Oh My...It's a Girl!!!

That's right. We're going to have a daughter! Everyone who gave a prediction said girl, so I know most of you aren't too surprised. We're so thrilled, of course, to know that God decided it would be best for us to have a girl. I'm still in shock. Joel says I'm in denial. I'm really not. I just had a hard time believing it at first. I kept asking the technician how she could be sure and how she knows the two "girl parts" she's looking for aren't those other two "guy parts" we saw on Jonah. I was a little neurotic at the doctor's office I think, but Dr Fanning said the sonogram technician had never been wrong, and she'd been there for several years. "Well, great...I'll be the first one she gets wrong," I thought. But seriously, I'm starting to believe it. Just not enough to get rid of Jonah's clothes and bedding until after she's here! But it's sinking in more and more. She. SHE. She's a She! Wow. Well, I told many of you that if God gave me a daughter, it would be because He knows what will keep me on my knees! And I definitely feel that is true today. I'm already lifting up her little heart to the Lord, asking Him to protect it and grow her to be a strong woman of influence with a sweet heart for Him. Even though I'm a little scared of a "little Hannah," I'm filled with excitement and joy and I'm ready to meet our little girl!!! It's such an amazing rush when you see all of your baby's organs and watch them move inside of you - there's a sense in which I feel like I know her already. Wow, this girl thing will really be different. What a great journey it will be! We are blessed.

I get to buy hair bows now. YAY!