a daughter

I know we said were not going to find out, but somewhere along the line we changed our minds. We came up with the perfect way for us to find out while standing in line for a snow cone at the Jazz festival earlier this summer.

Nate and I decided we wanted to do it on our anniversary, but we didn’t want to share with anyone that we were going to do it beforehand. That way we wouldn’t be hounded about it all day yesterday or in the days before. We wanted it to be just us, and it was nice to have a day of just us knowing. Cooper also knew, but he is pretty good at keeping secrets.

When we went in for our ultrasound we had our tech, Brenda, seal baby Lueth's gender in an envelope. She did a really good job too. I tried to peak in the envelope, but she had folded the piece of paper several times, making it impossible to read by holding it up to the light. Last week, we went to the Hawk Shop and picked out a boy blanket and hat and a girl blanket and hat. We asked them kindly to wrap it for us and took it home.

The gift has been sitting there just calling my name to be opened. However, we stayed strong and opened it together yesterday morning. On our second wedding anniversary we found out we are having a baby girl. Nate's response was, "oh no!". I know this is only because he knows this little lady is going to have his heart wrapped around her little finger.

I teased Cooper that his little sister will probably try to paint his nails and put bows in his hair. He seems pretty content with a baby girl joining the pack.

We figured this would be the best present we could give to each other on our anniversary. A memory we will never forget. It’s no vacation on a beach somewhere, but we think it's even better.