Why We Feel Blessed With 2 Boys!

So many people have asked if we are going to try to have a third...or just said we have to!

So let's have it all out here to share...

You are Depriving Your Husband:

I have had people tell me that they feel bad for my husband because he won't be able to walk a daughter down the aisle and I am taking that away from him. 🤦‍♀️ We both made these children...not just me. We have no control over their gender to begin with but my husband and I are not feeling like we are missing out on anything. He is thrilled to raise 2 rough and tumble boys and share his passions with them!

Maybe baby #2 is a GIRL:

Some have said this type of a statement in a joking manner, a hopeful manner, and an outright mean way as they think number 2 shouldn't be a boy. We've been told people are "see-ers" and saw a girl not a boy, that they wouldn't be so sure about a boy, maybe there wasn't really a penis, maybe there are twins and the boy is hiding the girl, etc etc etc. 🤣🤦‍♀️

So let's clear that up...we saw our baby boy! I tend to think "I'm sorry I didn't give you the baby girl you all wanted" but we aren't sorry! We are so excited to have 2 boys and we were hoping for 2 boys (which everyone knew). We hope that everyone else can jump aboard our happy baby boy train instead of trying to parallel the girl train all the way!

But You NEED a girl:

Why? Are you sure? So many families have only boys. We don't feel like we need to have a girl. We didn't need to have a second baby. We need a healthy baby, we pray for healthy babies!

There is probably too much importance put on the gender of a baby these days. The reason we did a reveal the first time was because I liked throwing a party to celebrate our baby at the halfway mark of our pregnancy. We loved the idea of sharing our baby's name with everyone too!

With our second we had already been told so many times people were sure baby was a girl or baby better be a girl I was a little nervous about trying to do a reveal. We chose to again reveal baby boy's name and because it is a celebration of the halfway point of our pregnancy. Also I wanted to do a party/reveal for #2 just like we did our first. I don't think #2 boy or girl is any less deserving of a party than our first born which is why we will of course have a baby shower as well for baby Colin.

You already had a Boy...So You don't need a shower!

I was always surprised by this logic whether boy or girl honestly. The point of a baby shower is to shower that baby with love and support. People gathering saying they are there for this baby and see this little bundle as a blessing to the family! My grandmother had 3 kids, 65-70 years ago. She had a baby shower for each one...no matter boy or girl (back then they didn't find out ahead of time anyway but she had 2 boys then a girl).

We will be having a baby shower for Colin "not despite his gender" but to celebrate our blessing God has given us! We will have a registry of things we will need double of for 2 kids so close in age but also don't expect a bunch of gifts either. We want to celebrate our little cub and will be blessed to do so with family and friends!

True Disappointment:

The only "disappointment" we have experienced is that we loved our baby girl name we picked! Our first boy name and our girl name were picked 3 years before we conceived little Patrick. We won't ever be using the girl name because we are not trying for a 3rd, 4th, etc. until we have a girl. We both knew we didn't want the 3rd child, odd kid out situation. We both were raised in homes with 3 kids (he the oldest, I the youngest) and so I always said 2 or 4 (also a joke about me hating odd numbers) but we both felt like 4 was too many and we're happy with 2.

We are so happy again to be having our second little boy. We hope you all can join in showering him with love like we already feel rather than hoping he is someone he's not.

Baby Colin is already so loved and we are excited to be having this little lion cub (Colin means cub) the beginning of next year! #RaisingOurLionCubs #PatrickAndColin #Raising2LittleSirs