A New Baby.....

With Emily's blossoming verbal skills, she will almost always repeat the last word spoken in a sentence or question directed to her. So, when we asked her to predict if she would be having a baby brother or sister, here was her (consistent) response:


For the last couple of months, I've been feeling boy. I even had a dream we were picking out boy clothes, so I was feeling pretty confident the girls would be getting a little brother.

We had our 20 week ultrasound on Tuesday, and the night before, Chris and I made a bet. I was so sure of myself, I told him if it was a boy, he would have to finish my dresser project for me. I didn't even think I needed to come up with something I would need to do if it was a girl. He was so confident it was a girl, he said if he was right he wouldn't re-paint the nursery  (it's already pink) and he would bring the dresser upstairs as is.

We had a wonderful ultrasound technician, who got some great shots of baby, printed out 19 (!) pictures for us, and informed us with 99.9% confidence that the baby is a....

Girl!

She looks pretty cute to me!

Needless to say, I lost the bet, and Chris wasn't surprised at all. He had said before the ultrasound that he just knew he was going to be a dad of three girls. She's healthy and everything looks to be in its right place. We're absolutely thrilled, and now comes the hard part...picking a name!

Emily and Addison are pretty excited, too! :)