This pregnancy has been a good one! We started out at the military hospital and had a bunch of run arounds, and eventually switched to a private OB practice and are excited. Our first doctor at the military hospital was a resident and at our 16 week appointment in December right before Christmas we asked if we could have an ultrasound to see if baby was a boy or girl so we could finally tell the kids our exciting news around Christmas. She told us she wasn't sure at all, but her best guess was a girl and that my placenta looked like Elara's low and posterior. We switched to the new doctor the first week of January who did a quick short ultrasound and thought the first doctor was crazy because my placenta looked anterior.
On January 21st we were able to have our 20 week ultrasound right at 20 weeks. This was the first time Derek couldn't make it because he was working and as much as we wanted to know I wanted to share the excitement with him. The nurse was awesome and one of the first things she checked for me was the placenta and it turns out it was anterior and very high!!! This was such great news! Then, came the big reveal, but I closed my eyes when the nurse found out and she took lots of pictures and put them in a sealed envelope for us. It was so hard knowing that inside that envelope held the biggest secret I had been wanting to know for a very long time. I resisted and never peaked. The nurse even folded the pictures in half so I couldn't try to peak. That night Derek and I opened the envelope together. It was an awesome moment for just the two of us. We wanted to surprise the kids so the next day I made a cake for when the kids got home from school. They were so excited! We prepped them a LOT to make sure they knew they didn't get to choose at all and that either a brother or a sister would be super awesome. Kael was a trooper and had asked a lot for a brother before he even knew we were pregnant. As soon as he knew he stopped asking for a brother and was just excited for a new baby.
Here is baby!
Elara got excited that morning after I finished the cake. I put it up high on the counter, but she grabbed a chair while I was in the shower and couldn't resist herself and ate half the little balls around the bottom... I fixed it up good though.
And the REVEAL!!!
Connor Everett Bradley
will be joining our family around JUNE 10, 2015.
Ya that cake didn't last long. It was yummy.
I bought a bunch of balloons and we had the kids pop the color that we weren't having. They LOVED this and it was so fun.
No pink this time!
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