"Baby News...."

It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! 
We are beyond excited that we will be welcoming a daughter into our family in January.  We were honestly alittle shocked, as we thought for sure it was another boy.  My pregnancies have been identical, and I am carrying her the exact same way as I did Elijah Brooks.  Guess that just goes to show you can't go by how you feel or look during pregnancy, unlike what every book says!  We are so very happy, honored, humbled, and grateful for our precious daughter's life.  We have named her, but you will have to wait until January to find that out!  Elijah Brooks is very excited about meeting his new sister and keeps asking if he can "touch her tiny little feet" - although according to the ultrasound, there is nothing tiny about her feet!!  He enjoys talking to her with his ear pressed up against my tummy and likes to feel her kick - although, I am not sure he has actually felt her yet.  I have felt her plenty - she is quite active - but I don't think he is patient enough to wait for the kick. But, he thinks he has, and maybe he has. He has a book about a turtle who just welcomed a baby sister home and he has been enjoying reading it.  Although last night, when I asked him what he was going to say to her when he meets her for the first time, his response was, "I am going to roar at her"!!  Great.  We had a little talk about using a gentle voice - I admit, I had to laugh inside when he said it because he just had that "twinkle" in his eye when he said it.  I know that look, and I know he is just trying to get a rise out of me.  We are so very excited to see life from the other angle - a son AND a daughter.  I know I am "talking alot", but honestly, I am pretty speechless about it all.  I just never dreamed that God would bless me in such a way that He would 1. Allow me to marry the most Godly man I have ever met  2. To be a mommy to one little angel in Heaven  3. To be a mommy to one amazing, and oh so joyful, son, and 4. Now to be a mommy to a precious daughter. 

It's almost overwhelming to think of how we have been blessed. My heart is so full of joy, humility, and thankfulness this evening. 

Thank you GOD for my dear family.