It's a girl!

Many of you thought it would be a girl and guess what?!  You were right on!  How exciting!!!  How amazing is technology that we are able to find out this early?  Cuh-razy!  Finding out the sex of the baby changes things too.  The baby stops being an “it” and becomes a “she” and I feel like the connection gets a little stronger because I now know more about her.  (This of course would be the same if it were a boy.)  Seems with every ultrasound, you get to learn more, see more and build an even bigger bond and connection.

Now let’s talk about when we found out and how we decided to do our gender reveal.

So we found out on Friday.  The appointment was not rescheduled this time and I was so nervous/excited all day.  Why nervous?  I have no idea, but I was literally shaking in the waiting room.  When we started the ultrasound, this little girl was dancing, practicing acrobatics or something because she was ALL over the place. Just moving and flipping around.  (I wonder if she managed to steal some of that chocolate I was eating before the appointment. Haha.)  J  In the room we had Christian, Me and Axel.  Attending via FaceTime we had my mom, dad and little brother.  It was Axel’s first time seeing an ultrasound and I think that’s when all of this really hit him.  There was actually a baby inside mommy’s tummy!  He was able to recognize some of the things he was seeing too which was building his excitement. “Look! That’s the spine… I see its spine!  Is that a leg?  That’s so cool!”  It was fun watching his reactions.  After the baby stopped flipping around, the ultrasound tech, Carrie, was able to start looking for parts… or lack thereof.  When she found the right angle, she let everyone take a second to see if they could figure it out.  We could barely figure out what we were even looking at so she started to type…”G…I…R…” and my mom started screaming!  Hahaha!!   Carrie did some double and triple checking while we all celebrated and then let us know that she was going to try and get some cute profile pictures of our little girl.  This baby girl had different plans.  Once we saw her…uhhh…parts she clearly wanted to get confrontational with us because she was ‘looking straight at us’.  She looked like a little alien and when she started opening and closing her mouth, Christian was like “That’s creepy”.  LOL It really was.  She moved her hand up and down, to her mouth, put it on her head and wiggled around but never stopped facing us.  So much for the cute profile picture, but we got to see our active baby girl and couldn’t be happier.  Since we were able to find out, we called Christian’s dad right after the appointment and arranged a mini gender reveal party at his house the next day (Saturday).

 

 

I was given a great idea for a gender reveal by a co-worker: fill a big balloon with confetti and have someone pop it.  Sounds good to me!  So we went to a party store and was given a better idea… fill a 3ft balloon with little pink balloons and ribbon.  SOLD! I mean who doesn’t want a 3 foot balloon!?! Oh! I know… my car! I drive a Toyota Corolla and in no way did it have room to fit a 3ft balloon through any of the doors.  Christian was going to make it happen though.  He squeezed that balloon through the doorway while sending Axel and me into panic mode. Like full on panic.  Both of us hate the sound of balloons popping so we were screaming and taking cover.  The 45 minute ride was a little nerve wracking too.  Axel was in the back pressed up against his door trying to be as far from the balloon as possible, bracing himself for the ‘POP’ at any moment.  I was driving like a turtle trying not to hit any bumps causing this balloon to shift in any way.  And Christian… he was laughing the entire ride.  When we got to the Eaglestons, we set up a few decorations along with some snacks and goodies that I had baked earlier that day. We left the giant balloon in the car just in case.  After the grandparents showed up, we invited everyone outside to watch Christian take the balloon out of the car just in case it popped.  We didn’t want to waste the awesome surprise! J  Luckily, with some gentle prodding the balloon made it out! Phew!  After gathering back in the house, we took another poll.  The general vote: girl!  We had Christian’s dad be the official balloon popper.  His first attempt was a little too gentle and the balloon barely moved.  The second attempt was a full blown success…get it?? Full BLOWN? C’mon, you know you laughed a little.  The initial reaction was silence as everyone took a second to take in the many pink balloons that popped out of the big one.  Then… pure excitement!!  And that excitement just continues as we share the news with more friends and family.  Here is the video of the reveal.  (You can only see it on a computer.  If you try on a phone or tablet, it won't work.... sorry)

 

 

We have been so blessed this year and are so grateful for this baby girl coming into our family.  She is already so loved.  My goal at this point is to stay away from all stores.  I am also going to work on a limit of how many outfits I am allowing myself to buy before she is born.  I have to remind myself… it’s a baby not a baby doll to dress up and change every 5 minutes. I remember with Axel, I bought him so many clothing items that he wasn’t even able to wear some things.  I am most looking forward to the daddy/daughter bond that Christian and our baby girl will develop.  Being a daddy’s girl myself, I know it will be something special.  In the upcoming weeks I should start to feel some flutters of movement and I can’t wait!  It’s the coolest feeling to feel your baby move.  It’s also a little creepy if you think too much about it. Ha! We have a name picked out for her already but we are nailing down which middle name we want to go with so as soon as we make that decision, we will be happy to share it with all of you.