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 Well today was our big ultrasound! They had actually scheduled it for 8am on a Tuesday morning. I was hoping that if it was early enough, that Jeff would be able to swing by quickly before he had to go into the office. It made it a little crazy Tuesday morning. We had the boys up and ready for school, Jacob caught his bus at 7:25am, and we took Caleb to school a little early at 7:45 (they can go early if they do breakfast- he was pretty excited about it :). With the ultrasound being so early, I didn't want to have to ask anyone to babysit so early in the morning, so we decided to just take Matthew and Emily with us. Which meant, I also had to have Emily and Matthew up, fed, and ready to go by 7:40 too. Of course the rush-hour traffic is a little worse than normal, but we made it to the maternal-fetal medicine site right before 8 am and got checked in.
I always love the ultrasounds-it kind of reminds me of Christmas morning as a child. It's hard to wait and feels like it will never come. I always feel a little nervous as well as excited- you hope that you can find out what you're having, you hope that everything looks good and that the baby is growing the way they should be. I'm always grateful when Jeff can be there with me- it calms my nerves!
We didn't have to wait too long before they called us back and started the ultrasound. They asked us right off if we wanted to know what we were having- and of course we told them yes! They tried to do a quick peek, but baby wasn't cooperating, so they did all the measurements and looked at all the parts, organs, bones, etc. Everything looked good- which is always such a relief and blessing. Then they did another check and this time baby cooperated, so they were able to see that we are indeed having a

Baby Girl!! 

We were all so excited! Emily kept saying, "I'm going to have a baby sister!" I'm pretty sure she doesn't know exactly what it means-it'll hit soon enough:)- but she was excited. Matthew said, "I knew it!" and Jeff and I were just so grateful for a sweet, healthy baby.
Once we left, it was fun to start making the phone calls. I also met up with Tania, Heidi, Hazel, & Wendy for lunch and they were excited to hear the news. Then of course, you have to make it official on Facebook and Instagram- and it's fun to see all the comments. Everyone was excited for us and we are just absolutely thrilled to be welcoming another sweet baby girl to our family! Now for a name...