It's a GIRL!!

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 :)