I haven't shared much about our pregnancy up to this point, and those words are still coming. And thankfully I have video's to look back on, refresh how I felt and what we were experiencing at the time. But this day, one year ago was oh so special! An ultrasound allowed me to find out the gender of Baby # 4! We had done the
maternit21 test because my age was over 35. And along with that you have the option of finding out Baby's gender. We were THRILLED! Well the test was done at 14 weeks. And it came back non-reportable, which can happen, which means not enough results to conclude the test. So I still had some time in the gestation window, and they allowed me to take the test again. The results came back just before 16 weeks and again, non-reportable. I was so upset! But I believe it was God's way of telling us to not worry, to lean on him, that everything was going to be alright. To put our faith him, to TRUST in his plan! And we did just that!
Click for 16 + week Baby Update!
I remember leaving the hospital and being SO emotional! How was I going to tell Brad, and the other kids?! And how LONG could I keep this a secret! Well I kept it a secret for just a week, but a VERY long week at that! I was SO excited to do a family reveal, afterall this was a totally different pregnancy experience for us!
But first we gave Danielle a taste test!
Yum! Click here
Here is how it turned out! Brad found out the same time as the kids did! I remember giving him a choice, to know first or to all find out together. And it went so wonderful!
Family Gender Reveal! Click here :
I had so much time prepping and baking. It sure was hard keeping them out of the kitchen! I'd say the family was SO excited to find out about you Brinkley! And to finally be able to call you baby girl.
The secret was out! But we still decided to keep it a secret from our family and friends for another week. OH MY LORD was that ever hard! But we took the Grandparents some cupcake with a little sign that said:
'Sugar and Spice and everything NICE, that's what little GIRLS are made of!'
And then we sent some cookies to siblings out of state that said the same thing!
We had never been able to actually do a 'Gender' Reveal for our friends before, so we decided we wanted this time to do something different, and it was a blast! I think our friends were excited, do you?!
Pink or Blue, which color will you shoot?!
Gender Reveal with our little Friends! Click here:
And a picture of Mommy's Belly! It is amazing how fast your belly grows with pregnancy #4! She took no time showing she was in there growing healthy as can be.
And the visible still healing scar from my TAC. More to come on that!
Ah the pure joy you have brought to our family sweet Brinkley! And look at you now darling! Melting our hearts daily. Your siblings adore you and you truly have completed our family.
There's so much more excitement to come! But this day and these next few weeks one year ago were truly something to remember, something to be thankful for and honestly, something for Brad and I to be VERY proud of.
