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    Baby Boy to Come!

    For over a month now, our friends and family here and abroad have been asking us THE question: "Do you know what you're having yet?"  Then it became, "Are you finding out?" And finally it was, "How many more weeks until we know?"  We were all so excited that so many of you wanted to know what we were having and were just as excited as we were to find out.  We all waited for that magical week 20 to come...

    Here in Kharkov especially everyone wanted to know if we were finally going to have a girl.  Our team, you see, had only boy kids - 6 total.  Several were sure it would be a girl... chances are, right? But then others said it was impossible... just look at our track record! 

    We saw a few photos from what seemed to be a "new" thing in the States, Gender Reveal Parties, and it didn't take much to talk David into doing it.  At first, we were going to know, but everyone else would find out at the party, but then the week before we made the decision to wait and find out with everyone who came. That way we'd have fun with the games with everyone else.  We made our appointment, took in an envelope with two cards: "It's a boy!" and "It's a girl!" on them and asked the doctor to put the right paper in the envelope without us knowing.  She was very compliant, even telling us when to shut our eyes during the ultrasound. We got the envelope on Wednesday and waited... until Thursday night.

    We had about 37 people people packed into our little apartment for our little reveal.  It was a lot of fun.  We had snacks, and I did my best to label them according to what people generally predict you'll crave when you're pregnant.  Blue and pink were everywhere. 

    Snacktable
    Cupcakes

    As soon as our guests arrived, they cast their vote and if they weren't already wearing blue or pink, we pinned a pink or blue ribbon on them so their vote was clearly seen.  We also had a couple games for people to guess the size and the weight of the baby at that time (I was currently 21 weeks along).  Then, we played pictionary - those who thought it was a boy versus those who thought it was a girl.  The idea behind that game was "who has better intuition?"  It was too close, so we had to have a tie-breaker match that the boy team won. 

    Voting

    Game1
    Our final game, leading up to the reveal was testing the old wives tales.  I had made a list, plus we asked everyone to contribute what they believed could tell, or what they had heard.  We looked at where my belly sat and what shape it was.  We strung a ring on a string and watched whether it would spin or sway.  We looked at what I'd been craving.  We looked at my face to see if a girl had "taken" all my beauty away.  And we tested a lot more. The outcome: 50/50. Funny, how that one worked! ;)
    Wisetales

    Finally, our last few guests arrived and we Skyped in with Mary, David, and Jacob (in New Zealand, so at 4am in the morning), and we opened the envelope together: BOY! 

    It was heaps of fun and everyone expressed how much they enjoyed it with us.  So, that's the latest family news for the Nelson family.  Baby boy (who has yet to be named, as that's probably your next question!) is due November 15th.  We plan to be back in the states for this delivery, so if you're in the Lubbock area, you'll be the first ones to greet our little man.  Fort Worth friends, we'll be seeing you pretty soon after. 

    Thanks for being excited with us and keeping our family in your prayers.  This pregnancy hasn't been without worry, but God has taken care of our little boy and we are so thankful and excited to meet him soon!

    • 16 July 2012
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    We are a family of three who have been sent to Ukraine to plant churches. We are constantly growing and learning how to be the people God calls us to be.
    We enjoy life, and want to share with others the things that make our lives so great.

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    We are a family of three who have been sent to Ukraine to plant churches. We are constantly growing and learning how to be the people God calls us to be.
    We enjoy life, and want to share with others the things that make our lives so great.

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