a daughter...

wow! it seems so crazy to be able to say that. even today, a few days after finding out, i am still kind of surprised! though i was hoping for a girl (not so secretly either, i know), i still thought deep down that we were going to have a boy. for some reason, i thought i was destined to have 3 boys. i know i would have loved having 3 boys, but i am grateful that i will get a chance to experience a daughter. there are so many things that i look forward to doing with her. i know ethan and miles are going to be great big brothers to her and i love the fact that she'll have the two of them to help take care of her and protect her.

she is healthy. we got lots of photos of her. and we even got to see her yawn, it was so cute! she is very active and was moving around a lot. all of her measurements look good and i was only 1 day off from the original u/s, so due date is still the same. the doctor told us right away that she was a girl, but i needed a lot more convincing than that...he had to tell me about 4 times before i believed it. i was just expecting something so different that it took me a while to get it in my head that she was a girl. lance didn't quite believe it either. he was so sure it was a boy going in. but he was almost as excited as i was...he even included an exclaimation point in his text he sent out to family and friends letting them know. if you know lance, he is NOT an exclaimation point kind of guy! especially in text form.

as we walked out of the hospital, we kept talking about how we were going to have a daughter. it sounded so wonderful to say. on the way home, i celebrated by buying her first outfit. pink, with ruffles on the pants. so fun!

here are a few pictures of baby girl at 19 weeks, 4 days:

a little yawn...

little hands - the doctor said we got lucky to see an open hand since a lot of the time their hands are in little fists

little feet!!