Last Tuesday, we had our sonogram to find out the sex of the baby and our suspicions were right....we're having a girl! And we couldn't be more excited. Everyone kept asking me what I preferred, and honestly I thought I wanted another boy. It would have been pretty convenient to have all of those boys clothes already (even the right season!) But when the lady told us it was girl, I was beyond ecstatic. I think it will be so fun to have one of each and get to experience what each one is like. Plus, we all know shopping for a girl will be FUN FUN FUN!!
I'm now 21 weeks along, which means we are officially half way there. February will be here before we know it and boy do we have a lot to do. Because our house only has two bedrooms upstairs, the kids will be sharing a bedroom. This means A LOT of reorganizing. Right now, Carter's clothes take up a dresser and the entire closet and we all know this little girl is going to have tons of clothes herself so we will be getting a second dresser and reorganizing the closet. We also have to buy a new bed for Carter, since his toddler bed will have to be converted back to a crib for the baby. One thing we don't have to do is repaint....thank goodness! The bedroom is two shades of green which can work for both a boy and a girl. Carter's half of the room will be more boyish and the baby's side will have some pink thrown in. The biggest thing we'll be doing is converting the basement living room into a toy room. Which means we'll have to rearrange more furniture. I think we really just need a bigger house!
Everything seemed to look great on the sonogram. Little Miss has two legs, two arms, and a healthy heart and she weighs 14 oz, almost one pound! She was very cooperative with us too (unlike her brother)! The sonogram tech was able to tell immediately that she was indeed a girl. With Carter, we almost didn't find out what he was because he refused to turn over....he was as stubborn then as he is now! This little girl is VERY active. I think she moves more than she stays still! I feel her moving almost constantly and she is the most active at night when I lay down to go to sleep. Already keeping Mommy awake at night!
Carter is very excited that he is getting a little sister. He's been saying this whole time that there is a girl in Mommy's tummy and that he wanted a baby sister. He even helped us pick her name! Brent and I had it narrowed down to two names so we let Carter pick. We've told our parents the name, but I'm thinking it might be fun to keep it a surprise from everyone else. We'll see if I can keep under wraps that long :)
Last Friday, we loaded up and headed to Kansas City for the weekend....for a couple reasons actually.
First off, my Grandpa Granger was a member of the 35th Division of the Kansas National Guard. Every year, the Division has a reunion, which he and my Grandma religiously attended. Since Grandpa passed in 1999, my Mom has been taking Grandma to the reunions every year. The past few years, the reunions have either been in Kansas or in close proximity, so I have attended a few with Mom & Grandma. It's been a real pleasure getting to know some of the Vets from Company C that my Grandpa fought with in WWII and their families. There aren't very many Vets from Company C left, mostly just their families who come each year. These folks have all become very close and even though they only see each other once a year, they're like a little family. Lots of great people and lots of great stories to share.
This year, the reunion happened to be in Kansas City at the Airport Hilton. Brent and I were already planning to take a weekend trip to Kansas City sometime this fall so that we could take Carter to the zoo. So we thought this would be a great time to do it so we could enjoy the reunion as well.
On Friday, Brent, Carter and I followed Mom & Grandma up to KC, got checked into our hotel, visited with a few folks at the reunion for a little while, and then Mom, Brent, & Carter and I headed out to the Legends outlet mall for some shopping. Carter was in desperate need of some new shoes and what better place to buy shoes than at an outlet mall! He hit the jack pot with 2 pairs of tennis shoes and a new pair of cowboy boots from Cavenders. After Legends, we headed next door to Cabelas. Carter loves all the animals they have to look at and shooting the toy rifles in the kid's shooting range. But his favorite thing to do at Cabelas is to feed the fish!
On Saturday, Brent, Carter & I got up early and had breakfast at IHOP before heading to the Kansas City Zoo. We've taken Carter to this zoo every fall since he was just a little baby. But this year was by far the most fun because Carter is finally old enough to actually enjoy seeing the animals. His favorites were the snakes and the chimpanzees.
After we left the zoo, we went to the Bass Pro Shop to look around. Carter had the most fun testing out all the four wheelers they have on display!
We got up Sunday morning and ate breakfast at the hotel before saying our goodbyes to everyone. Then we headed home to watch the Chiefs game and they FINALLY got their first win of the season!!
It was a great weekend, but we were definitely ready to come home and sleep in our own beds! Looking forward to doing it again next year, rumor has it the reunion will be in Kansas City again in 2012!
