It's a...

GIRL!!!


Her name is Madelyn Elise, and we are looking forward to meeting her in December!

On Thursday, we had our ultrasound, at 15 weeks 2 days, to determine if Baby Lane was a boy or a girl.  Let's just say, she was being very modest and keeping her legs crossed where we couldn't see what we needed to see.  After what seemed like forever, and lots of jiggling of my belly by the ultrasound tech to get her to change position, we were finally able to get this shot.  It's looking up at her from beneath.  That is her little booty and her feet...As you can see, there isn't anything between those sweet, little legs of hers!  Immediately after the sonographer told us it was a girl, David asked her how certain she was.   She said that she was 95% sure, and that she would double check again next time, but she didn't expect anything to change.

I haven't had a preference, and unlike just about everyone else, I haven't began to guess what sex I thought the baby might be.  That was until about a week ago, when I had a dream that the baby was here, and she was a girl!  I wondered if it might mean something, and now I really do believe that it was a little bit of a premonition.

In the brief moments after the tech told us she was a girl, I was overcome with this strong sense of responsibility.  Raising a child, boy or girl, is a tough job, but to me, raising a daughter to be a lady, especially in our culture today, seems like a daunting task!  I believe we are up for the challenge, but know we are going to have to rely heavily on the Holy Spirit to guide us along the way.

Sweet Madelyn Elise

Daddy's Maddie

Today we went to the flea market and bought Madelyn's first piece of furniture for her room.  It is a beautiful, vintage dresser.  I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!