Mother's Day presents

We had the families over to our house yesterday for Mother's Day Dinner and had a great time. Our nieces and nephew loved playing outside with the dog and are very excited about their new cousin on the way. Our 5 year old nephew told his mom that the baby needs to be a boy because there are already two girls and only one boy, so we need another boy to make it even. Our 4 year old niece was ready to swear on a stack of Bibles that the baby is a girl. She was so adamant about this that I was afraid that if the baby does turn out to be a boy, I would have to go into witness protection. David gave me flowers for my first "Mommy to be" Day, and my Mom and Dad gave me a sweet Precious Moments figurine.

We went to our 20 week ultrasound and check up today. The ultrasound technician went over every inch of this baby with a fine tooth comb and we were ecstatic to learn that everything looked good and was developing right on pace. She also told us that we're having a girl! I was so excited--I have had a feeling since right after we found out about the baby that it would be a girl. I had a dream that I was sitting in a rocking chair in my parents' house holding a baby in a pink blanket. I had so many people telling me they thought I was having a boy that I started to doubt my feelings--I was so worried that if it was a boy that I would have been a little disappointed. I don't think I would have been, but it's hard to say at this point. The main reason I was so glad it was a girl was because I LOVE the name we have picked out for a girl, but I wasn't as excited about the boy name. We can't wait to welcome Olivia Hope into our family--she will be one spoiled little girl.