Week 19-20

Week 19-20
IT’S A GIRL! Yay! Our gender reveal party was so awesome! Brittany planned the party at Mom and Dads house and it was perfect. Baseball themed, pink and blue, just perfect. We revealed the gender by cutting into a colored cake. So many great friends and lovely family were there to share in our surprise of finding out our little miracle will be Landry and not Brooks! Craig and I are so excited! I think we both thought that a boy would be more fitting to us as parents but both of us finally admitted we've thought this baby was a girl the entire time. I was a little worried that Craig would be a bummed out but he really hasn't been. I think he is more so worried about all the normal things Dad’s worry about when they have little girls but at the same time he is really excited. There is no doubt in my mind that little Landry will be her Daddy’s best friend and will have him wrapped around her little finger from day one! I keep telling him that she will want to be right next to him doing all the “boy” things that he likes to do. We are both a little nervous about Landry growing up and wanting to do very girly things though like dance and ballet, although we decided it might actually be easier on us because neither of us know anything about it and would be able to just show up and watch every time without having any expectations. Although that sounds kind of tempting, I keep insisting that I will put size 1 soccer balls and baseballs in Landry’s crib and brainwash her from the start! Just kidding! Don’t yell at me, we’ll love our little girl no matter what she decides to love. I pray that she loves lots of things and tries out different things and I have no doubt she’ll be great at anything she sets out to do! Oh the dreams we have for our children before they even arrive in this big ol’ world!
When we found out the gender we got to go over the sonogram and look at all of little Landry’s perfect little body. She was absolutely crazy that afternoon doing nonstop flips, it was so cute! After about 30 minutes of flips she decided it was time to take a nap in the fetal position all curled up and hard to see. Even though she was a little crazy that afternoon we were able to see her brain, heart, spine, lenses in her eyes, her fingers, bones in her arms and legs, her toes, her kidneys, her bladder and her perfect looking little heart! The radiologist came in and told us that she looked perfect! God is amazing! What a little miracle that he forms!
This week (20) my belly has really begun to round out. FINALLY! I expected this to happen way sooner, but it is pretty cool. I think it is unmistakable that there is a baby in my belly now! I hope that she continues to grow and get strong over the next twenty weeks. Craig keeps telling me he just can't wait to see what she looks like! Me too! I know these 20 weeks will fly by though and delivery day will seem like tomorrow!