the million dollar question: boy or girl?

as we prepare for baby #6 (and by prepare, i mean hyperventilate at the thought of having 6 kids), i've not been able to get my mind off of the gender of this baby.

we didn't find out, which is what we usually do...but this time around, i'm itchin' to know what it is.

maybe it's because we've given away ALL of our baby clothes and i feel the need to somewhat prepare?

maybe it's because i want to think about what the dynamic of our family will look like?

boys are so very different from girls.

someone recently told me to prepare for lots of drama if this baby is a girl.

while i know girls can be dramatic, i must say that my 3 boys hold the dramatic title in this house.  fo' sure.

these boys know how to whine and scream like they are attempting to win an olympic title for it.

but don't get me wrong, hadley knows drama as well (elsa, on the other hand, just goes with the flow...for now).

so, if this baby is a girl:

-we would go from having 1 little lady, to 3 little ladies in less than a year.  can someone say crazy?

-we would get to finally use a name that i've been dying to use for like 4 years now.

-we would get to have that much more dress up clothes and barbie dolls in the house.

-we would get to pay for 3 weddings in the distant future.

-we would get to harass many more boys as they come knocking on our door to take our little ladies out.

-we would get to teach 1 more little lady that she is beautiful, no matter what anyone says.

-and best of all, i would get to watch mr. anderson interact with 1 more daughter.  he is so good to them.

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but oh, the joys of boys.

i love being the mom of boys.

they are dirty and loud and messy and hilarious and disgusting.

and while most of that drives me crazy, i couldn't imagine our life any other way.

my favorite part about my boys?

they love their mama.

i couldn't imagine not being needed by these little men.  not being asked to "hold me, mama".

not being flashed the "i love you" sign in sign language, by milo (every 10 minutes the kid does this).

those boys have my heart (so do my girls, but it's different with boys).

so, if we had another boy:

-we would get to explain to even more people that "no, he doesn't have to go to the bathroom.  he's just grabbing his wenis."

-we would get to step on even more legos.  and watch even more lego cities be built.

-we would learn even more secret moves in super mario brothers.

-we would get to watch even more nacho libre movie scenes being reenacted.

-we would get to teach 1 more little dude the importance of being a godly man.

-we would get to wipe even more pee up around the toilet (oh joy!)

-we would get to see even 1 more son, love a woman and make her his wife.  i can't imagine a greater joy than seeing your boys loving and respecting a woman.

i am fine with either a boy or a girl. 

both present very different challenges and joys that i am equally excited and nervous about.

i just can't wait to find out!

so, what will this next little anderson be?

besides being the caboose to this train (or so we hope)...will it be a boy or a girl?

tell me what you think...or are hoping it is :)

{photos taken by the lovely parsons}