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"I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High." Psalms 7:17

I'll preface this post with two thing:

1) our number one prayer has been & continues to be for the health of this precious baby. That's always been our prayer for all of our children.

2) girl or boy, we know this baby is a precious gift from God. While we'd love to have a boy in the mix, another little girl would be equally as welcomed & loved!

So our joy over one or the other is simply the joy of this precious life.

For the record (although they tend to flip back & forth): Addie & Anne Perry think its a boy right now & Audrey Kate is certain it's a girl.

As I drove to my OB appointment today, I couldn't help but think of all the time I've spent worrying over the what ifs of this baby. God quietly started to remind me of the long list of His blessings, His goodness & His unfailing love. He gently reminded me that He's got it covered. He's the one knitting this baby together & it is fearfully & wonderfully made. His timing is perfect & He knows everything there is to know about this precious life. He commands us not to fear or be afraid, but to wait patiently for Him. Now therefore stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes (I Samuel 12). While I don't often have a chance to stand still, I am choosing to wait with anticipation instead of anxiousness, with trust instead of fear & with utter reliance on Him as we patiently await this great thing!

Well, we had the opportunity today to see this little one & even though I'm only 14 weeks, our experienced ultrasound tech was quite certain she knew what this little one is!

But what's the fun in me just telling you what we're having?

One of our favorite Montgomery spots is Nancy's Italian Ice. They serve a fun little treat called a "Fancy Nancy": your choice of Italian ice covered (hidden!) in frozen yogurt! Yummy!

So we took the girls there & ordered their "Fancy Nancy's" for them: blue Italian ice under the yogurt if it's a boy & pink Italian ice under the yogurt if it's a girl!

...and let them dig in to find out of they'd have a baby sister or baby brother!

And without further rambling, it's a...

BOY!!!

Officially...

...we are now a minivan family.

I know. Some people get a minivan with their first child. A right of passage of sorts. Some families, it's the second kid that pushes them to that. Many, it's the third. And some never get one or just get a suburban.

For us, I swore I'd never have one. Never say never. Nothing wrong with them. I have friends who love them & will have one for the rest of their kid days. But not us. I'd figured out how to keep the SUV & juggle car seats...all four of them.

Until I developed van envy. No really. I could hardly climb in & out of our SUV without falling out or falling in. Paul's shins were beat up. I was having to stretch & strain requiring pressure on parts I didn't need pressure on even with only my tiny baby bump.

So we did some research. Talked to friends. Did some more research. Talked to family.

And spent 4 hours at a dealership with twins in tow finalizing this "deal".

But drove away with this:

I'd say that was a pretty successful Monday.

Shots

After throwing up one too many times, I thankfully got some zofran end of last week. It saved me Saturday, as I was second shooting a wedding with Allison. Our next wedding that I'm shooting with her isn't until the end of March. I'm certain my second-trimester-superwoman cape will have arrived by then. Certain.

Until then. I wait. 12-14 weeks is the magic number usually for me. I say "usually" like I've got enough statistics to draw that conclusion. I don't, but I'm hopeful.

I have no "good" pictures but iPhone photos to share. A few (most) you've probably already seen if you're on Facebook. But I can't do post without pictures!

And the purpose for this post: I only have FIVE intramuscular progesterone injections left. FOUR after tonight. I can count them on ONE hand!

...but then again, who's counting? ;)