It's a............

GIRL!!!
Can you believe it? I can hardly believe it myself. We are sooooooo excited! I love being a mom to my two boys, and would have been excited about adding another one to the team, but oh how I wanted a daughter :)
If you know me well, you know that I cannot wait on anything. Which is why those of you who know me so well totally called my bluff when I said "We don't think we're going to find out."
Yeah, right.
Me? Mrs. Impatient? The girl who ruins her own surprise parties? The girl who tells you what she's bought you for Christmas long before it's even wrapped? It wasn't gonna happen. We knew that we would find out all along...we just wanted it to be on our own time and on our own terms. I thought that telling people we weren't going to find out would keep them from bugging me.
I was wrong.
So, ever the impatient one, we pulled a few strings, called in a few favors, and had an ultrasound at 16 weeks. I will never forget those words "It's a girl." We were pretty positive, but still wanted to wait until our 20 week ultrasound to make any big announcements.
My 20 week ultrasound is over a week away.
I told you...impatient.
So we went back up today (thankfully, they were slow), and got her to check one more time. Definitely a girl :) The boys were able to go with us and see their baby sister. Jackson was absolutely precious. He is so excited, and I know he's going to make such a good big brother. Luke...well, it will be an adjustment for my little mama's boy.
I am over the moon. On cloud nine. And maybe, just maybe....a little terrified.
My prayers have been answered, my wishes come true, a longing fulfilled.
God is so good. He's so good to me.
*make sure you check the sidebar for Jackson's funny saying about the baby*

Pool fun

As I mentioned in the last post, we have been fortunate enough to have a membership at a local neighborhood pool this summer. It has been a great place to escape the summer heat and for my little water babies to have fun. Today was our last day to enjoy the pool, and it was great. We literally had the pool all to ourselves. The boys splashed and played, and went down the water slide a million times. The only thing that would have made our last trip better is if Daddy had been there...oh, and if I had remembered to bring the camera. :) Here is some water slide footage from another trip.

* I must add that on our last day (today), Luke finally mastered going down the slide by himself with no assistance...remaining upright the whole way. He was quite proud of himself.
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First Day of School

Today my big baby started 4K and my little baby (or should I say middle baby) started 2K. They are growing up so fast! They were both very excited about their first day of school, as was I. I love these little guys to death, but they were beginning to get on each other's nerves and needed some structure in their lives :) Here is our annual first day of school picture by the front door. Jackson remained excited as he got to his new classroom
Lukey, was a different story. His excitement faded as he realized that Mommy was leaving him here. :(But a snuggle from bank-bank and a hug from Mrs. Gibson made everything better. He had stopped crying before I could make it down the hall.
Here's some video for the grandparents and Daddy (who is out of town) so that you don't feel like you missed out :)

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