It's a ..........

So last Thursday I went to the doctor and had my sonogram to determine the sex of the baby. I went into it totally knowing I was having another boy. The sonogram lady asked me what I thought I was having and I told her a boy. She then asked Joe what he thought and he said boy (even though I have been asking him for the last week what he thought it was and he wouldn't give me an answer!!) So then Joe told the sonogram lady that she was the one who did this all the time what did she think I was having. She took a good look at me and said she thought it was a boy as well.......... So were we all right????

NO!!!

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

I REALLY thought I was having another boy so I didn't believe her. I kept saying, I don't see what you are seeing. Are you sure it is a girl??!! She preceded to tell me 3 more times, YES, it is a girl!! I was just in shock. I couldn't believe God was really going to bless me with two wonderful boys and now a beautiful girl!! I was over the moon excited!!! The baby was such a ham during the sonogram. She was moving all over the place and everything looked perfect!!! I am finally getting over the shock of it all, but I still just can't imagine buying girl stuff! It is going to be so much fun having a girl around here!! I can't wait to see the boys with her and I especially can't wait to see her and her daddy!! He is such an amazing father to our boys and I just get so excited thinking how great of a daddy he is going to be to our little girl too!! She will have him wrapped around her finger and I can't wait!!! :)

She was trying to suck her thumb in this picture!! :)

After we called all of the family, we decided we should all go out to dinner and celebrate our perfect little girl!! The whole family (grandparents, great grandparents, and aunts) went to dinner that night and celebrated. We had "girl colored" cupcakes in honor of our newest addition! :)

Momma, lil' sis and the 2 best Big Brothers!!

Pink, pink, pink....and more pink!

Daddy is even excited about his pink cupcake and his sweet little girl!

So, we have now officially talked to the boys about the baby. Luke said he wanted a baby sister and Cade just says he wants a baby to hold. They will both get their wishes!! :) They had some questions, but for the most part could care less. They have no idea how much their lives are going to change in the near future. That's okay, we will enjoy our time together with just the boys and we will adjust to the changes as they come.

Now for the next step...a name! Note to Family: I promise we will have a name for this little girl by the time she is born! :)

Mother's Day

I thought Mother's Day would be a good day to make our BIG announcement.......

DRUM ROLL......

We are adding another munchkin to our bunch!! Notice I didn't say 2 ... we are thankfully adding only 1!! :) I love my twin boys, but I don't know that I could have handled two more! So our new addition will be here around November 6! I am currently 14 weeks along and feeling great!! The first trimester was pretty easy except for being exhausted all of the time. It is just hard to squeeze in naps with 2 wild men, but thankfully I am getting my energy back. Hopefully the condition of my house will start to show that I have my energy back very soon!!

We definitely plan to find out the sex of the baby and as all mothers say, I just hope it is healthy. Of course I would love to add a little girl to this testosterone filled bunch, but as cliche as it sounds....I don't really care about boy or girl, just healthy!! I have however decided that winter is a much better time to be pregnant than summer for several reasons. I know it is only going to get hotter and more miserable as I get bigger this summer. Not looking forward to that. Perhaps worst of all though is the clothing for the summer. At least when you are pregnant in the winter you can sort of cover up the areas that just aren't so flattering while you are pregnant...it is REALLY hard to do that in a bathing suit!!! We are going on vacation to the beach in a few weeks and I asked Joe if I could just wear a cover up the whole vacation instead of a real swimsuit. He promptly told me "no" and took me bathing suit shopping. Not fun. While I was trying on my bathing suits the employ outside the dressing room at Motherhood talked Joe's head off about how much pregnant women hated trying on bathing suits. She then proceeded to say that was the only bad thing about being so small and petite while working at a maternity store, the pregnant women really disliked her....then she gave a really annoying laugh. I'm not gonna lie, I wanted to come out of the dressing room and hit her, but that was probably my hormones just getting the best of me...... Luckily I held back.... I would like to say though, that my husband told me he thought I looked beautiful pregnant and in a bathing suit. He said there is a special beauty in it because I am carrying something that is a part of us and he helped create. What sweet words that meant a lot!

Anyway...all that being said... all that is just a small price to pay for the wonderful miracle that is going to come into our lives in November. We are excited and scared all at the same time. It has been 3 years since I have had little babies around so I feel like I have forgotten everything. I am sure it will all come back to me at that first cry!! Please join us in praying that I have an easy and stress free pregnancy (particularly no kidney stones) and that the baby will be healthy!

BTW - the boys don't really know how their lives are going to change in November. :) We talk about it around them, but we haven't actually sat them down and talked to them about it yet. I know once we do, they will be asking me everyday if the baby is coming! They will make great big brothers!!!