Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

         Mike and I found out in November that we were going to have a baby! I was wondering why I was so tired and unmotivated to unpack our stuff into our new house that we had moved into in October. I didn't feel so bad for being lazy once I found out I was pregnant!

        We were/and are so excited for this miracle the Lord has chosen to bless us with! I have not been that sick, and it has actually been a pretty good pregnancy so far.. going by really fast!

       We were able to find out in February if we are having a boy or girl. I assumed it was a girl, since that's all my sisters have had so far. People kept saying "Those Corley girls can only have girls"... But Mike and I would be happy with either! He is really great with my nieces, so I thought he would be a a sweet dad to a girl-- but then I thought of all the manly stuff Mike likes (fishing, guns, cars...) that he would be an awesome Dad to a boy too!

          We went to my 20 week ultra sound on February 14th (fun valentines date) and saw our baby! We had the ultra sound tech tell us to look away when she was going to find out the sex of the baby (not that I would have really been able to tell anyways! I never know what I am looking at!). Then she wrote it down on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. Later that day we took the envelope and a big box to Party City and asked them if they would fill the box with the appropriate color balloons with whatever the card said (pink for girl, blue for boy). We went back the next day and picked up the sealed box! Mike was SO anxious to find out. He just kept saying "I just can't believe the party city people know what we are having before we do!"

         That night we had a party at my dad's house with our families and a few close friends. We had everyone wear a picture of me when I was little if they thought it was a girl, or a picture of Mike as a kid if they thought it was a boy. Most people picked boy, but it was pretty even.

 

 Madison was REALLY hoping for a boy!

Dad thought boy too!

Mike's Mom voted boy!

Cyndee and Dad

 

So now it was time to reveal! It was really fun that NO ONE in the room knew what color balloons were going to fly out of that box! I honestly just KNEW they were going to be pink. Boy was I surprised! Here is a video of us opening the box!

 

 

So as you can see, I was very surprised! It is fun to be able to have the first boy in the Corley family grandkids! And on the Zylstra side, it will be the first grandchild!

 

 

Anways, it was just the most fun night! We have narrowed our baby names down to a couple, but are planning on keeping that a surprise! We might not even know forsure until we go to the hospital! We are due July 4th! So get those fireworks ready!