Salty air

We just got back from a long weekend at  Litchfield Beach. It's a beautiful beach in SC, very close to Pawley's Island. What is it about the beach that can bring some much needed peace and relaxation? It has to be a combination of the salty air, sand between your toes, the sounds of the waves crashing, the smell of suntan lotion. We left sweet Hagen behind and focused on nothing more than relaxing for 4 days. It felt good to get out of a schedule for a few days with no morning alarms.

 

AGD

What started out to be an unproductive weekend, actually turned out to be a success. Jacob got to check off several things from his baby list. He's the ultimate "checker off-er" and I can't help but love him for it!

We are proud to announce that we have a name for baby Deuel. Once we've had a chance to tell our family, we will post on the blog but the initials will be AGD.

We also found her bedding and quickly went home to "dress" the crib we bought a few weeks ago. Now, onto the paint color...

Extra polka dot sheets. We are going to accessorize with cute, printed sheets, pillows and monogram the bumper!

Her first gown and of course, it had to be Gamecock!

It's A....

On Wednesday, we went in to the doctor for Jessica’s 5 month appointment. As we walked in to the doctor’s office, we could not believe that it had already been 20 weeks and we were about to finally find out if we were having a boy of girl.  Up to this point, we were not sure but had a hunch that we were having a boy.  We did the ring test…back and forth…BOY.  We documented the heart rate from each doctor visit….BOY.  We listened to all of the expert analysis from all of the moms that have gone before us….”you eat a lot of cereal?”…BOY…”you haven’t been getting sick?”...BOY…”your baby bump appears to being carrying low”…BOY!  As we sat in the waiting room and waited for the nurse to call us back (it felt like an eternity), you could see the excitement on Jessica’s face and I am pretty sure the other pregnant women in the room wanted to tell me to sit the heck down and stop pacing.  We were actually about to put an end to all of this speculation and find out once and for all!  The nurse called us back and got started right away with the ultrasound.  She started with showing us a nice view of the spine and the top of the head and then she moved down to show the legs and the butt.  Then, she typed it on the screen…IT”S A GIRL!

We are so incredibly happy to announce that we are having a GIRL and she will be here some time around November 12!  Going in to the appointment, we had a hunch that our baby would be a boy.  While we would have been happy with a boy, we are even more excited that our first born will be a girl.  We have so much to look forward to as parents of a little girl!  People have told me that having a daughter is an experience unlike any other for a father.  I have also heard that she will have me wrapped around her finger as soon as we see her.  Matter of fact, I think she already does.