Surrounded by GIRLS!!!

This morning we had our ultrasound and it's definitely a GIRL!!!! At least that's what the ultrasound technician told me, so she better be right! Let's take a quick inventory here - me, Campbell, New Baby Girl, Lexi and Harley - all girls. Travis - he'll be the one and only male around here - surrounded by girls!!!

The appointment was at 8 a.m. Travis followed me and Campbell there so he could leave straight from there to head to work. When we had the ultrasound to determine the gender with Campbell, we wanted to find out in a more special way than the technician just saying, 'it's a girl.' So we had her write it down, put it in a sealed envelope, and we waited until we sat down to dinner at Ruths Chris to open it. It was a really neat moment for us and we had a perfect date night that night. Well...this was lesson #537 in things are different with baby #2! We totally wanted to do something similar and make it special. But Travis had to leave straight from the appointment to head to an out of town client with a possibility of staying the night. Therefore the whole dinner thing wouldn't work. Not to mention we have a sweet one year old who wouldn't exactly be welcome tossing green beans at Ruths Chris. So...we had to opt for the less exciting reveal and just let the technician tell us!

Well, even that plan went a bit awry. Campbell and I both developed terrible headcolds over the weekend. We are both miserable! She woke up a complete mess this morning. We felt so sorry for her and had a hard time consoling her. Once at the doctor's office, things were better for a short time. Unfortunately, New Baby wasn't cooperating and was being lazy and napping. Therefore the ultrasound took a little while because I had to lay on my side and move around a lot to try and wake her up. In this time, Campbell turned on us, was screaming bloody murder, and really causing a scene. Poor Travis had to step out of the room with her and walk her down the hall because she was being so disruptive. Of course, that is when our New Baby Girl woke up and gracefully gave us a glimpse of...well, you know what. So I was alone in the room when she made the 'it's a girl' declaration. I must admit I was a bit sad that Travis wasn't there. He admitted later he was pretty disappointed to miss the announcement too. But in the big scheme of things, that was just one tiny little moment. We have a very healthy baby girl who is growing normally and looking great and we couldn't be happier with that news!!! She's also a sassy little thing. Right when Campbell threw her fit and had to be escorted out by Travis, New Baby Girl threw up her hand with her middle finger sticking straight up. The technician cracked up, snapped a quick picture of it for us, and told me she is certain that gesture was for big sister. I love it!

So let's talk about this girl thing. I AM SO EXCITED!!!! I really didn't care - boy or girl. Honestly, I wanted each for different reasons. But now that I know it's a girl, it just makes perfect sense and feels so right for our family. I am so looking forward to having two girls only 21 months apart in age. Of course I hope they are best friends but that will be up to them. It's going to be so easy to welcome a girl into our family because that's what Travis and I know. We have girl stuff and girl clothes and dolls and the like...so it really will be pretty easy to add another girl to the mix! I wanted a girl because I wanted Campbell to have the experience of having a sister. My sister and I are so close and I just feel like every girl deserves to have a sister, so I'm excited that little dream is coming true. So how does Travis feel? He really is excited too. Honestly. At least he says he is! I'm sure there is a part of him that wants a boy, I think all men do. That's a no-brainer. But he has said a million times how he adores having a daughter and would be completely happy to have nothing but girls. He is so good with Campbell, and seeing how he relates to her, it just makes sense that God would give us another girl to raise! The only thing that's stressing him out is he keeps thinking about paying for two weddings.

I'm feeling little tiny, faint baby movements these days. It's very sporadic and I have to really be sitting still and concentrating to feel it, but it's there and it's amazing. It makes me erase all those memories of throwing up and feeling like death just a couple of months ago. It is all worth it!!!!!!!!