I invited Gwyn and Grace to come with us, so it was DJ and I, Cohen, Grace and Gwyn. I checked with everyone beforehand and made sure they got their votes in. If you can believe this, all the boys on the Thompson side said boy and all the girls said girl! ; ) The Clevenger side had more boy votes. I think Stacy was the only one that said girl.
Everyone struggled to be patient as the ultrasound tech measured all the baby parts, making sure everything looked good. Gender was going to be the last thing she told us. I knew she was done with her measuring when I saw her get a smile on her face. I was watching the screen and I thought, "hmm.. it looks more flat than I remember it being with Cohen" :) Pretty soon, we saw It's A Girl!!! printed across the screen. I tried to contain myself, but did let out a small eek!!, Grace and Gwyn both let out some hoots :) and I looked at DJ, who just smiled... Cohen continued to be a 2 yr. old and squirmed to sit on the bed with Mommy.
Since finding out that we're having a girl, I have been doing A LOT of shopping. I have been waiting for this for a llllong time. I told DJ, I walk into stores and into the baby girl clothing departments and just smile. Finally, I can shop in this section and know that it is for MY baby! DJ is adjusting to the idea of being a Dad to a girl :) He says he is nervous, but he has had so much experience with little girls. I guess it's different when it is your own. As my Dad said, I'm sure she will have him wrapped around her finger in no time...
So the preparation has begun..we ask Cohen to give baby Vivi kisses, try to get him to say her name, although Baby in Cohen language sounds a lot like Vivi...convenient! I'm exploring nursery ideas and I think I have a pretty cute theme planned. The colors will be pink, red, blue and white. Pictures to come... I already feel like I have closer bond, knowing that "it" is now a "she". I talk to her and make sure I use girl talk :) Can't wait to meet my new little peanut.
In other news, we just had our house painted. It was part of the insurance claim from the ice storm. Siding was torn off, so part of the check was for repairing and painting. We went with a grey-blue color with white accents. They just finished up yesterday and it looks good. It was quite the process getting there, but we're happy with it now.
DJ and I just had our four year anniversary yesterday. Time flies. I know that isn't very long in the grand scheme of things, but it seems like just yesterday we were planning our wedding. We had a low key night. DJ got me a potted orchid and a nice card. I made him a card. We're having a date night next weekend and are going to the Cameron Mitchell Steakhouse and to see the last Harry Potter movie. I don't remember the last time we had a date night, so I would say we are due...It will be very nice to be able to enjoy a meal together without having to yell at Cohen every 3 minutes to sit down :)
Speaking of Cohen.. he is our monster baby. He is as wild as a 2 yr. old can get. The boy never stops moving except for when he is sleeping...kind of. We went on a walk last night and Cohen rode in the stroller. On the way back to the house he decided he wanted to walk. I thought, sure, let him burn off some of his energy! I call him curious George. He stopped and wanted to pick up every single leaf, stick, pine cone, etc.. that he saw. Every house has a drain pipe that runs to the street and he would stop and look in every single one and say ewww, yuck! It was a long trip back the house, but we laughed a lot.
We finally have a free weekend, so I think we're just going to hang out and home and try to relax. I proposed binky detox to DJ, since we don't have anything planned. He said he was game. We'll see how it goes... Hopefully I'll have a good update for you next post :)
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