SnOH My Gosh...It's A Girl

Wellll my week started off great. I was SO EXCITED about our ultrasound set for Saturday the 6th. We were gonna take Brooklyn with us to Westerville and find out if she was going to have a baby brother or a baby sister. I had heard that a snow storm was gonna hit but we hear that alot in Ohio & half the time we get maybe a couple inches.

Fast forward to Friday when the snow just would.not.stop. All afternoon, all evening, all night. Dustin & I said Eh, we're Ohioans, we can drive in anything.

So Saturday morning we woke up bright & early around 7a. Our appointment was about 90 minutes away in Westerville at 1045a. We were under a Level 2 here in B-Town, but it was waaaay worse near Columbus/Westerville. So we decided to cancel & stay home.

I threw a tantrum. Well, not really a tantrum, but my pregnancy hormones got the best of me & I cried for a good 15 minutes. I was so psyched about that day & had planned it for over a month. And then BOOM, white devil spews itself everywhere & my day is shot. At about 930a Saturday morning we were under a Level 3 so I'm actually really glad we didn't go...even though at the time I was in Bum City USA {waaa waaaaaa.}

I called to cancel our appointment & reschedule for Sunday or even the next Saturday. The lady goes on to tell me they're closed Sundays & booked for the rest of February. Peachy friggin keen. Then I remember a friend of my moms found out the sex of her son when she was 14 weeks pregnant in a town about 20 minutes closer. Soooo I figure why not, let's try it.

And SCORE. Ultrasona in Columbus=my love. They were open on Sundays, they had a spot for us @ 10am. Sure, they were a tad more pricey, but we were stoked! Only thing was we decided not to bring Brooklyn. We weren't too sure of how the roads were going to be & how well she would behave at Ultrasona. So we left her with my momma & off we went Sunday morning (2 hours early juuuust in case of the road conditions.)


We get there in under an hour (roads were great) so we go inside & wait....and wait....and wait. I'm chugging apple juice, water, & chocolate milk, trying to get this baby a-movin. With Brooklyn it took 3 ultrasounds before she showed us the goods. She was a lady laying on her belly with her legs firmly closed.


We finally go back into this huge room with flat screens on the walls & a huge sectional couch. This room could've fit 20 people. Soft lullaby music was playing, candles lit, it was gorgeous. Our tech, Kelly, was amazing. She answered every single one of our questions & was so sweet. Our session was to last about 15 minutes, but we spent over a half hour with her.

First she took some 2D shots of Sprout.

We got to see Sprout moving around ALOT. Kelly goes Wow Mommy, you feeling all that? And the truth is I barely was. When I asked her why she did a lil searching & said There's why. You have an anterior placenta.

Dustin's face filled with fear but she told us not to worry, that most women have a posterior placenta {meaning it's the back of the uterus} and that mine was anterior {meaning in the front of the uterus} which is why when Sprout kicks me, I don't feel much of it because she's basically kicking the placenta, not my abdomen.

Whew....that made me feel so much better because me, Paranoid Patsy, was assuming the worst.

Anyways, babys hearbeat sounded perfect, nice & strong at 156 BPM.

Then came the big reveal. Sprout was laying breech (<--------> thisa way) so Kelly had to do some digging. Dustin & I were holding hands, giving each other lil squeezes, anxious to hear the news.

Then she said Ahhhh, plain as day. And we saw this pop up on the screen.....

My heart skipped a beat. I knew it, I just knew it! I looked over at Dustin who was smiling with a tear coming down his cheek. I told him Look Babe, you've got 2 Daddy's girls and he smiled & said That's right! all matter of factly lol

Now did we feel any gender disappointment? I'm gonna have to go with yes... very slightly. This very well could be our last child, we don't know. Do we want to experience raising a son? Sure! But are we crushed? Absolutely 100% not. The slight disappointment feeling left rather quickly at the thought of Brooklyn having a baby sister only 22 months younger than her. Dustin loves the idea of Daddys girl & I can't stop thinking about going prom dress/wedding dress shopping, the girls being each others Maids of Honors. Tutu's, hair bows, PINK, gymnastics, I love it all! So as much as we would've loved a boy, we love 2 girls just as much.

Now for some more pictures. Now mind you, Sprout is only a mere 18 weeks old and is actually measuring ahead. {Dr. Huggins has my due date for July 14th, Kelly found it to be July 10th.} She weighs 8 ounces, which is measuring about 2 ounces heavier for her gestational age, and is just about 9 inches long, which is right on track. Homegirl just needs a lil more meat on her bones :)

I have a couple favorites. One of which is her legs. Sprout's crossed legs are the first picture....and right below it is Brooklyn's 24 week ultrasound picture with her legs crossed. Such little ladies I have! Daddy is certainly proud that they've both learned this so quickly!

This is also a fav! Ohhhh to be a fetus. Arms behind head, smirk on her face. All this chick needs is sunglasses, a margarita, & Jimmy Buffet playing in the background and she's set!

Rubbing her sweet lil eyes

Hmmm....pondering a possibility.

After we left Ultrasona, with a DVD, picture CD, & about 25 indivdual pictures {seriouslly, these guys were amazing. Google Ultrasona in Columbus if you're interested!} we headed off to Polaris to do some shopping and eating!
We got there around 11a & the stores didn't open until noon. So we went to the Cheesecake Factory for some good eats. And me oh why, good eats was what we got.
On the left, my amazing Pineapple Upside Down Cake Cheesecake. And then Dustins Dark Chocolate Coconut Cream Cheesecake. Shhhhamazing!








Now, Brooklyn was a *semi* summer baby & she has a TON of clothes. But did that stop me from doing a lil Sprout shopping? Absolutely not. Who could turn down size newborn dresses & rompers? And I absolutely had to get the girls matching jammies, one saying Big Sister & the other saying Baby Sister.
I cannot WAIT to see my girlies together. I feel so completely blessed, so completely happy....so complete.