Another BOY!

The results are in and baby Rallo 2.0 is a BOY!

If I'm being honest, I was hoping for a girl and was a little disappointed when I got the news.  I never imagined myself having a boy, let alone two, so it took a while to wrap my head around the idea.  There are those sweet mother daughter moments I've always dreamed about and will likely never get to experience.  But I think it's important to remember that life is not necessarily about getting everything we want.  I truly believe that God has a plan and everything happens just the way it's supposed to.  I am so thankful that I was able to get pregnant easily (twice!) and have two healthy little babies.  My main motto in life is that we are here first to love and then to learn and I know that having two boys with be full of both those things.  

There are a lot of reasons I am looking forward to having two boys.  Mostly because they are close in age and will be best friends.  They can run around together, scrape their knees, play sports, fight, and have each others backs.  Ty and Chris are both such sweet men and have a bond that only siblings can share; I am excited for my boys to have that as well.  Not to say that having siblings of the opposite sex isn't fun but it's not quite the same.  I am excited that I can now justify buying expensive coats and clothes for Owen, knowing both boys will be able to wear them.  It's pretty much like getting 50% off everything I buy from now on.  Regardless of the sex, I am just beyond excited to have another baby.

Naturally, the next question is if we'll try for a girl one more time.  I'm not sure.  When I got pregnant this time I felt like we were going to be a two kid family.  We can all fit in a three bedroom house, a midsize sedan and a booth in a restaurant.  Two feels totally manageable because the parent to child ratio is even, being outnumbered feels pretty overwhelming.  Living in the city with kids is expensive.  Even after the basement remodel I don't think our current house could handle five of us and daycare costs are outrageous.  If we decide to have a third baby, which could very well be a third boy, I think we'd have to move outside of Seattle.  We'll just have to wait and see how we feel in a couple of years.  For now,  I am focusing on what we do have, which is two sweet little guys and when all is said and done, I'm super excited about it!

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