We had our 20 week ultrasound and it was absolutely amazing to see our baby moving around like crazy in there! His/Her arms were moving around, putting it's fingers in it's mouth and kicking. The ultrasound tech laughed a few times and said he couldn't believe how much the little bugger was moving and was having a hard time taking good pictures! We left the appointment feeling so blessed and even more anxious & excited to find out if we we're having a boy or girl!!
We had our doctor write the gender of baby inside an envelope for us and then we were going to decide exactly what we wanted to do with it! We held on to the envelope for about a month and MAN was it killing me haha! We were hoping to be able to get both of our families together to meet at the cabin and to do a gender reveal party, but unfortunately it was not able to happen. With having our families living so far away and in different countries it sure makes it difficult being able to get everyone together. Either way, we were very excited to share the news with our families!
We headed down to the Murphy family cabin and Sean and I had the first night to ourselves. We had decided that we were going to open the envelope together, just the two of us. After unpacking and getting settled in at the cabin Sean had set up a game of cribbage for us at the kitchen table to play. I sat down and was like "Okay, I can't stop thinking about the envelope. Are we going to open it tonight?!" He then lifted the crib board up and the envelope was sitting under it! We both smiled and got so excited!
Sean ripped open the first envelope and then I opened the little envelope that was inside...
(I'll never forget how anxious/excited/nervous I felt! We were about to find out if our first baby was a boy or a girl! Is this really happening?!)
IT'S A GIRL!!!!
I believe the words "Oh my God! It's a GIRL!" came out of my mouth while tears filled my eyes! We hugged and just felt so overwhelmed with happiness. It honestly took a few minutes for us to realize we just found out we're having a baby girl haha It was such an amazing feeling and moment to share together. We laughed and said we didn't want to play crib anymore cause we just wouldn't be able to focus! We pulled out Dominos and played that instead haha
The next morning I was awoken by text messages from my mom and sister saying "WAKE UP! We are ready to Skype!" They knew Sean and I opened the envelope the night before and they were SO excited for us to tell them the news!! We hoped out of bed feeling on cloud 9, made coffee and got the laptop ready to sign onto Skype. I wrote a little sign to hold up to show them with Lilly that said "I'm getting a... SISTER!"
My mom was shaking she was so anxious for us to tell her and once I said "Okay, Lilly wants to tell you both something..." they both got so intense and froze staring at the screen. Once they read the sign they flew out of their seats with arms thrown into the air yelling "Oh my God!!!" haha it was hilarious. We are adding another girl to the Etchebarren side!! :)
The next night we planned a little way to reveal the gender to the Murphy side at the cabin after dinner. (I am lacking photos from this night) Sean and I stuffed a box with helium pink balloons and wrapped it with baby wrapping paper.
Everyone wore a party hat either pink or blue for their guess! Lilly was thinking a sister...
We all gathered in the living room for the reveal and it's funny because I started feeling anxious/nervous/excited all over again! Everyone counted 1..2..3..! and Sean & I pulled the strings on the box and the pink balloons floated out! It was so fun with everyone cheering and congratulating us! Now we can shout it from the rooftops!!
We then posted a photo on Facebook to share the news for all our other family members and friends.
"Lilly has a big announcement to make..."
So now that we know we are having a girl... let the shopping begin!! :)
xoxo Ashley
