We Are Having A Girl!

    Oh. My. Goodness guys! We are over the moon that we are going to be adding a little girl to our family. When Aaron and I got married we always talked about how we wanted to have two babies, one boy and one girl. We always said we wanted the boy to come first so he could always protect his little sister. Well our dream is coming true and we feel so blessed.
     Yesterday morning, I had my 20 week anatomy scan. We had a sneak peak at the gender from our ultrasound before, but we weren't 100% sure because the doctor wasn't confident in telling us. We asked the doctor to mark bambino or bambina {the Italian word for baby boy or girl} on a card I printed out the night before. When it came time for her to check the gender, Aaron and I looked away. We were given the envelope after she was done checking the baby, which she looks perfect by the way, and we anxiously made our way home to get ready for our reveal.

    With Connor we knew right away what he was, with this one I wanted it to be somewhat of a surprise. After going through Pinterest and searching for ideas, I decided on ordering confetti push pops from Thimble Press. I loved the element of surprise and knew Connor would love it too! So, here's how it went....

 .... well that went a little unexpectedly. At first Connor was really excited and it took him a few seconds to realize what happened {even though we prepped him multiple times}. When Aaron yelled, "It's a girl!" and I said, "Yay! It's a girl!" and pointed to the pink confetti, Connor immediately dropped his head and just fell into Aaron's lap and started sobbing. Afterwards, Aaron sprinkled some of the confetti on him to try and cheer him up, but it had the opposite effect and he stormed off. We ALL knew Connor wanted a baby brother, but I never in a million years thought he would go into meltdown mode if he got a sister. All while that was happening, we got yelled at by an older Italian lady because we were being too loud and the people above us were trying to sleep. Allora!

Some funny CONNORisms from today:

We are sitting at the table about to eat lunch.

Kelsey: Connor, what are you going to name your baby sister?

Connor: I don't know.

Me: How about Olivia?

Connor: Oh, I know! Moana.

A few hours after the news settled in that we were having a girl.

Me: Connor, are you excited you are going to have a baby sister?

Connor: No, but yes.

When we got home Connor was playing with the leftover confetti and putting it inside the push pop.

Connor: One, Two, Three, It's a boy!

When Aaron looked outside at him, he saw Connor picking up the tiny blue pieces and putting them back into the push pop. Poor little guy did it at least three times.

 XOXO,

Jenn
{A VERY EXCITED MOMMY}

A very special thanks to my best friend Kelsey Hiebner for taking our pictures. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! They came out perfect, and will forever be one of our most memorable photo taking experiences. Haha!