As I said, my
sister-in-law Natalie, and four of her children, came up to visit for a few
days of their spring break and we thought it would be fun to have them be apart
of the action. Zachary fell asleep on the way to the appointment so a teenage
nephew and niece kindly offered to stay in the car with him while Natalie, her
8-year old son Brenner, her 15-year old daughter Caitrin, Matthew and I went in
to the Dr's office.
The ultrasound
ended up being a very entertaining event. After checking other important
body parts, the ultrasound tech finally asked if anyone had any predictions.
Brenner was the only one to pipe up with his hope - BOY! After a minute of
looking around, she said she thought Brenner just might be wrong. She couldn't
be super sure because of the odd angle so she would have to come back to that
area. That bit of hesitation was enough to give Brenner hope that he was
getting the boy cousin he wanted. But after checking again, she was now 90%
sure our baby is a girl. All of us looked around with big grins on our faces,
but Brenner dropped to the floor at his mother's feet in a puddle of despair.
We don't feel bad for Brenner though. He is one of 18 grandsons on my side of
the family and is in the middle of 13 grandsons born in a row. He has plenty of
buddies with whom to play. Meanwhile, this little girl makes the 6th
granddaughter. My parents are just as excited as we are, and Matthew's parents
are just happy to have two grand-babies!
Let me clarify
that our excitement for baby Adelae in no way detracts from our love and
devotion to our baby Zachary. But 3 years ago I felt strongly that there was an Adelae on our way to our family, and now we
finally get her. We feel very blessed.
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