Baby Girl

 We could not be more excited about having another sweet baby in our family! Initially we went back and forth about whether to have another one but after lots of prayer we knew that if this is God's will for our family then we were ready! Our love for Ava and Connor is more than we could ever have imagined and we can't wait to share that love with another one!

This is how we announced the news on instagram and facebook. 

First pictures of our little bundle at 8 weeks

 We waited to tell the kids until I was about 11 weeks. We bought them a Big Sister and Big Brother shirt and Mikey brought home cupcakes to celebrate. Ava understood completely and was so excited. She touched my belly and told me that she would take care of me when I was in the hospital with the baby. :) Connor...had no clue. He just wanted to eat the cupcake. 

 Whenever I ask him now where the baby is he pats my belly. They are going to be a great big sister and big brother. Twice now I have seen Connor put his hand on the back of another baby and just follow them around like he is taking care of them and Ava cannot wait to have another little girl in the house to share her love of princesses with. :)

We wanted to find out the gender of the baby in a fun way so we had the sono tech secretly write the gender on a card. We picked out an outfit for a baby girl and baby boy and took both to the register of the store along with the card and told the store clerk to look inside and use our debit card to buy the corresponding outfit and then put it in the box that I gave them. I stepped outside the store for a few minutes and then came back in to get the box. I wrapped it when I got home (and didn't peak of course!) and we took it with us to Corpus to open it up with family as we celebrated an early Christmas together. 

The video is a little dark but here we are opening the box!

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so surprised! I could have sworn we were having another boy. It was such a great way to find out and having my family there made it even more special. I am THRILLED to be a mommy to another girl. 

As part of my mom's Christmas present to everyone she hired a photographer to take pictures of the entire extended family. This is one that the photographer took of the 5 (smile) of us. 

 This is one of my two cutie pies that I took with my phone and it is my favorite even of the ones the photographer took.  

And to end this fun post I leave you with a few of the names that Ava and Daddy came up with for the baby. ;) Don't be surprised if you hear us call her Apple Pie. That is a nickname that is going to have to stick!