it's a....

after weeks (20 to be exact!) of anticipation, prayers and making the lamest attempts at trust we had our gender ultrasound yesterday! it's wonderful and beautiful how the excitement never wanes regardless of whether it's your first or subsequent baby...while it's true i'm scared as hell (in reference to my LAST POST), i still get so lost in my mind dreaming of that newborn smell, those teeny fingers and toes, the smallest fragile body all scrunched up and cuddly and wearing baby anywhere and everywhere while they sleep peacefully.

anyway, as we were in the exam room we were just waiting--butterflies and all-- for the ultrasound technician to tell us. we were on the edge of our seats (well actually i was laying down on the exam table with my shirt up and warm gel all over my belly, but you get what i'm saying), dying to know. boy? girl?


as the tech made her way around baby's body checking all the vital organs we couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. watching the four ventricles of the heart flutter, the little bones of the hands open and shut in a fist, the little lips yawning... it will never get old.

"so do you want to know the gender?" she asked and i couldn't hold it in as i sputtered out "yes! yes! we do!"

"there's the labia, it's a girl! congratulations." i screamed and laughed i couldn't hold back my excitement, as david and i turned to each other smiling the biggest smiles of our lives.

we can finally announce with joy and thanksgiving that we will be adding another little GIRL to the landrus family!

hadley is getting a sister!! we are thrilled beyond belief that this next spring we will have two precious little girls making us a family of four.