It's A Boy!!

We finally know what we are having... A boy!! We found out Friday morning. Miss Lillian seems to be a tad bit psychic, she knew all along that she was having a brother. We even tried to throw her off a few times to see if her mind would change... it didn't! We took both of the girls to the appointment. with us so they got to see the baby. Surprisingly they both kind of get it. After the U.S. tech told us that it was a boy, Emmy said "Baby... Boy?" She catches on really fast! Now that we for sure know that it is a boy, the girls love to talk to him. They would talk to the baby before, but it's more exciting knowing that it is a boy!

We do have a name picked out... He will be named after his daddy and grandpa Phil. His name will be Mark James. He is not a Junior, he will just carry on his daddy's name. It was something that Mark really wanted, and I agreed. I'm sure, for those of you that already seem worried about it, we will have a nick name for him. It's not that big of a deal, and I assure you, it will be easy enough to decipher!

My dad was thrilled to have his first grandson named after him, he and Mark already discussed taking him fishing and hunting. Mark passed to torch to my dad, knowing that he loves it all so much and is good at it. He will be an amazing teacher and wonderful grampy! My dad was very very close with his mothers, father. I see the same in our situation, I can't wait! Luckily the name "James" is very popular in both our families. My brother and uncle are both James and Mark's uncle is also James, so the name carries on!

So there is the big, long awaited news, we are all very excited! Jeff and Lindsay's baby boy will have a boy cousin just 2 months apart to grow up with too. So Little Mark won't just be around girls growing up. Uncle Jimmy has already called the future and sees the boys racing and doing derbys together. I am sure they will have great influences to look up to between Jeff, Jim, Daddy, and Grandpa!