IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

This past weekend, on Saturday (Jan 21), I hit exactly 15 weeks. Phil and I went to the doctor's office to have a 3D/4D ultrasound and find out the gender of the baby. The night before, I had about 5-6 dreams about the actual appointment. In one dream, they'd tell me the baby was a boy. Then in the next, they'd say it was a girl, and so on. I was frustrated when I woke up, and nervous to find out.

While at the appointment, I laid on the table, my heart racing and mind scattering. I was praying, "please let it be a girl" in my head, and as the ultrasound tech started poking my belly with the thingy-majig, I was squinting, desperately trying to see something...ANYTHING!!! I saw the baby, but I couldn't make much out. She did several close ups of the baby's bottom and legs, looking for a teeny, tiny tallywacker! I asked a couple of times, "what is it? Do you see what it is?" The tech just kept looking and saying, "I think I can tell. Yeah, I think I know what it is." Finally, she said, "I think it's a girl."

"YES!!!!", I exclaimed excitedly. "ARE YOU SURE???"

"Well, I have seen about 20 different views of it, and I am 99.9% sure that it's a girl. I always like to leave a little room for error, though."

And there we had it. 99.9% sure!! I was elated! My heart was soaring! I couldn't believe we actually got what we wanted.

Selah Marijke. She will be here in a few months, and our lives will never be the same.

I absolutely cannot wait.

And here is a photo of our babydoll:




She looks like she is covered in mud, but it reminds me of that scripture verse,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” -Jeremiah 1:5