A Classic City Life: It's a.......BOY???!!!!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

It's a.......BOY???!!!!

On Tuesday night, Ashley went into labor. It was finally time and we were all waiting to hear the news. First, the news of a healthy baby, but second.....is the baby a boy or girl???

I have to admit, I wanted it to be a boy. I wanted my brother to have a son, Ashley to experience being a 'boy mom', my son to have a boy cousin, Ellie and Emma to have a brother, and of course, to have the Bowers name carried on to the next generation. But I have a confession though. As much as I wanted it to be a boy I just knew it was going to be a girl.

So I decided around our beach trip in July that I needed to just begin believing it was a girl. I even starting calling her baby Eve (to my mama and Jay) because I knew if I could convince myself it was a girl, I wouldn't be disappointed come August.

So Tuesday night, the wait began.

I told my brother I was praying for them and that I would be up until about midnight waiting to hear. Otherwise, I look forward to getting a text message with the news.

Of course I couldn't sleep!!! I finally dosed off and around 3:00am I hear Bo talking in his room. He wasn't crying, so I didn't go in there but it was enough stirring to wake me up. Sure enough, about a minute later, I got this text...

Yes, I saw where my mom wrote 'he' but I still didn't believe it. Bo knew what was happening, but I needed confirmation :) I was in disbelief. It was a boy!!!! Shortly after that we received a message from Ashley also with his name and stats.