Dr. Says...

Today was a very exciting day! We had our appt with my doctor and we were not sure if we would get to have a sonogram or not so we had prepared ourselves to have to wait until our appointment a couple of weeks later with the specialist. When I pulled up to the doctor’s office and saw only one parking spot available I thought things don’t look so good. Then when I walked into the waiting room there were more people than I’d ever seen in there. We figured since it was so busy and we had to wait almost two hours to go back that we were not likely to get a sonogram. But when they called me back the nurse said before I weigh you I want to ask you something. She told me that Dr. Mascarro wanted to do a sonogram but the other doctor was in the room so I could either wait for the room or just skip the sonogram. Well what do you think I said? Of course I said we will wait for the room! She went ahead and weighed me and I had actually lost a pound probably from being sick with that stomach bug and by the time she finished that the room was available. While we waited in the room for the doctor to come back we were all so excited to get to see our sweet baby again and to know if he/she was an Eli or Ava. When the doctor came in and started the sonogram and got to the part where she asked us if we were interested in knowing if it was a boy or girl. I quickly said yes we are very interested. I think we all were just holding our breath as she looked. When she finally said it looks like a girl to me I said really? I had just been so certain it was a boy. I looked over at Justin and he had tears in his eyes and the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on his face. My mom was also thrilled. Of course I was so excited as well just a little shocked. I had always imagined myself with a girl but then for some reason I really thought I was having a boy so it just really caught me by surprise. Looks like most of you were right when you guessed girl. I believe the final numbers were 12 votes for a boy and 38 votes for a girl. Of course ever since we found out my head has been swirling with ideas and dreams and thoughts for my sweet Ava Kate! She was so sweet in the sonogram and she even waived to us. You could see her little hand and her spine and ribs so vividly! She was pretty calm although she was wiggling around in there a little bit. I know I’m biased but I already thought she was really beautiful!