At 18 1/2 weeks pregnant, we had our ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby. It was definitely a family affair! Jason and I took Lily, Valerie and our foster daughter with us so that they could see the baby. On the way there we talked and Jason said that he 100% new it was a girl. I said that it felt just like being pregnant with Lily again, but that I really wasn't sure either way. Lily said, "I think it is a girl. I can't wait for them to show us if it is!"
When we got to the ultrasound place, the lady saw us with our swarm of girls and said so are you hoping for a boy? We said, "No, we are just excited to add to our family." She asked us what Lily thought and we told her that Lily was saying "girl". She said that the sibling is almost alway right. Two seconds later, she said, "Yep, it is a girl!" I was like are you 100%. She said definitely!!
She even showed us multiple times that it was a girl! Lily was very excited. The two little girls didn't really get it, but Valerie was saying, "baby" and we were showing her the pics on the screen. Jason ofcourse thought he was pretty awesome for having already known that it was a girl. :)
Jason had actually felt very strongly about getting to pick the name this time. When we had traveled to Destin Beach last Spring, Jason saw a street sign for a Daphne Rd. He had decided then that would be our little girls name. Daphne is Greek for Laurel Tree. We like that it sounds very pretty with Lily and Valerie. We really love feminine names. Picking out the middle name was harder. We always do bible names for the middle names. Jason's is Matthew, mine is Esther, Lily's is Abigail, and Valerie's is Hadassah. We love for our girls to have someone from the bible to look up to. However, we couldn't find a bible name that we liked for Daphne. Finally a friend suggested Moriah and Jason loved it!!! It isn't a bible character. Instead it is a mountain in the bible, but I agreed that it is beautiful. Moriah is Hebrew and means the Lord is my teacher.
I am now 25 weeks pregnant and although, I don't think the third pregnancy is nearly as exciting as the first two, we are loving our little Daphne. She is in a posterior position meaning that her spine is against my spine (not especially comfortable). This is the position that Lily was in also. We are trying to get her to move. However, this position make it very easy for her to kick and hit with great force. Jason and I both agree that she is the most active of our girls. She kicks so often and very hard. At my last appt. they had a hard time hearing the heart beat because Daphne wouldn't stop kicking the stethescope. It was very cute! I can't wait to meet our newest girl in less than 15 weeks. :)
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