I'm sure all of my few followers already know that we are expecting baby #2. But this time, we're having a girl. Not sure how this will affect the title of 'Biddle Brilliance' yet. But we'll work it out when she gets here. But it may be a moot point, considering I probably won't have time to blog anyway! Unless I can multitask while breast feeding or something clever like that.
I'll share these 2 kind of short stories really quickly to reveal how we found out we were having a girl, in case anyone would like to steal these lovely ideas that I so aptly stole myself!
We were scheduled to have our first trimester screening (13 weeks) and the sonogram tech said she was pretty certain she knew what 'it' was. I asked her to write it down and seal it in an envelope and not to tell me! The next day I went to one of those party stores with the sealed envelope and gave it to the balloon gal along with a rather large box. I explained to her that after I leave the store she should open the envelope to see the what the verdict was and then fill the box with either pink OR blue balloons, which ever was appropriate. I picked up the sealed box 30 minutes later and made arrangements for our photographer neighbor to join me and the family at our neighborhood park to take some shots of our actual reaction to the news! We were delighted to see pink!!!
We didn't share with the family at that point what we believed 'it' to be since we were only 13 weeks and there is a large margin for error at that point. So we waited until our 22 week appointment and had another plan for that visit, you know, in case the results were different. We still wanted to have a neat story to share with the baby one day. So I bought two bags, two onesies (one pink and one blue), and labeled one bag 'Better luck next time!' and the other was 'Congratulations, IT'S A...'
We told that sonogram tech to again not tell us, but once she figured it out...to go in a separate room with the goods and fill the 'Congratulations, IT'S A...' bag with the correct colored onesie. We had already trained Jaxen that if he opened the bag and it was pink that it'd be a girl and the blue would be a boy. So he was going to be our 'big news' opener! We got home after the appointment, grabbed the camera, and had Jaxen open the bag. We were thrilled to see that the onesie was still pink (doubly confirming GIRL) but Jaxen wasn't AS thrilled. He rubbed his hands together in concern asking 'Where's the boy one?' Haha. Loved it, and so glad that we got it on video! See the video here: Jaxen on Facebook.
So far we are 24 weeks...so we're a little over half way already! She's growing healthy and strong and mommy is growing huge and sluggish. I guess that's the way it goes! But, knock on wood, no stretch marks! And after glancing at some of the 'Awesome Pregnancy Bellies' as dubbed by babycenter.com....I think mine ranks up there in the top 10 compared to some of the ones I saw on there!
Little baby girl will be named (drumroll please - mainly for those of you who don't know)...Sela Christine. Brewer is a given! Hah
She's not as active in the belly as Jaxen was (yet) but she does give some punches and kicks. And I love to see Jaxen's face light up when he gets to feel it. He's only been able to feel it 2 or 3 times, but he gets so excited. As a matter of fact, this morning he said (after feeling a kick) 'I'm so excited about baby Sela!' Now, if that doesn't make your day, I don't know what will.
My dear hubby has been working diligently on getting baby Sela's room completed so I can do the fun decorating stuff by the time she arrives. Lots to still be done, but he's on the scene! UNFORTUNATELY, our baby doctor said I can not help paint. As a matter of fact he said have your husband close the door and you stay away! So I was so happy...I mean, SAD, yes sad to tell Jeff that I wouldn't be able to help paint the room. But I'm sure he'll do an excellent job without me....just not as fast! But she'll have a brand new room when she gets here and lots of hugs and kisses on back order.
In other news, Jaxen most recently turned the BIG 3! He had a great time celebrating with some of his like-sized friends and neighbors and hosing the poor dog down with the water hose the whole time. Don't get me wrong, Skamper LOVED it. And when the kiddos weren't hosing him down, he'd just sit there and stare at the nozzle waiting for someone to pick it up! Jaxen adored his 'Cars' cake and wanted to hold Lightning McQueen from off the cake right away. I told him we'd have to leave it on the cake so his friends could see, and he said 'I don't want my friends to see!' Gotta love this kiddo.
Well, I think I've shared all of our exciting news as of late.
Keep us in your prayers for a safe delivery and healthy baby (& mommy).
