Hello River!

Today we had an ultrasound to see how baby was doing and hopefully find out the gender. We got to the hospital and the ultrasound lady came out and met us. She told us that Jamin would have to wait while she did some scans and make a comprehensive report for the radiologist. I went in and she started scanning...I peeked as much as I could and there was baby...big, healthy (to my knowledge), and beautiful. I didn't know what I was looking at most of the time but I could make out the head and I saw her zoom in on the heart and mark all of the valves (I recall the heartbeat being 156 bpm). It was amazing. I could also see all of the bones in the spine. Life is such a miracle and of course I teared up a little bit...it was just so beautiful. After what seemed like an hour, she called Jamin in and he was ready with camcorder and tripod. Come to find out, we are not allowed to take any video or pictures (which I thought was weird because this is my body and baby!). We were bummed but got over it because she was about to tell us the gender. She zoomed in under the baby's legs and showed us the three famous lines...it's a girl! River Eden Hien Bailey to be exact. When I found out I was so excited because I just "knew" that it was a girl. Funny thing is, is that Jamin and I couldn't decided on a boy's name on the way to the hospital so I was hoping it was a girl since we had that name settled. On top of that, I had two dreams of delivering a girl, and I was hoping to have a daughter first...so we could be like my mom and I (crazy as that seems). My dad was also hoping for a girl and this would be the first grand-daughter in the Bailey family (my sister-in-law has two boys). Also, I had a bunch of people tell me that they couldn't imagine with a boy...just a colorful daughter. Oh yeah, another thing...I have been so emotional and teary lately and I knew that there was something female goin on. I am so excited for my daughter because she has such a good daddy and I can't wait to see Jamin in that role. She will be so, so, blessed! What's really awesome is that at church I've been learning about biblical womanhood and I can't wait to shape my daughter into the type of woman God has called her to be. By God's grace, she will grow up to love the Lord and fulfill her calling as His daughter. Praise the Lord for baby's health, the blessing of being able to see baby, and an awesome husband to share this experience with!!!