Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Results!

So, I went in for my ultrasound today to find out if Joshua is going to have a new brother or sister. I don't really have any fancy, suspense-filled way of telling it, so I'll just come right out with it.... We are very excited to announce that we will be having a little girl come join our family!!! I thought it would be. Everytime we asked Joshua if Heavenly Father was sending us a boy or a girl he'd answer "girl"--EVERY SINGLE TIME! We'd even change up the way we asked him. Maybe he knew, or maybe he just likes saying the word "girl". But, whatever it was, Joshua was right.

I'm very excited to be having a girl. I love little boys, but I wanted to be sure that I just got at least one girl. And now, I'll never have to worry about that again. It will be interesting to see how Joshua reacts to his new sister (he's a bit attached to me these days).

Looks like I'll need to be hitting up a few garage sales seeing how I have very little girl items. My sister in law, Jessica, gave me my first item of baby girl clothing a couple of years ago (she was hopeful for a neice). It was a pair of baby pink BYU socks. Very cute!

It's a tradition for Jon Mark and I to go straight to Walmart after finding out the gender and we purchase an outfit that is gender specific to bring the baby home from the hospital in. With Joshua, we bought a onesie that had a football on it. This time we bought a onesie that says, "Daddy's little princess". We're excited. Here's a picture that shows just how excited Joshua is... or maybe it's just a camera smile...

10 comments:

Larsen said...

I love that picture!!!!! YEAH for Mercedes!!! (I love that name. You are lucky you had the first girl because I would've stolen it!!)

Liz Johnson said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Celeste Caldwell said...

That is SOOO exciting!! A sweet little girl. Way to go Joshua you were right on the money!! hee hee!!

The Awesome Allens said...

YAY!!!!! CONGRATS RALAE!!! I am sooooo excited for you!!! So, we should double... What do ya think??

Matt and Dionne said...

Congratulations! I'm so excited for you!!! She is going to be so beautiful!
I'm so glad you were able to come see me the other day! It was fun to catch up. We'll have to plan better next time so that you can stay:)

Andy and Michele said...

I am way excited for you! Girls are so much fun, but watch out, their emotions run high! I love it though! So why aren't you and Lindsey coming with Vanessa and Mandy? J/K! We'll see you in a few weeks at Toni's shower.

Andy and Michele said...

They're coming to visit Friday. Dont' you guys talk?! I figured you would know that, but . . . I hope I didn't cause hurt feelings or any problems! I guess Mandy was saying she wanted to come visit and Vanessa said they should, and so they are. Anyway, we always welcome anyone and everyone who wants to see our little "farm!"

Hiatt Family said...

Congrats! That will be so fun for you to have one of each! I'm so excited for you guys.

Claydens said...

congrats! Having a girl is so much FUN!

Marcus and Cami Bluth said...

Congratulations you guys! I am so excited for you to get that girl. Every family should have one, right?