SO....We're having a GIRL!!!

I'm still in shock I think! I can't believe we are having a girl!!! I really wasn't sure what we were having! With Wade I just KNEW he was a boy from day one, so I really wasn't shocked when at 14 weeks the doctor pointed out his boy parts!!! This time I wasn't too sure! I had some boy thoughts and I had some girl thoughts!

At 13 weeks we went in to our fetal specialist for a sonogram before my cerclage, I knew it was still really early to tell anything but I asked if she would take a look anyway. After a long look the sonographer said she had a pretty good guess that it was girl. I knew better than to get my hopes up either way. So I wasn't too shocked when we went back to my OB the following Monday and he "guessed" a boy on the screen but said it look kinda like a girl printed out. Basically, he said he was just making a guess as I was only 14 weeks at the time. Well, that same week I had ANOTHER appointment with the fetal specialist to see how my cerclage looked and how my cervix was measuring. Since they have the bigger and better machine, again I ask her if she would take a little looksy. This time the doctor was in there as well and they both said they strongly felt like it was a girl. The doctor said she felt like she was seeing the famous "three white lines," but before we spilled the beans to wait two more weeks and be sure. Seriously, you want me to hold this in for TWO WEEKS!!! I can't believe I didn't slip up to either one of our moms as much as they questioned us about it, claiming they needed to do Christmas shopping for baby.
Pyper at 16 weeks 2 days

The money shot at 16 weeks 2 days!

SOOOOOO.......the Thursday before Christmas we went back to the fetal specialist to make sure my cerclage and cervix were holding strong, to see if we could travel home for Christmas, and to confirm that this baby was in fact a girl. The sweet sonographer new we were double checking for gender and didn't make us wait, that was the first thing she looked for. She chuckled when the baby final gave us a good shot. She literally laughed and said "Oh yeah, it's a girl!!" I was thrilled, I was going to have a boy and a girl!!! Poor Brody was a little in shock, I think he had secretly been holding out hope that his might still be a boy. Not because he didn't want a girl, but because he was completely TERRIFIED!! Wade can melt his heart pretty easily, so he knew if it was a girl he was in REAL trouble! Needless to say, he is THRILLED and she already has him wrapped around her little finger. He talks and loves on my belly all the time and it's Pyper needs this and Pyper needs that!!

We decided on the name Pyper Grace. We thought Pyper was different and went well with Wade, and I've always loved the middle name Grace. It's classic and elegant.

We had our anatomy scan yesterday and she looked great! Her little brain, heart, kidneys everything is growing and developing as it should PRAISE GOD! And they double checked, she's still a she!! Baby girl at 18 weeks 2 days


Still a girl!!!
Her little foot
She's got her leg tucked up to her belly