Little Girl!

I posted this picture on facebook a few weeks ago, but I forgot to add it here as well! Here I am at my parent's house, 16 weeks:

We lost baby Christian shortly before 16 weeks, and so even though the doctors don't think this will happen again, it was still a huge relief to get past that point. 

And then, at 17 weeks (on Friday, Sept. 28th) I had an ultrasound and found out that this new little baby is a GIRL!

Check out that button nose! And look at this perfect profile:

We are SO excited to have another little girl in our family. Lucy is such a girly-girl and I can already imagine the tea-parties and dress-up games that will become a regular occurrence at our house. I know how much I loved having a sister so close in age, so I'm thrilled to think of Lucy getting to experience that same close friendship with her sister. 

Lucy is excited too, although for a slightly different reason. Today at lunch, after I took her in with me for my routine ob check-up, she told me in a hushed, excited voice: "There's a baby in MY tummy!" :)