More Baby News

After yesterday's ultrasound and dr's appt, we have lots of wonderful news to report:

• If you didn't hear already, it's a GIRL!  My favorite thing about getting the news is that the ultrasound tech told us by saying "Josie is getting a baby...SISTER!"  Hearing it that way gave me chills and tears and a rush of lots of happy memories of having a little sister myself.  
• Even more important than the bonus gender news was the "healthy, strong and well-developing" baby news.  We've heard lots of heart-breaking news in that ultrasound room, so this was an unbelievable moment of joy, relief and gratitude!
• I'm now at the 17 week mark and can hardly believe it.  This all just makes it feel so real now.  Lou and I had lunch at Ambar afterward (yum) and somewhere over our mango lassi we kinda looked at each other and said "oh wow, this is really happening!"

And I absolutely could not wait to tell Josie.  Who, until this moment, was hoping there was a baby bunny in there.  (And regularly told me that I had a boy in my tummy and she had a girl in hers.) Here's the video of us telling Josie.  (And a couple more photos from our "tell the world" photo-shoot.) He reaction is pretty priceless. So I'm so glad we captured it! Enjoy!

Oh - and to answer what has already been the most frequently asked question - we don't have any names picked out - but we are leaning toward one. It's a secret though and it will remain that way until we're holding that little girl in our arms in February.  Until then, we'll be referring to her as "bunny."  :)

Thanks to everyone for sharing this wonderful journey with us - the highs & the lows. As I said before, this baby belongs to all of us because we all helped bring her here!

And one more thing - we would love for you to leave your comments here. We print the blog into a hard-bound memory book at the end of every year & I'd love for our little girls to read your comments one day. Thanks!