The cake lied..

I had my 24 week appt on Thursday, and the doc was getting ready to find the heartbeat. I asked him if we might be able to sneak a peek to see what "it" is. So after finding the heartbeat (144 bpm) via ultrasound (love the ultrasound in the office..get to see the baby lots of times), he pretty much instantly got the view we have been waiting weeks (or more like 4 months) for! And he very nonchalantly said, "It's a girl." I had thought all along that it was a boy, and I had Curt thinking it was a boy as well, so we were both a little surprised, but of course, very excited!! Brooke didn't really understand what was going on, but was excited to see "baby on teetee (tv)". Since we have everything pink, tons of baby girl clothes and accessories, we are already pretty much ready for this little girly (at least as far as "stuff" goes). We will have a 3-D ultrasound at the next appt and are excited for another chance to see our baby girl. Now onto agreeing on a girl name...

It's a....

Stubborn baby something!! The night before our 20 week ultrasound, we copied a cute idea from my cousin and made a half pink/half blue cake and frosted it white. Supposedly, whatever color you cut into is what you are having. So...according to this test, we are having a...

 

 BOY...

Plain white cake...I had to cake on the frosting to cover the colors

Just to prove that it is half and half

 

 

 

 

But here's the funny thing....we still do not know what were are having! So we had the ultrasound on March 9th. I had rescheduled it from the 2nd to the 9th since we went out of town, so I was really ready to find out. I got a call from the doctor office that afternoon and they said my dr. was in emergency surgery and asked if I could reschedule. I told them I really wanted it that day since I wanted to know the baby was healthy. So they just had me come in later. I finally got into the ultrasound at 5:30pm (my doc does all the ultrasounds in office), and after all the measurements and knowing the baby is healthy, he tried to see the gender...No luck! So by this time, it was after 6pm and he told me I could come back anytime and he would look again. 

So I went back a week later in the morning, drank a lot of juice ate Lucky Charms before, and he looked around for 5-10 minutes...still no luck! This is one stubborn baby and "it" is already on the naughty list :-) 

My next appt is this Thursday afternoon. The doc will do another ultrasound so there is a chance we may find out..but we won't be getting our hopes up too much! Hopefully we at least know before the baby makes its appearance...It's kind-of ironic, since I'm the person who is always like "Why the heck wouldn't you find out if you could," and here I am 2 appts later with no clues!

St. Patrick's Day

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day by going to the annual parade downtown. In all our years here, it was the first time we had been. It was fun because we were there with several couples/families from church, but the actual parade was a little lame! Not to mention the fact that Brooke was a little overwhelmed b the crowds/noise so we had to hold her entire time. Maybe next year she will be a little more brave if we decide to go...

For dinner, we had our traditional corned beef and cabbage, carrots, and potatoes, complete with Irish Soda bread, green pina coladas, and green jello cake. It was a yummy dinner, and a great way to celebrate our Irish blood!

Mardi Gras

A few years ago, we decided to add yet another "holiday" to celebrate! Fun necklaces + masks + jambalaya + King Cake = A great way to celebrate Mardi Gras! It is now an annual tradition and we look forward to the fun and food. The jambalaya recipe we have it SO GOOD! We got it from a native Southerner. And my King Cake was much more successful this year (I didn't kill the yeast), so it was a fun Mardi Gras celebration!