Wait...it's NOT a girl?

We were convinced we were having a girl.  So convinced that we had already decided on (and actually agreed upon) a first and middle name for her.  And my parents were so convinced that they had found a little Mississippi State onesie that looked like it was for a little boy and my mom was talking to someone about how to make a tutu for it.

So when the ultrasound tech informed us that Baby Shepherd was a BOY, we were a little taken back.  Definitely not in a bad way at all.  But my initial thought was, "What in the heck do I do with a boy???"  The more time I had to process it, "What in the heck do I do with a boy???" turned more into, "What in the heck do I do with a BABY???"  I realized it's not exactly the "parts" that matter as much as having another human being in our house.  One that we are 100% responsible for.  Pretty scary.  But pretty exciting at the same time.

We had a gender reveal party to announce whether our friends and family needed to start buying pink or blue.  Below are some great pictures from that night.  A HUGE THANK YOU goes out to Hayden and Laura Simons for allowing us to host it at their house.  And another thank you goes out to the 25 friends and family members that joined us to celebrate our new little baby boy.



Don't be too excited for us Steph.



So it's back to the drawing board.  Baby Boy Shepherd still has no name.  We've narrowed it down from our original list of 75 to about 20.  That's progress, right?