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boy!! that's right! we are going to, in just a few months, be proud parents of a son...okay, the truth is, we are already proud parents and the baby is not even out yet. we went to the doc yesterday and were so excited to hear our suspicions confirmed. a dear friend (and mother to a little boy) told me that fuzzy tummy=baby boy! because i'm pretty sure there is a forest growing on my stomach, i was really hoping for a boy. i mean, what would all that hair have to say about a girl!? ;) anyway, another friend suggested that i drink a cup of orange juice before i went in for the ultrasound, just to assure that the baby wouldn't sleep through it, so i did. and it worked! oh my goodness-he wiggled around the whole time! the tech was actually getting a little  frustrated because she was having such a hard time getting all the pics she needed. she kept beating on my stomach (and overly full bladder!) trying to get him to move where she wanted him. funny, and a bit painful at times! :) afterwards, ryan was telling me that he felt like he pretty much knew what was going on the whole time-could tell what was what (as far as the major body parts-arms, hands, feet-oh the feet are SO cute!). i thought for a while that i was doing pretty good, but at one point, she was taking some close-ups of what turned out to be the stomach and gallbladder (how do they even know these things?!). both of these little organs were black, as opposed to the rest of him being kind of grayish. well, anyway, i was certain we were looking at our precious baby's little face. the black spots looked a lot like eyes to me...i was struggling to see the nose and mouth, but just about had it figured out. i was very close to actually saying something out loud about how cute his little face was. thankfully, i did not and soon after, i saw her type stomach and gallbladder onto the screen, pointing to my baby's "eyes." ryan and i had a good laugh about this later. anyway, we are SYKED about having a boy, and are now working diligently at figuring out the right name for him. so many choices! in fact, last night we went to borders and bought a new baby name book (we had gotten one a while back that was on the sale rack. i was excited about our great deal, but unfortunately the book turned out to be more like a dictionary than a naming book, suggesting names like "seven" and "multiple".. who would name their kid that?!?!). anyway, yesterday we actually finally sold the rest of our electronics collection-our tv, ryan's playstation 3, the games, and all our blu rays. we were thankful that God seems to be providing a little extra for us through our sale. anyway, in exchange, we bought a new book-ryan picked it out and he's sure it's the best (because it says on the front that it is)...so, we are reading through it. we really want a good strong meaningful name. we are open for suggestions, though... ;)

on this cold morning of thanksgiving, i am sitting here all by myself and feeling a little lonely. ryan's best bud, dustin, is in town and he called to see if ry wanted to play a little football with some peeps this morning. i know how much ry loves football and i think it's fun that his thanksgiving tradition is a little like mine used to be-always we used to go to the local high school with all the uncles and cousins and play a little football. so fun! unfortunately this year, i can not play...and i wouldn't anyway because they are all serious about the game (hello, college football players-no thanks!). so, i'm at the house baking away for our meal today. we are having some friends over to celebrate our thanksgiving with, which is fun. though, i do miss our sweet family today!! the menu, at least on my side of things (i'm not sure what else is coming) is:

turkey-fried by a sweet friend's husband

sweet potato casserole

broccoli casserole

a can of cranberry sauce (it's just so good!)

lime jello casserole (don't tell ry i called it that though, it offends him for some reason..lol)

homemade rolls-my mimi's recipe!

pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing

pecan pie

i have a feeling we are going to have wayyyyyy too much food! :) but i can't wait to dig in! 

happy thanksgiving to all!!

coming soon: 

     what i'm thankful for...

     pictures of our wee one, if i can figure out how to get them on here