Oh boy.....it's a girl!

Today was the big day and I can hardly describe how excited I am to report we are having a lovely little girl! Last night felt like Christmas Eve used to feel when I was younger. There was always excitement about presents under the tree and a little bit of anxiety at the thought that Santa might accidentally stumble into my room in a post milk and cookie stupor and scare me half to death. Now however instead of presents and stupefied Santa, it was the thought of what my future might look like that was leaving me excited, anxious…and sleepless. I did manage to fall asleep for a little while before our 8:00am appointment.

When the appointment time rolled around Moncho ran across the street (literally) to the doctor’s office from work to make sure that he didn’t miss one second of the appointment. By 8:45am we were finally in a room and looking at the images of our baby on the screen. After confirming that we did indeed want to know the sex of the baby, the ultrasound technician quickly informed us that we were “destined to bring beauty into the world”. At first I wasn’t sure if maybe she had gotten a little distracted and decided to go off topic for a minute, but her words were quickly followed by the ones we were waiting for…. “It’s a girl!” I’m not sure why I was preparing myself for her to say “boy” but when I heard her say it was a girl I felt instantly happy. I looked over to see Moncho wiping away a tear and smiling his massive smile.

For the next 30 minutes or so we watched the technician move through the various parts of our baby girl’s anatomy: the brain, ventricles of the heart, femur bones, nose, and lips. We saw that her tiny little foot was resting right on top of my bladder (thanks) and we even watched her yawn. Last night may have felt like Christmas Eve but today is so much better than any Christmas morning I can remember!