Baby!
That's right, we are expecting another kiddo here in the Hoyt household, expected to arrive in late February! As you all know, I didn't want to know the gender of the first baby while Matt did, so we compromised and he found out and had to keep it a secret. Since he was such a good sport this time, I decided we could do it his way this time and find out what we were having.
But since I didn't really want to know, I wanted to find out a fun way. Matt was still en route to Alaska when I had to go in for the anatomy ultrasound, so I had the ultrasound tech write the gender in a sealed envelope. Weeks went by as I pondered how to do it. I had read years ago about people getting cakes made to find out the gender. It seems so trendy now, but I still kept circling around to it. Trendy or not, I love cakes, so why not do it that way?
Brittney offered to make it, but I wanted her to be surprised too! The only solution was to order a cake. That's right. I *paid* for a cake... I'm so ashamed! But look how nice the cake turned out!
The cake shop did a great job - there was no way of seeing the cake color through that icing! All that was left to do was to cut the cake and find out if Tommy is having a little brother or little sister! The suspense was killing all of us!
Well except Tommy, he was much more interested in his Ritz crackers. :)
After much debate on methods and timing, Matt and I decided to tackle it together so neither one of us would get the edge on seeing what color the cake was:
It was at this point Tommy got interested. We had already tried asking him if would prefer a little brother or sister, but he had no opinion on the matter as of yet.
And the verdict is...
A baby boy! That's right - two little guys!
I think my first words upon seeing the color were "Uh-oh!" I'm going to be totally outnumbered now! But considering how much I love my little guy that I already have, I can only imagine how much more love I have to give to a second baby boy. I might end up pulling my hair out at some point, but I think having one boy makes having two seem not that much harder. Any of you with multiple boys calling me crazy right now...? :)
After trying his brother's cake, even Tommy seemed to get excited! He's going to love having a little brother to play with! And I so ready to love both my boys - though I still have to wait a few more months to meet the second little guy. Oh well - can't rush a good thing, right?
Natalie seems pretty pumped about the second baby news as well, though maybe because Tommy was dropping cake for her to enjoy with him. Of course, she's just tall enough he can whack her from the high chair... Think she would be embarrassed if she knew she had icing on her head? ;)
(Belly shot courtesy of Brittney - as are most of these photos! I wouldn't have taken one, but she figured you would all want to see the growing belly. At least I was wearing a cute shirt!)