It's a GIRL!

I guess I didn't quite realize just how far behind in blogging I was thus far in my pregnancy. Somehow, it has been 20 weeks since the last time I wrote. Therefore, I'm not 5 1/2 weeks away from my due date and I haven't even announced that little Baby Dykes is in fact....

A GIRL!!!

We aren't really sure why but we totally expected a boy before we even ever thought about trying to conceive. It's just what we had in our heads and before we found out I would even goto garage sales and tell myself not to buy the cute little girl clothes because I wouldn't need them. Needless to say, we were absolutely wrong.

It's funny because the day of our ultrasound is still so crystal clear to me. We hosted a gender reveal party so we did not want the ultrasound tech to tell us the gender of the baby right away. We had her write it on a piece of paper with an ultrasound photo and seal it in an envelope so that we could immediately deliver to a bakery where we would have cupcakes made with pink or blue filling in the center.

For some reason, however, as soon as we entered the room where we would have our 20 week ultra sound, I knew. I remember telling Skylar that I was suddenly feeling that the baby would be a girl. He kept insisting that I had no idea and to just wait and see. I think this was the first time he admitted to himself as well, that we could totally be wrong in our suspicions.

Do you know how yucky it was to go through our ultrasound and then have to wait TWO days to find out the gender of our little one? Thankfully, I was the maid of honor in a wedding that weekend so I was able to find distraction in that. Everyone at the wedding kept telling me it was a girl, however, I still can't explain the shock when we found out that she was in fact a little princess instead of a little prince.

Fast forward to Sunday afternoon and we invited all of our closest friends and family over for a backyard barbecue. We had two special cupcakes made with white cake and white frosting on the outside so nothing would be given away or confused. With everyone gathered around, we picked them up and smashed them in one another's face. The frosting was such a light shade of pink that we had to take a couple double takes inside the cupcake before we realized it was a girl. Meanwhile, all of our guests were screaming "WHAT IS IT?!" because it was so hard to tell.

Below are a few of my favorite photos from the event :)

I would say that it's safe to say our faces say it all. We were incredibly nervous, beyond surprised, and incredibly ecstatic. Despite our suspicions that baby was a boy, we are beyond thrilled that she is in fact a little girl. I should note that we had already bought a travel system in the color red at this point. I had thought that was pretty gender neutral, however, the same night as the reveal party Skylar had me return the red one and order it in pink, can we say Daddy's Girl already? I'd say so.