It's a......

Yesterday I had a routine 17 week Dr. appointment. As I was about to leave the Dr. asked me if I wanted to take a quick "peek" to see if this baby was a boy or a girl. I was NOT expecting this at all. I said "SURE!"
and called Nate and told him to HAUL over to the office.

It was kind of nice actually....to not have 3 more weeks to wonder. I had a sneaky suspicion that it was a boy. Nate had said the same thing, All three boys wanted another sister though.

There it was...plain to see. It was definitely a BOY. "Unless that thing right there FALLS OFF in the next three weeks it looks like this baby is a boy!" is what the ultrasound tech said.

As soon as I saw the little guy I was in love with him. As nice as it would have been for Anna to have a sister I am a little relieved that I won't have sisters 16 months apart fighting over clothes, boys, attention.....etc.
I'm so glad I have my Anna though. Grateful that I have my little team-mate because we are SO outnumbered! I'm grateful that Anna and baby brother will have each other. I know they will be the best of friends.

Here he is:
So sweet with his little fists up by his face.

I tried and tried to think of a clever way to tell the boys the news. I was SO worried they would be disappointed to find out it was a boy. Unfortunately I didn't have time to tell them myself because a friend who had already caught wind of the news told Parker at Landon's baseball game. Parker came home from the game and gave be a hug with a huge smile on his face. When I asked him why he was smiling he just said, "I heard about baby." When I asked him what he thought about it he said he was "SOOOO happy!"

We went out to Carino's for dinner to celebrate our news and tell the other boys. They were both just as excited. Obviously this little boy was meant to join the crazy Starnes crew. He had to overcome a lot of obstacles to get here. He must be pretty darn special. I'm excited to meet him. ♥

Now to think of a name. Oh brother....here we go again. ☺