It's A Boy!

The moon hung delicately in the night sky as it laid waiting to switch shifts with the morning sun. Cold, winter air stunned Scott's face on his early morning run as he went jogging through our neighborhood.  His thoughts couldn't help but turn toward the long awaited day with eager anticipation. It was this very day, December 12, 2012, that we would find out whether our first born child would be a boy or a girl. As the air pumped out of his mouth and flooded into the sky, it made whisps of miniature clouds that quickly swam past him. As Scott' gaze turned upward, his eyes locked in on a shooting star that appeared for just a few split seconds, and then faded away. The delight and pleasure of The Lord filled Scott's soul and warmed his heart, "I placed a star in the sky to announce the birth of my son too." And as joy settled in, Scott smiled at God's kindness and in gladness, ran home.

We weren't in the waiting room long when our ultrasound technician came to get us for the screening. We told her that though we wanted to see our baby on her screen, we didn't want her to tell us what we were having quite yet. We went through the long screening and spotted one our baby's feet with it's five little toes. As she moved upward to the head, we saw a clear picture of one of his hands and five tiny little fingers waving all about. Most of the time, our baby remained curled up, snuggled towards me and away from the doctor--the image alone of my baby nestled toward me melted my heart, wanting to nuzzle the baby's face and shower it with kisses. But whether boy or girl, we were in suspense still and would be for the next hour!

The doctor gave us the gender reveal picture taped up in an envelope and handed it to us as we headed off to Common Grounds, our favorite local coffee shop. It was a surreal moment for me. Over the past 9 years, I had experienced many things at Common Grounds. My first visit to Baylor as a high school senior, many all nighters in college studying for exams, at least 3-4 full summers of hang out times, conversations and thousands of laughs with friends. Post college, it's where I went to disciple girls, attended some of my all time favorite concerts, and it's where Scott and I fell in love. It was where we had our first date, significant conversations, fun memories, and literally, hundreds of cups of coffee with each other, and our best friends. And now, it's where we were finding out about our first born--who would have thought 9 years ago, as a high school senior, I would be finding out the gender of my first child at the same place. 

We got our muffin and coffees and snuggled next to each other outside. We were nervous. I don't know why--we were so excited about either gender--but I guess the reality of everything settled in. We peeled back the envelope and pulled out the picture. "It's a boy!"