It's a...

Can you see it? On this counter sat a very important item pertaining to the future of our family... Look closely.







In that envelope sat the answer to a very big question...GIRL OR BOY???
I had my 20 week ultrasound this morning and to add a little excitement to the suspense, we had the ultrasound tech take a picture of the "important part" on our baby, while we weren't looking, and put it in this sealed envelope.

The envelope then sat on my kitchen counter for hours.

Staring me down.

Daring me to take a little peek.

I held strong.






When the girls came home from school, we took the envelope for a little shopping trip. After much debating and lots of ooohing and ahhhing, two tiny outfits were finally chosen. One pink and one blue.

We then took the two outfits up to the register where we left the clerk with our precious envelope and a $20 bill. As we roamed through the store a bit longer, the clerk became the first person (well 2nd, if you count the ultasound tech) to find out exactly who will be joining our family next. She put the appropriate outfit into a box, as well as the opened envelope and some change, and sent us on our way.

We hurried home and together as a family, opened up the box to discover this...





Ellie's face says it all. Let's just say that this truly was a SURPRISE!!!

Looks like another round of ruffles, frills, and bows.

And you know what? Despite some shock, we couldn't be more thrilled!


(This post was simply going to be the video of us opening up the box, but with uncannily "good" timing, when we tried to upload the video to our computer, we realized that we did not have enough space on our hard drive. Beautiful. After spending an hour trying to erase documents and unnecessary programs, we finally had enough space to upload the video, only to realize that we can't figure out to make it the correct format to be able to post it here. Beautiful. Hence, the delay in the post and pictures.)