Today Is the Greatest Day I've Ever Known

Just a little Smashing Pumpkins for your reading pleasure. If you couldn't tell by the title, our anatomy scan went great today! We are having a HEALTHY baby BOY, 4 heart chambers and all! We were both sure that we were having another girl, so you can imagine our surprise when the tech said she was going to rock our world, because we're having a baby boy. The look on Brad's face was priceless. I will never forget it. We go back to Iowa City in 2 weeks for a fetal echo, which will tell us for sure that everything is OK. After that, we are free to be seen locally and deliver locally. I cannot wait.

We are so ready to go shopping for this baby and decorate his room and do everything that we didn't get to do while I was pregnant with Claire. The only possible downfall is that we need to put some of Claire's things away and make this Baby Boy's room. It's going to be very difficult for me. We didn't have a lot for Claire, but her bedding and outfits will all need to be put away. We received many figurines after she was born. We plan to keep them all on display in our guest bedroom. Those are things we will never be able to store away in a closet. She will always be a part of our family. Our children will know about their big sister.

To top it all off, this week is congenital heart defect awareness week. We love you so much Claire. We know you are always watching over us and your little brother.