So this Wednesday was our BIG day. I hadn't slept for many nights beforehand. I actually woke up at 4:30 Wednesday morning and just couldn't fall back to sleep. At first I was just anxious to find out the sex of the baby, but the closer we got to the ultrasound, the more I was worried that there would be some kind of problem. You just can't ever take a normal pregnancy for granted, and I feel like I've just been waiting for something to happen. I could feel myself starting to get panicky about it. And the hubby, who never gets nervous about anything, was even starting to get a little anxious in the waiting room. He said to me - "This is where the dream lives or dies." I'd been trying to prepare myself to not be disappointed if it was another boy, but I knew that I would be. Not that another boy would disappoint me, but just knowing it would be a couple more years before we could try for girl again.
As soon as my doctor started the ultrasound, she immediately went to check 'girl or boy.' Baby was definitely cooperating, and she said, "Those look like girl parts to me!" I think she was just as excited as me. She has 3 boys the same ages as my boys, so she knew where I was coming from. Even when I heard her say that I didn't want to believe it - just in case! I feel like it's still sinking in just now. My hubby is definitely more excited about this than I've seen him about anything else. He just keeps looking at me and saying, "We're having a girl!" And of course he feels the need to talk to my tummy a lot more now. It's like having our first baby again. It's just so stinking exciting!!!
Big-G was a little disappointed at first, but he has definitely warmed up to the idea of having a sister. He's very excited to help me paint the furniture and decorate the room. He just keeps saying how he can't wait until October to play with the baby. I don't know how much the other 2 really understand. Middle-G does enjoy kissing my belly though. He has been asking some pretty interesting questions too. Like, "When you swallow your food, does it land on the baby?" Oh, the mind of a 4-year-old! Gibson even told me the other day to "go to the doctor and get us a new baby." He makes it sound so easy!
Tomorrow morning we'll be leaving bright and early for our annual trip to Mackinac Island. We went there for our honeymoon, and we've gone every year since. This June it will be 10 years for us. Hubby called the local paper from the island and told them that we were taking our annual trip and it would be our 10 year anniversary this summer. A reporter called us back, and they want to meet with us and get a picture and do an interview. Hopefully we'll make the paper. It would be a nice keepsake for our 10 years married.
I am so extremely exhausted from all of the overtime I've been doing lately and the baby incubating, so I am ready for this vacation! This is the kind of trip where we usually walk about 10 miles a day. I don't know if I'm quite physically capable of that right now. I've been having a LOT of pain in my hips. Hopefully Tylenol will make all of that walking possible. The boys are so excited because they basically get to be outside whenever they aren't sleeping. I'm just excited to not be working!
Here are a few pictures from all of the Brewer games we have been attending lately.
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