We learned at our 20 week ultrasound that we are having a girl in June. Without a doubt, it’s a girl. The ultrasound was a really cool experience. We saw the four sections of the heart, the kidneys, the bones, the brain – it’s truly amazing what you can see! This will be the first girl great-grandchild on my mom’s side and the first girl Boone’s mom gets to shop for. I have a feeling she’s going to get a lot of pink/ruffle/sparkly stuff from those people. And I’m ok with that. Every girl needs a little bit of that.

Now that we’ve seen the healthy baby and know the sex, it feels like we can get started with the serious stuff like names, shopping, daycare, and parenting. Shopping is the hardest thing to do since our condo is staged and we don’t know where we are going to be when the baby gets here. If we are still in the condo, the baby will share Boone’s office, we’ll buy/keep less stuff, and we’ll have to get creative with IKEA storage solutions. If we are in an apartment or a house, the baby will have her own room and we’ll do a more traditional nursery.

If you want to know names, sorry but we are going to keep the name a surprise until she is born. We have a list of favorites and we might publish that, but we think it’s fun to keep the name a secret. You only have to wait a few more months though. 🙂