Big Sister...to a baby sister!!

As most already know through Facebook, the new baby is another girl!!  We couldn't be happier!  I am extremely excited to be having another girl because I already know how to take care of one! Taking care of a boy kind of scares me...I can imagine it is completely different and seems much more complicated.  I can't wait to watch the bond grow between my two girls, especially because they will be  soo close in age.  I hope that they will be best friends and be able to go to each other for anything.  Now don't get me wrong I completely understand that there will be days, weeks, months, and years where they "hate" each other and will fight terrible. I can't wait for holidays and am so excited that Brooklyn will have someone close to her age to share in the joys of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny...unfortunately the boys have all already outgrown the holidays, I mean, they still love all the holidays...but you get what I'm saying.

Anyway...the ultrasound went great.  The tech that did the ultrasound was fantastic.  She explained everything to us and was very friendly.  I made her check and recheck the gender just to be sure :)
We got to see all the vital organs and they all looked great.  Everything looks to be forming as it should and functioning well.  The only problem was that my placenta was too low (placenta previa).  I will have to go back around 30 weeks to have another ultrasound to make sure that the placenta has moved up towards the top of the uterus.  If it hasn't it is possible that I will have to have a c-section.  I definitely am a little worried because I DO NOT want to have to go through the recovery afterwards, but obviously I will do whatever is safest for the baby and myself.  If I was to deliver naturally with the placenta too low it can cause hemorrhaging. Yikes!

So the ultrasound was a few weeks ago and we had a very small family get-together to surprise everyone with the gender.  Derek and I found out this time at the appointment but wanted to make it fun for the boys and everyone else.  We set up a balloon and dart game board outside with black balloons and only one balloon had either pink or blue confetti in it.  All the kids and adults took turns throwing darts at balloons to try and hit the right balloon to reveal the gender.  Everyone seemed to have a great time!

Uncle Andy hit the right balloon but unfortunately it had a leak in it from getting nicked by another dart so it deflated.  The kids all watched as he tore open the balloon to see what was inside.  It's A GIRL!