IT'S A GIRL!

Oh blog how I've missed you :-)

November 6, 2009 - the day that our dear friend August Dae Runnels came into this world.

Also, the day my world was rocked. I was convinced I was having a boy. I just knew the sonographer was going to look at his little privates and say "you're having a boy". Oh how wrong I was.

It took a total of 30 seconds for her to show us her parts, but we now know that we are having an Elizabeth Reilly. I literally sat up a little and said "What, it's a girl". In shock I laid there as we watched the sonogropher find all her organs and make sure her kidneys were working. It was unbelievable.

Knowing the gender creates a bond beyond anything I could have ever imagined. I love being able to call her by her name and play with her as she kicks me. Part of me never wants her to come out. I love that it's just me and her. She is my little secret.

Of course, I still cannot wait to meet her, but I am really hoping to enjoy the next 4 months of just me and her. It's crazy. I am 5 months today. Wow, 5 months have flown by fast. I look at little August and think about how it just seems like yesterday Mindie was telling me she was pregnant.

My favorite part about knowing the gender is to see Scott's reaction. He didn't really react when we got the sonogram, but I've seen a side of him I've never seen before. Scott has never been one to "want" to hold a baby, especially a newborn. He's kind of always had the mentality of his father. That is, they don't do anything when they are that little, so what is the point.

Ever since he's known we are having a girl, he wants to hold August and Eve as much as possible. He wanted to go to the hospital to see August more than I did (which is a lot b/c I really wanted to see her).

Oh, and my dad has been so funny too. He recently fulfilled his life long dream of having a Harley, and he is determined that Elle is going to be a Harley chick. He has already bought her several pink Harley things. He even bought her this really cute leather jacket for when she is 3. haha. She already has her daddy and Grandpas wrapped around her little fingers.

"Every Daddy needs a little girl...and so does every grandpa" :-)