(Baby Girl Week 20) Friday, March 28th 2014

Well little Deuce, today was the day!

It was your ultrasound day today and we could not have been more excited to see you on the T.V. and get a little glimpse at you. Both your dad and I have had feelings this round as to your gender. It is always a little startling to go into an ultrasound and finally see a forming child growing inside of me. It is also a bit stressful while the technicians take measurements but not really give us any sense of what they mean. All we really want is a healthy, growing baby. Fortunately, from what the technicians could tell us, that seems to be the case. Also, they told us you are a GIRL!

Honestly, I think there are a lot of people predicting and hoping for a girl this go around, me included. I had a little bit of intuition, but mostly just hopes and wishes. I wanted you to be a girl. I really, really did. I think also your dad had an intuition you would be a girl too, but he sort of still wanted a boy. I'll tell you why he wanted a boy, he thinks his family has a boy curse. The last few generations of the Schade line have only had one boy to take on the Schade name. He really wanted to break that streak, I think. However, all that being said, he is also very excited to know you are a girl and is happy to see the changes that will come to our family upon your arrival.

It takes the pressure off of me for sure, now having one of each. In future, if we decided to do this thing again, it really won't matter what happens because we will already have you and your brother. It sounds perfect doesn't it? I just can't stop thinking about it. Girl, girl, GIRL!

Today we also told your grandmas while we were in Park City. Not surprisingly, they both immediately co-purchased a little girl outfit for you while we were shopping. I think you are going to be one spoiled little girl, just like your brother.

Speaking of Blake, he loves talking about his "baby sisser." Honestly, he has no idea what it really means or how his life is going to turn upside down when you are born, but it brings me so much joy knowing that he will be yours and you will be his. Siblings really are the hardest, best part of having a close knit family. Something I hope we can grow to be.

Love you little baby girl!
Mama

(Baby Week 17) Tuesday, March 11th 2014

Dear Deuce,

I am 17 going on 18, weeks that is. Wow! Originally it was hard to imagine you were even in there, but now it is getting more and more believable every day. I am getting a belly. Not quite the maternity belly just yet, but a belly none the less. Also, you are moving up a storm in there. I have been feeling your spurts of energy more and more often, something I look forward to actually. Just confirmation that you are in there and growing. I love it!

Today Blake wants a brother boy. I think Papa also wants a brother boy. Sadly though, I am in opposition. I want you to be a girl, because I am still sick. They say each pregnancy is different, but the common consensus is a differing gender can cause more or less morning sickness. So, with your brother as soon as I started the second trimester the sickness stopped. With you however, the queasiness is still going strong. Which has to mean you are a girl, right? I am not going through this extended morning sickness for nothing, right? I guess we will just have to wait and see who is right.

Keep up all the good growing in there little pomegranate. Regardless of you being a boy or a girl, I really want you to be healthy.

I hate to cut this love note short, but your brother needs me right now.

Loves!
Mama