Kell's Belles: It's A . . .

Monday, December 29, 2008

It's A . . .

Baby Girl!!!! Yes, we know now (without a doubt) that we will be welcoming another little girl into our family this May.

Poor Carter. So many girls! I'm relieved I'm not married to Henry VIII right now. I'd be in serious trouble over my inability to produce a male heir. Carter was expecting it and is actually really excited. I'm relieved I don't have to come up with a new name for the blog or bother with trying to "de-pink" the nursery. If there was ever a house that was prepared to add a baby girl, I'd have to say it'd be this one!

Chloe, who was desperate for a brother, is taking the news pretty well. She decided we could maybe put a blue hair bow and maybe use a blue shirt for the baby. Maybe she's just tired of pink? She got to come watch the ultrasound and was mesmerized by the images of the baby in mommy's tummy, so I think that helped temper her disappointment.

I am thankful I made it through that harrowing ultrasound (let's just say I had to drink A LOT of water and it didn't go down--or stay down-- very well) and that the baby looks great. I can't wait to meet her!

So, for those of you who voted girl, pat yourself on the back. You were right!

6 comments:

EmilyDecember 29, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Holy Smack! I did vote for a girl....but wow! I can't believe it! Your wish came true Kelly. Long live the pink in the Durham home. Congrats on the healthy baby girl! I am always relieved a bit after ultrasounds!
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Laura LeeDecember 30, 2008 at 6:11 AM
Carter's used to it. He'll be fine. Well, I guess it's up to me to give Jack a boy cousin, you are solid pink.
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MelissaDecember 30, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Congratulations. Just think of all the money you'll save on prom dresses.
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The Garber FamilyDecember 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM
I thought it would be a boy...
I guess just because of odds, you know! And Carter can congratulate himself for building up his own estrogen ridden home. Just remind him of that when the girls are entering the PMS years. Congratulations! You guys must have some seriously awesome girl-raising powers to be sent 4 of them. He knows where they need to go!
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DC DivaDecember 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM
WOW! I just got your email and had to stop over and check the blog for the results. CONGRATS! Who will carry on the Durham name?? At least we have plenty of darlings to carry on the DIVA name! Thank heaven for little girls -- clearly, you're doing an EXCELLENT job w/ them!
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LindseyJanuary 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM
Congratulations! That is so exciting! Girl clothes are so much cuter anyway. :)
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My Favorite Chloe-isms

"Sorry we're late. We were playing this really, really, really fun game. It's like time stopped....just for us..."
"I don't know whether to believe reality or fantasy." Chloe, on contemplating the existence of Santa Claus
"I do bath stories. I'm a bath story mastermind." Chloe, convincing me that she should go entertain her bathing sisters.
"We'll just have to remind them to remove the singing robots." Chloe, as Carter tried to convince her she shouldn't be afraid to ride Splash Mountain when we visit Disneyland this month.
"I hate my math book. It poisons my mind." Chloe, after being asked to complete her math homework.
"I had such a rough day that I think I'm going to die of roughness." Chloe, reflecting on a tough day at school that included a recess injury that required a visit from Mom.
"Whew! I have such a headache from using my brain all day!" Chloe, upon completing her homework after school.
"This land is free. But you don't let me be free!" Chloe, upon being denied access to a television program.
"I've had the fear of silence since I was three years old." No doubt!
"You might need to know Sadie needs more practice at that." Chloe, to her Aunt Katie after Sadie was told to be patient while Katie was driving.
"These sleeves are not pleasing to me." Chloe, trying on a dress with her aunt.
"Is Santa aware? It's not like I'm going for a coal collection." Chloe, after being told she could stay up past her bedtime at a sleepover party at her aunt's house.
"We get to pig out on french fries?!?" Chloe, speaking for her sisters, after being offered my leftover fries.
"Because I'm more smarter than some people!" Chloe, explaining why she only has to do part of her weekly spelling list. Touche, Chloe. Touche.
"Nobody is sitting next to me. I guess I'm not very popular . . ." Chloe, upon realizing she was the only one sitting on the couch during Scripture Picture time.
"I'm not a dress kind of girl." Chloe, on why she doesn't want to wear a dress to school.
"I got moved to Table 3. Now I'm boy-trapped!" Chloe, explaining her dire circumstances in school (she had to be moved because she was talking too much).
"Sorry about the racket, Daddy. We're laughing our heads off!" Chloe, after being confronted about the noise level in the playroom.
"I'm a person who is NOT a statue!" Chloe, after being commanded to hold still while getting her hair done.
"If only my hair weren't messy, I'd go watch them." Chloe, on the possibility of observing her father play basketball early one Saturday morning.
"Does that mean he was a zombie?" Chloe, after hearing the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead.
"I was just talking to the dentist today about the Chesire Cat's teeth! What a coincidence!" Chloe, happening upon her little sisters watching Alice in Wonderland (on the same day as her dental check-up).
"I hate these [jeans]. It looks like a bear scratched them." Chloe, casting aspersions on her distressed jean shorts.
"C'mon Piper! Let's go do a happy dance!" Chloe, upon learning some good news.
"Mommy!!!!! Piper's being a tattle-taaaaaaaale!!!!!" Chloe, from another room, in a whiny tone.
"I need a zipper for my mouth!" Chloe, brainstorming ideas about how to talk less "excessively" in class.
"I felt like Piper was making me be a mad machine today." Chloe, discussing why she kept getting in trouble for fighting with her sister.
"Mommy, you don't need to say anything else. I can tell how mad you are." Chloe, interrupting me mid-lecture (it was on why one should NOT dump out a laundry basket of folded laundry on the floor).
"Do you know why I didn't say 'Amen' ? Because my mouth was full of food." Chloe, after a blessing on dinner.
"I stick my finger up there all the time so I should be used to it." Chloe, upon learning she would be receiving her flu vaccine via a mist up her nose. The PA had to leave the room he was laughing so hard. He said it is definitely one of the Top Ten funniest things he's heard a kid say during his tenure in the office.
"Sure, I know what that is--a celebration with pies!" Chloe, when asked what a "python" is.
"I can't help it. I'm a 'why' person." Chloe, explaining why she has to follow everything I tell her to do with 1.5 million questions.
"Whoa! Tessa just did a firework of spit-up!" Chloe, describing her sister's gastrointestinal distress.
"Uh, Piper, do you know about cops?" Chloe, in response to Piper's request that Carter drive the car faster.
"I know. I'm a wild animal. You should take me to the forest now." Chloe, after she accidently banged into Tessa and was told she was being too wild (both Chloe and baby were bawling when this was uttered).
"Too bad you have to love your enemies." Chloe, after a lesson on the Beatitudes.
"Mommy, I can't go to sleep because a bad thing is worrying me. Is Mad Cow Disease contagious?" Chloe, calling from her bed.
"I hate cleaning up. Cleaning is NOT awesome!" Chloe, on picking up toys.
"Can I have some cinnamon on this? [Vanilla yougurt] tastes a little silly without cinnamon." ~Chloe's request at lunch.
"Please bless that Piper can be even gooder." Chloe, in prayer
"I'm so glad I have a mommy who is powerful." Uttered by Chloe after I replaced the batteries in a previously non-functioning toy.
"I need a new brain. This one thinks up bad things to do." Chloe, after being caught doing something naughty
"Nobody wants to go outside. Not even strangers. Only me." ~Chloe's response when I refused to let her play unsupervised in the front yard during a snow storm