Ever Been to a Gender Party?

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Nathan and I got to hear our baby's heart beat last week at our check up! It was so amazing! What a blessing our child is going to be in our lives and we CANNOT WAIT!

Guess what??? Our Dr. is going to check whether we are expecting a boy or a girl next month!!!! We are so excited! Instead of allowing our Dr. to just tell us and then heading over to Facebook to announce to the world BOY or GIRL, we are going to have the Dr. write the gender down and put it in a sealed envelope without telling Nathan or I whether it's a boy or girl. We will then head over to Target or Old Navy and pick out both a boy and girl outfit. I am talking a full outfit which means I will get to pick out either:

THESE

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or THESE

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After purchasing both outfits (& shoes), we will deliver the outfits (along with receipt) and the sealed envelope to a friend. This friend will be sworn to secrecy since she will open the sealed envelope and wrap the appropriate outfit in a neutral gift wrap and return the outfit we won't need!

THEN....a few days later we will gather with whoever wants to join us and Nathan and I will open the present to reveal either a pink or blue outfit. So, we will find out the gender at the same time as anyone else who wants to join us! I guess some people call it a GENDER PARTY! I am pretty excited about it! We are tentatively planning it for either Saturday, April 16th or Sunday, April 17th since our ultrasound is scheduled for Wednesday, April 13th!


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Other news: please pray for us as we are possibly making an offer on a HOUSE here in Kearney soon! We will keep you posted on our progress!

QUESTION: Have any of you been to a gender party before?

Still busy

Nathan and I are still busy with our last semester of college. Nathan has been enjoying hunting with his brothers and dad at home this last weekend as well as this coming weekend. He loves bow hunting and hopefully we will be able to post a picture of his big buck he will get this year!

I am still REALLY enjoying my internship at the Lincoln Crisis Pregnancy Center. I am hoping that this will be an area that I can continue to work in wherever we end up moving! It is such an amazing ministry yet quite heart breaking at times. To see those girls who are faced with an unplanned pregnancy and praise God that they are came to us for counseling but also praying that God will work on their hearts as they face the decisions ahead of them. Many of psychology classes bring in speakers to talk about various subjects. This past week we had a woman come to my class and talk about her job helping women develop adoption plans. My heart was so touched! That is something that I can really see myself doing and I am excited to see how the Lord will lead Nathan and I in the near future.