The Big Reveal!!!

It is hard to believe, but I am over half way done with this pregnancy! I am feeling great and have even started running a bit again. My goal is to be able to run a 5K with my 6 year old on Labor Day. I have been doing this run for the past 12 years or maybe even longer. I am hoping that I will at least still be able to keep up with the walk/run pace of Gracie.

Well...we had the big ultrasound yesterday and the big reveal is....we didn't find out if it is a boy or a girl. There was much debate going into this ultrasound, but in the end Ken decided that he really wanted to keep the anticipation going for another 19 weeks or so. It is just like Ken to keep stirring things up as long as possible. I know I would not have been able to resist the temptation of knowing, but he remained steadfast. However, as much as can be told by ultrasound, baby looked perfect. I am so excited to meet this little guy, or little lady, whichever the case may be.

We do have a boy's name picked out and I can reveal that. Unless something else changes our minds, he will be called Roman Ean. We very much love significance in names and he is named after Romans chapters Eight And Nine which, in my opinion, rank up there as two of the most awesome chapters in the Bible. Through God's sovereign choice (not any work or good of our own), we who were dead in sin, are now alive in Christ. We have received the spirit of adoption and are heirs with Christ. What hope is in these chapters!

Now a girl's name is still up in the air. Ken would like to stick with the theme we have going and add a Joy or a Faith to the girls we already have, Hope and Grace. I am not sold on the idea and have offered Hannah as a pretty alternative. The jury is still out on this one. We still have 4 months to agree on something. But, if my gut feeling is correct, a girl's name won't even be an issue.

My prayer is that this baby's story and life, whatever path it takes, will all point to our awesome Saviour.

For His glory,
B