Baby T2 is a GIRL!

You know that special moment in a movie where the dad comes out into the waiting room and gladly announces, "It's a boy!" and the entire family jumps up, cigars in hand, ready to celebrate? It's a great moment, for the movies. But this is not a movie and I am not one to wait 40 weeks to find out if it's a boy or a girl. I'm sure it's a fun surprise, but it's just as fun around 18 weeks! I'm a major planner and shopper so finding out early suits us. 

Forrest and I had so much fun at our 18 week sono...counting toes, looking at her spine, and seeing our baby girl move. Of course, during the sono, we still didn't know Baby T2 was a girl. We asked the technician to keep it a secret and write down the baby's gender in a sealed envelope. I left the doctor's office (really tempted to open the envelope) and went straight to my friend's house to drop off the pinata, the envelope, one bag full of blue goodies, and one bag full of pink goodies. Our friends, Leslie and Brent gladly stuffed the 4th of July pinata with the pink goodies and GLUED the pinata shut. No peaking for us! 

The next day was 4th of July, so we busted open the pinata to find pink starbursts and lots of pink streamers.

Davis determined to get the candy!

Reading name suggestions from the family

Our first baby girl outfit!

My dad picked it out

After celebrating the 4th, Forrest had to drive home for work. He went straight to his parents house to invite them to dinner later that weekend so we could surprise them with the good news. Unfortunately, Forrest had forgotten to take off a tiny pink sticker that said "it's a girl." Oops. 

The weekend after the 4th, we were in Rockport with all of Forrest's family. I made 40 tiny little pink cupcakes and covered them with icing. The entire family unwrapped the cupcakes at the same time to reveal IT'S A GIRL! 

We really had so much fun revealing the exciting news...as you can see!