It's a...

Hello sweet blogger friends!  Sorry I've been MIA and so sweet of some of y'all to check on me :).  See below post update below on Henry and why it has been so long since I have posted.  Way past time for a pregnancy update.  This pregnancy is flying!!  Unbelievable how fast it is going...almost to the point where I wish I could stop time for a second to just enjoy this moment.  Given our infertility history, pregnancy is an especially sweet time for me. I just love every second of it!  And I've also been blessed by easy pregnancies both times especially this time.  I'm 19 weeks pregnant, and I wouldn't know it if it wasn't for the sweet baby kicks I'm feeling now and my growing bump....and the need for naps and reflux issues :).  I feel bad blogging because I know so many who are still waiting for their precious miracles whether through adoption or attempting treatments, and I don't want to make anyone feel bad.  I haven't forgotten for a second the pain of infertility and the daily struggle of walking through it. 

At our most recent dr appt (18 weeks)...we had our big ultrasound!  And we found out that our sweet baby is a.....




GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I can't believe it!!  I really thought I would be a mom to a bunch of boys :).  I'm the youngest of four with three brothers...shaun has three brothers and there is one granddaughter and seven grandsons on my side!  lots and lots of boys and blue.  So everyone is excited for some pink, bows, baby dolls, dresses, tutus etc etc etc :) :) :)!!!!

Honestly, I feel like I'm in a dream right now and that someone needs to pinch me and wake up.  I feel so blessed to have such a sweet little boy and now a girl.  I've only known for a week now and with all of the sickness in our family, I haven't even had time to look at girl stuff and plan and dream and really believe that I'm having a girl.  We had a great report that she looks healthy and that everything so far is going well which is of course what is most important to us.  I don't want y'all to think I didn't want a boy...I really didn't care either way!  I was actually super excited about having two boys and had the cutest name picked out :). 

So now we have to name her!  We really love the name Kate so I think that will be the name, but Shaun wants to go through the entire baby name book before we decide for sure.  Now the challenge is to come up with a middle name....Kate (insert three syllable name here??) two syllable last name.  Comment if you have any ideas :).     

Here are some sweet pics of miss precious :)

baby feet

sweet button nose

She had her two hands together by her cheek and I said that looked "girly" before I knew she was a girl :)

sweet profile shot

18 wk bump...actually much bigger now :)