Cappuccino with Raspberry or Mint???

The BIG sonogram was today!!!

(Began this post soon after scan on Wed, 11/25 . . . )

We got to see the arms, hands, and fingers; the legs, feet, and toes; the heart and all its chambers; the amazing spine; the sweet head with cute little nose; and (almost!) everything else! Technology is absolutely incredible...

We weren't sure we wanted to find out the gender right there in the room with the technician and decided we'd try our best to have her not tell us. I was surprised we didn't completely give in, but it was easier than I thought to look away for the few quick minutes she "checked" given that I could hardly tell what I was looking at for so much of the scan anyway!

So sitting next to me as I type is a little note card with either "boy" or "girl" written on it (although our little banana/mango was being modest so the technician is only about 80% sure...) along with a bag full of chocolate sticks.

What- chocolate sticks?

We wanted to do something fun, so we took our little card to a local bakery/chocolate shop, and while they didn't have strawberry or blueberry filled truffles (the initial idea) they did have these cute "chocolate sticks" flavored with either raspberry, cappuccino, or mint.

Soooo.... we told them our idea and had them load a bag with the cappuccino filled sticks and either the raspberry ones if "girl" was written on the card, or "mint" ones if boy was written. Later tonight, once we arrive at my parents', we'll all dig in and see what we find!

Can't wait!!!!

Believe it or not, I'm more excited to find out in advance just to have that extra time to start bonding with my little "daughter" or little "son" than to simply start picking out the right colors for clothing and decor. I just can't wait to call this sweet little one by their name!!!

Ok, that's all for now. I'll finish up this post with the big announcement after we've enjoyed our cappuccino with raspberry or mint... :)



And, now that it is almost 1am, we have each bitten into a chocolate stick, and (drum roll, please!) ...

Maelee Marguerite
(explanation of name will be in future post)

I absolutely can not believe it- I was pretty convinced it was a boy! We're thrilled though. We thought it was hysterical that both of my parents happened to grab two cappucino (neutral) sticks and both Steve and I grabbed the raspberry ones! Much to my surprise when I bit in, I could tell it was raspberry right away; it took Steve a while- for some reason, we were all expecting to taste mint:)

We can not wait to meet our little girl and will keep you posted with updates. Here's the most recent belly pics- there has been a major growth spurt w/i the past couple of weeks!!!

Check out that belly!!! Just about at 20 wks...

So thankful for our little blessing. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!