two big sisters

last night, honey had a super bad headache so i put the kids to bed by myself.  as i was tucking abigail in bed, she excitedly told me "mom! there's going to be two big sisters!" and i was all "what do you mean?" wondering if she was considering the two to be her and myself.

"well me and this baby girl when she grows up!  we're both going to be big sisters!"

and while i knew that was most likely correct, all i could think to say was "yes... but it could be a boy."  i've been doing this in my own head for the last two days too, getting myself prepped for whatever news came our way.

well, it wasn't necessary.

there's going to be two big sisters.  ; )

abigail and i were both pretty confident and hopeful that it would be a girl.  and even in the ultrasound when the tech got to that part she asked us what we thought.  i said "well i've thought it's a girl the whole time" and she asked christopher what he thought and he said "well, actually we've both been guessing it's a girl."

but don't get me wrong that i would have been at all disappointed with a boy, because there would have been many conveniences in having two boys in a row (like how i could just keep out all of those baby clothes of brady's that i still haven't packed up and taken to the basement...) and it would be so fun to see brady play with a little baby brother.  but here are a few of my thoughts about this being a girl.

first, i've had my guess from the beginning that this was a girl because i've been super sick like i was with abigail.  i know they say it's a wives tale that you're more sick with girls, but just based off of my two previous pregnancies where with abigail i was sick from day one and vomiting til 15 weeks and with brady i got sick around six weeks and it faded by 12 weeks and never even was bad enough to make me throw up... well, this pregnancy has been far far far more like abigail's than brady's.  i felt sick even before i got a positive pregnancy test, spent over a month in bed, and threw up as late as 16 weeks, with some close calls even at 18 weeks.

second, from the beginning, abigail has wanted this baby to be a girl.  it makes sense though.  i already have a boy and a girl... but abigail only has a boy.  since she only has a brother, she's been really really wanting a little sister.

third, abigail was a summer baby and brady was a winter baby.  so it's convenient to have another girl summer baby.  technically she'll be born in spring... but she'll be in all those baby clothes during the hot summer months so we're good.

fourth, boy names are impossible so it's a relief not to have to come up with a boy name this time around.

So here's one big sister. 

And here's the other big sister.

Two big sisters.