Hey, Girl! Big Surprise!

I’d been planning the surprise for awhile. Bran and I decided we wanted to celebrate Valentine’s Day on the 15th, the day after, because 7 years ago that day was our first date, and wouldn’t it be fun to knock out both V’s Day and an anniversary in one go?

So, earlier that day, I went to an ultrasound to determine the baby’s gender that I had scheduled without his knowledge. I’d been squirreling away 5 bucks here, another few dollars there, so that he wouldn’t notice me pay a huge chunk out of the account at once, and thus, get tipped off to what I was doing. (Elective ultrasounds are a wee bit expennnssssiiiive.)

I was thrilled to find out I am having a girl. But, no surprise, right? I mentioned in my last post that I thought it was a girl. But, it was scrumtrulescent to have it confirmed. I was so excited to tell Brandon all day; in fact I didn’t even call him that day at work because I knew that if I called him, I might get too excited and wet my pants and blurt out the surprise.

So, instead, I made him a cake. The plan was for him to cut into the cake, see that the inside layer of the cake had pink frosting instead of blue, and deduce for himself that we were having a baby girl. Only, it didn’t work out that way. I had the cake on display, right for him to see the minute he walked in from work, but literally the minute he walked through the door, Cade said, “DADDY! Wanna know if it’s a boy or a girl?” Brandon looks at me, questioning, and I shrug. I had purposely NOT told Cade he was going to have a little sister because I knew his little 4 year old brain would get overly excited and ruin the surprise, (if Mama didn’t first) but I guess I forgot to give 4 year olds as much credit as they deserve, because he can sure eavesdrop on conversations I have no idea he’s listening to, so the kid knew what was up.

Then Cade says, “Daddy! I’m so excited; I’m going to have a baby BROTHER!” And I’m like, shaaaarrrrrt. The hell? The nearest thing I could figure out is that he wants a baby brother, so he must have just told him what he was hoping for. I didn’t really know what to do, so, wordlessly, I handed Brandon the envelope full of ultrasound pictures. Brandon was sure it was a boy, but then he saw the ultrasound pics that clearly show it’s a little girl, and he was overjoyed – and, well, SHOCKED. He whipped me in his arms and kissed me like we were in some epic, classic movie. It was fun! We went out to dinner and a movie to celebrate. We held hands and kissed and we’re so in love and it feels great.  I am overjoyed to be giving Cade and Kendall a sister.

Now, we just have to come up with names. Cade is insistent on either naming her Nala (from Lion King) or D.W. (from Arthur) or Jesse (from Toy Story). UNFORTUNATELY, those don’t make my list of top 3. :)