Tickled Pink!!!

Monday was one of the happiest days of our lives I think. It was so much fun. Tiring, but fun! We got to the Shaw Center around 8:00. I look so nervous! Wondering if we were going to find out that our baby was a baby boy or a baby girl. Or if we'd even get to find out at all. Matt wanted to pray for me and my nerves before we went in, but I just asked him to pray for me silently because I knew I'd start crying and be a mess if I heard the kind words that he was praying.

We just sat down, when the ultrasound tech that we LOVE, the one that we had been hoping for, the one that I lost sleep over because I thought that I needed her to be the tech that we saw, opened the door and called us back. That was all it took for the tears to start flowing. Ha! As soon as we sat down in her room, Matt said, "We prayed that we would have you!" Oh how I love that man! He was telling the truth though! Immediately we saw the baby and heard the heart beat. It was 143. Christy told us that the baby was currently breech and also asleep. The legs were folded up and she couldn't tell what the gender was...but she was confident that the baby would move and we would be able to tell. This is my favorite picture...I was in awe of what I was seeing on the screen and just so thankful that everything was looking good. Matt took it and I didn't even know it. (I cropped it for the blog) I will cherish this photo forever!

She was just naming different organs and chambers of the heart, when all of a sudden she said, "You're having a baby girl!" We couldn't believe it! The timing of the way she announced it shcoked us even! She said that she was positive...believe me...Matt asked several times! Haha! Baby girl kicked out her legs and we were able to tell that our little Baby Whelan was definitely a girl. I've always wanted one of each, but knowing that I'm having a daughter just makes me want to cry tears of joy! God chose to bless us with a daughter first. How special! The ultrasound lasted about 45 minutes and she took about a hundred pictures! I loved every minute!

On the drive home we already had missed calls and texts from family and friends wanting to know what we were having and if the baby was healthy. Matt and I just kept saying to each other we're having a girl. Can you believe that we're having a daughter? It was a sweet time, because other than Christy our ultrasound tech, we were the only two people on earth that really knew what we were having. I just relive that morning in my head over and over. :) I framed this immediately!

After that we rushed home to get ready for our gender reveal party!! Pictures coming soon!!

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. -Psalm 27:14