parents to begin with and have so much love to give, that that baby won't know what's in store for him!!
So incredibly excited for you guys! David deserves a boy for all the time he's put into scouts/YM. It seems such a strange thought now (I remember feeling that way with Eli), but once he's here, you'll wonder how you ever got along without him!
Congratulations April and David! I'm really excited for you guys and can't wait to see a boy Bean. :) So you all have the potential to have a family like the one I grew up in - 3 girls first, then 3 boys! ??? ha, don't think that far ahead, but enjoy your little boy. I think the world of my brothers and I'm so glad to have them. I know your girls will feel the same.
We didn't know ahead that baby #4 was a boy. So when baby #4 arrived and the doctor said, It's a boy - I thought he was kidding and told him to look again because the McIntyres only have girls! Well, once I was visually convinced that I did indeed have a boy - I spent the next several hours just marveling at the thought of how the makeup of our whole family had just changed. It was no Joe and his harem! All of a sudden we had a future priesthood holder, a missionary, a bishop - who knows what.... and it was a whole world I had never thought of before! Once we figured out how to have a boy, we got pretty good at it and had two more and those three guys have been my sweethearts. I am so grateful that we were blessed with both girls and boys for they are indeed different and special each in their own ways. So enjoy - you are a lucky Mama!!
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