It's a GIRL!!

If you haven't heard, we are having another baby.  Our lack of announcement does not indicate a lack of excitement.  We are SO thrilled to be a family of four.  We had a miscarriage scare and wanted to wait until we were back in Singapore and had been to the doctor to announce anything.  Then it was just a little over a month until finding out what we were having so we thought it would be fun to wait until we knew the gender to announce it.  We were all so convinced the baby was a boy so it's still sinking in that we are having another girl.

At first, Samara really wanted a sister/girl baby.  However, the last two months she has really started wanting a brother.  She's been calling the baby a 'he' and referring to the baby by the boy name we had picked out.   When we found out today and asked her how she felt.  She said, "Well, I just like brother babies sometimes too." She is very anxious and asks most days if the baby can come out yet.  According to her, the baby will live off milk and tortillas once she is born.

We are naming her Elizabeth Helen.  We both love the name Elizabeth.  Helen is after Ben's maternal grandmother, whom we love and admire.  If you met her you'd probably decide to name your next child after her too.  She is an amazing woman.

Everything looked great on the ultrasound and little Lizzie is measuring right on schedule.  She's due July 23rd.  I am hoping for a Pioneer Day baby (July 24th. :)).

We are so excited!  Having the ultrasound, confirming the baby looks healthy and is growing well, and finding out the baby is girl has made it all seem so much more real.  We can't wait to meet her in person and to have two cute girls, Mara and Lizzie!

Her first of many photos