Our Little Dancer

Friday, December 6, 2013. The day John and I found out we are having a little girl. 

Our decision to find out the gender:

 It has become pretty popular for people to not find out the gender at the mid-pregnancy ultrasound and wait for the birth. I know of at least 3 people that have or are waiting for birth to find out the gender. Some reasons they did/are doing this are to be old fashioned (we haven't always been able to find out before the birth), for the ultimate surprise at the birth, to stay away from the stereotypical onslaught of pink or blue, and I'm sure there are other factors as well.

John and I decided, without hesitation, to find out the gender for a few reasons. I think our families would have a heart attack if they had to wait to find out. This is John's parents second grandchild so the excitement is still definitely there, and I am my moms only daughter. So us having a baby is big for both our families. Also, my mom is making us cloth diapers, and other baby gear, and so knowing the gender makes fabric decisions a little easier.

And the biggest reason of all, I think we are both impatient and don't have it in us to actually wait.

We knew it was a girl:

For the longest time anytime anyone asked us what we wanted baby to be or what we thought baby was we had no answer. Neither one of us had a clue. Then John had a dream it was a boy so for a couple days he decided he wouldn't go against his dream, so he would say boy. I was still completely unsure and didn't even have a guess. Then John was reminded that his family has a tendency to have dreams of the opposite gender that the baby actually is.

The night before we went to find out we were talking about it and no matter how hard we tried we just couldn't imagine a boy. When we actually pictured baby we could only imagine her as a girl.

Our baby girl!!

The day of:

We left work early on Friday to get to the hospital in Anaheim, where the baby will be born. (Baby girl will be born in Anaheim, the city of Disneyland, where it all began for John and I.)

My parents met us there, so they could join in on the fun. (Even though they told me I could only have one other person in there with me, my hope was that they would let them in anyway). They called me in first, by myself, so the tech could get all the pictures my OB needs. And at that time she told me I could only bring one person in....bummer! It took a LONG time for her to get all the pictures because baby was moving and wiggling around like crazy. The tech told me any time she would get a good shot baby would move right as she took it. She had me try lying on my side and then my back again. It was quite an adventure.

Finally, the time came to bring John in. She asked me if the other people were by parents and when I told her they were she told me she would sneak them in (Yay for people willing to bend the rules).

She's grabbing her feetsies!

They came in and she turned the screen towards us and we could see our little one for the first time. (We have had a couple ultrasounds before but they were on not as advance machines and it was early in the pregnancy so the baby just looked like a little bean) The tech showed us her head, brain anatomy, arms, legs, her bladder, all the while baby was moving around SO much. The tech was even surprised at how much she was moving! It looked like she was dancing and running in place. Then, the tech revealed that our little dancer is a girl! John smiled in relief, he was terrified of having a boy.

Her little foot. 

I am so happy we know we are having a little girl. Being able to say "she" rather than "it" makes everything all the more real. Being pregnant is weird, because even though you take a test and it says you're pregnant, it doesn't make it real. Having crazy morning sickness, seeing the little blob, and even hearing the heart beat didn't really make it feel real to me. Once I started to be able to feel this little dancer it started to become real for me. But seeing her so well and knowing that my "it" is a "she" makes it so much more real. It shapes her personality a little bit more for me, along with seeing how much she moves around! 

This little girl is gonna be crazy loved :)