We opened the envelope together in our garage.... never imagined this is where we would find out whether we were having a boy or girl, but really it was perfect! It was just the two of us sitting outside under the night sky and it was a special moment.
Here is Justin when he opened the envelope, I just took this with my I phone so not a great picture but captured a special moment. I love the genuine smile on Justins' face here....
And here is the sweet card.... Its a GIRL and we couldn't be happier.....
Justin wanted to take a picture of our little family the night we found out ;) Lucy included of course. My mom came over and brought us a sweet card. She has been so supportive through all of this, everyone has, we are MORE than blessed by our families and our friends!!!
We couldn't be happier that it's a girl but honestly after waiting SO long for this sweet baby, we would have been ecstatic if it was a boy too! Hopefully one of these days we will have a boy too.... Siblings are SO important in my opinion so after we have this sweet girl in our home we will start praying for a sister or brother for them. My sisters are my best friends and I just can't imagine life without them. If God blesses us with one baby we will be happy but we have lots of love to give and would love a houseful of little ones! And if that isn't in Gods' plan for us we will just have to dote on this sweet baby and try to keep from spoiling her toooo bad ;)
I am a big fan of girl clothes, those who know me well KNOW this! Here is one of her first outfits made by glamrbaby.com . My friend Noelle runs this business and has made my niece Abby some adorable outfits - she is so talented and I can't wait to put baby girl in this adorable outfit!!
and of course her big bow.... yes I love big bows .... she will be decked out in these a lot unless I am flying and its up to Daddy to get her dressed.... then who knows what she will have on her head :)
We have already picked out how we want her room to look..... I found a room online that we are going to decorate it similarly too... Here is the room we like. Well I say we ;) - I have asked Justins' opinion on everything but he pretty much is leaving all the decorating stuff up to me, I guess he trusts my opinion. I love this room. I have a feeling her room will be the cutest in the house!! FYI I didn't intend originally to do ANYTHING until the baby was here in our house, I really did plan on going to get her from the hospital with nothing but our sweet birthmom is insisting we do things to get her room ready and be prepared. She says this is why she picked us so early on. You have to believe God had a BIG hand in all this cause I would have probably been a mess if I had come home and then needed to do everything, I know it could have been done, I am just a big organizer and I know I will be happy this is all done. Especially since this is what our birthmom "wanted" for us and the baby so for that I am thankful she encouraged me to go ahead and get prepared!
and here is a picture of her bedding we have chosen.....
My wonderful mother in law and father in law have already ordered us a crib and dresser and can't wait to begin setting things up!
When asked how we feel about having a little girl we really are SO excited! Sometimes it feels like we already have lots of boys just cause of Justins' job with his football/baseball boys and how close we both get to those boys ..... I love this pic!
Photo by Ivey Photography!
So having a little girl just kind of rounds out our family! Justin is crazy about little girls and I am sure this one will have her daddy wrapped around her pinky! In fact just a few weeks back we had these girls spend the night for Abbys' birthday celebration. We took the girls to Magic Time Machine and then they had a slumber party at our house - this is breakfast at our house. (She was in Disney World for her birthday with her parents so we wanted a chance to celebrate with her too!)
The day we found out we were having a girl was a very special day for us, especially me! My birthmom asked me if I wanted to go with her to her drs appointments. She doesn't have to do this at all but she wants me there and that means so much to us! It speaks volumes on her, she is already thinking about the baby so much and thinks its important I'm there as much as I can be. Her, our birthfather and her mother were all in the room as we listened to the babies heartbeat and the sweet nurses did a sonogram so i could see a picture of her. She was being bashful so it was very hard to get a picture of her. (Justin couldn't go because of it being football season and such a long drive - he may try to go after football is over as it gets closer to due date.) Honestly I didn't know what I was looking at... I was so emotional but I thought it was the most beautiful site I had ever seen. This is her waving at us.......
It means so much to us that our birthmom wanted me there for this. Her next appointment is next week and she wants me there too. She is truly the most selfless person we have ever known. She is mature beyond her age and she truly wants what is BEST for this baby. This young lady will always always hold a special place in our heart and our baby will always know that SHE loved her first. God put her in our world for a reason we do believe and we are so thankful for her. I feel the same way for our birth father, they both want what is best for this baby and for that they will always be amazing parents! If you are reading this please do say prayers for her.... what she is going through can't be easy, nothing about adoption is "easy" we would say but we have FAITH that it is worth it. We would have never met our birthmom had it not been for our adoption agency, they truly are a ministry to women of all ages and they do so much good for so many.
Our birthmom wanted the baby to hear our voices so she could get to know them better while she isn't near us now... So one day after I got Abby from school we went and bought recordable books. You can record your voice on the book that way our birthmom can let us read the book to the baby every night while we are far away. It was a fun experience.... Abby wanted to get a book from her so she picked out a princess book to read to her new cousin so this is her and Justin recording the books... it was quite comical trying to do. Our birthmom says the baby LOVES the books!
We have been OVERWHELMED with ALL the sweet encouraging words our friends and family have given us. We are very blessed to have so many people in our world who love us! We have received the sweetest messages, cards, phone calls, words and even some thoughtful gifts already!! We just can't explain how much it means to us that everyone is so excited for us. We are very excited too. We can't wait till she is here and we are forever grateful for this blessing we are expecting! Our birthmom is 28 weeks, the baby is due December 30th our birthmom believes she will have her a few weeks early so we will see. We can't wait to hold her in our arms and for all those of you that have supported us, loved us, prayed for us to meet this sweet blessing! She has no idea how loved she already is by SO many! From the bottom of our hearts we thank you and we do ask for your prayers in these next few months, 1st for the baby, 2nd for our birth family and 3rd for us..... Love you all!
