Baby Boy #4!!

Next Baby Boy ....Come on down!!

You've been chosen to be part of an elite All Cottrell Boy Club!!!

We are excited to announce that we will be having a forth little man to join our family, due August 21, 2012!!! With my previous three I delivered earlier than the expected due date so it will be excited to see which day will be the big one, so we can welcome our little one!

Our whole family went to the ultrasound on March 28th.  Nate answered questions the boy had, wrestled an excited Justin, and we helped them understand what they were looking at on the screen.   When we found out we were going to have another boy, Hayden cracked us all up by saying "Yes!  No tea parties!!"  What a character!  We had a nice technician and said she had alot of fun monitoring the baby ,"He is very strong and lively...Oh did you see that he just flipped around completely!!  His head was here and now over on this side!!"  I laughed at this comment.  I guess I have been used to wiggly energetic boys both in the belly during the pregnancies and after when they have more room to roam! 

There have been many disappointed sighs, worried expressions, and questions in my behalf on how I felt on another boy verdict.  Honestly, I am ecstatic!!!  I get to have another baby to love.  We are getting the baby we are supposed to have.  I hold myself extremely lucky to be a mother of such fine little boys and will have the opportunity to help mold them into the men they are meant to be.  Such Miracles these little ones are to begin with that I am grateful for every good check-up, every strong heartbeat and even the steady kicks in the ribs I have been getting.  He's a strong one for sure!  To have a girl would no doubt be fun and something new to this clan, but having a boy is just as exciting and welcomed in this household!! 

My Aunt Becky (who is the mother of 5 boys herself) arranged for me to have these while on vacation in Arizona with my family!   Inside the eggs were little saying written in my moms hand writing (which is always beautiful) and a snickers treat. Here are what the notes said:

* Boys never leave bobby pins by the tub

* Boys take less time in the bathroom (usually) :)

* The 6th will be just like Gr. Ron

(Gr Ron is my dad and he is the 6th boy of his family.  My grandma Thompson had 9 children.  6 boys, a girl, a boy, and then her last was another girl.)

* Boys know the best person alive is Mama!

* You will never have to look for energy...your Boys will have it!!

So fun!  Made my day! We are counting down the time till we get to meet our next Cottrell Boy!!

And just to give you a glimpse, here is me, strutting my pregnant self, while playing tennis in Arizona with a big group of boys!!

Spring Break fun 2012