IT'S A.....

GIRL!!!!

We are soooo excited!!! We found out this past Wed and were really shocked! I actually had a "girl" feeling but since males are so dominent in Chadd's family, I had convinced myself it was a boy. We had our sonogram 1st thing Wed morning.. we went into the sonogram room and for about the 1st 30 min or so the tech looked at every part of the baby to make sure she looked good. Everything looked great so she asked if we wanted to know the gender.. of course we do :D Before we knew it "Looks like a girl" comes on the screen. I wish I had a camera of Chadd's face.. it was priceless!! He couldnt believe it.. we were both in tears.. tears of joy!! We both really wanted a girl and were absolutely thrilled to hear the news. After the sonogram, I had an appt w/ the doc, where he went over the sono results with me. He said if he had to give her a grade from her sono results, she would get a 100%!!!! YAH!! That made us even more happy.. to know we have a healthy little baby girl!! We are sooo excited and cant wait to meet her!

Surprise, Surprise!!
Since we went through fertility, the whole pregnancy wasnt much of a surprise to anyone. We didnt get to do the whole, "guess what... we're pregnant" thing. So... we decided we were surprising everyone w/ the gender. When we went to the dr and scheduled our sono appt for 2 wks out, we told everyone it was actually 3 wks out, sneaky sneaky.. hee hee. Prior to our sonogram appt, I bought 2 iron ons: 1 said "baby boy" and the other said "baby girl". After our sonogram appt I went home and iron'd on the "baby girl" to a white tshirt. I then went by my sisters house and surprised her first. She didnt notice it at first.. I actually had to say "Do you notice anything on me??".... then she saw and couldnt believe it. She and my Mom thought for sure I was having a boy!

After work I went by my Dad's house to surprise him and my step-Mom. I walked in and Dad says "baby girl.. ya, you're my baby girl. What?? Are you having a girl?" haaa.. He and Barbara are really excited and cant wait for the arrival of their new baby granddaughter.

I had talked to my Mom earlier in the day and asked if she wanted to have dinner. She lives 45 min from us, so we were worried we wouldnt be able to get her to come. But, since sis just had baby Brenden it wasnt hard convincing her. We both headed Southbound from work and all planned on meeting for dinner. Since I stopped by my Dad's on the way there, I was running a little later than everyone so it was perfect timing. They were all at the table when I walked up... Mom looked at my shirt a bit confused at first "baby girl??? baby girl !!! omg, a little girl!!!! I thought you weren't finding out til next wk??" Thats when we all said "SURPRISE!".. she was really surprised and SO excited we set her up for dinner.

After dinner, we gave Chadd's parents a surprise visit. Chadd had called his Mom beforehand and chatted w/ her a bit to make sure they were home. We walked in and his Mom was on the phone.. we were in the kitchen talking to his Dad but he never noticed.. MEN, ha! I went and sat down in the chair in front of his Mom.. she was on the phone w/ her sister and when she finally noticed what my shirt said, her jaw dropped.. she couldnt believe it!! We all exchanged hugs and kisses and their eyes filled w/ tears. They are really excited for a little girl.. she'll be the 1st girl on that side after Chadd and his brother, and his brother has 2 little boys. She wont be spoiled at all.. :D

All in all, this was one of the most amazing days and I will NEVER EVER EVER forget this day!! We have both agreed that now that we know she's a girl, the bond has just grown fonder and we cannot wait to hold her, kiss her, and love her every day of our lives.

Her name will be ........ Dakota Grace (Grace after my Mommy!!!)

I'm #1 !!! :D