My Birthday Surprise

Michael hurried me into the car with the girls and said we were going to lunch. We arrived at the Becoming Mom Spa and I was very excited. Thanks to Lane and Whitney for their part in this from far away, it was a great birthday present!

I had been wanting to go find out the gender of the baby and Michael kept putting me off, telling me it was our 3rd and there was no need to pay money to find out early. Well, find out we did! Looks like Michael won't be overrun by girls anymore. In early November, Isabelle and Katelyn will be adjusting to to life with a baby brother!

I have to say, that I was not prepared for the reaction that came from Isabelle. Once she found out why we were there she was very excited. When the technician told us the news, tears began to stream down her face and she repeatedly said, "I didn't want a boy". Katelyn didn't seem to care much why we were there, and was entertained with playing games on the phone the entire ultrasound. Below are some ultrasound pictures and pictures of Izzy's reaction after the technician left the room.







It took her about 45 minutes for her to come out of being upset and eventually she was excited too. I reminded her that she will always be the BIG sister even if the baby was a boy. An added perk in her eyes was that she now had a prince to play dress up with...this baby doesn't know what's in store for him :)