The Color Is...

Baby # 6 will be Baby GIRL #5!

We are all tremendously excited. Yes, even Pepper is excited. He secretly admitted to me later that he wasn't really excited about giving up his spot as the only boy in the family. He's thrilled to welcome another sister, and has vowed to protect her with his life. So precious!

So now, off I go to start stocking up on cute little pink and lavender clothes for my coming daughter!

Today's THE DAY!

At 2:30 we have an ultrasound to find out the gender of our baby.
I am so excited!!!

Hubby and Snapper are wearing blue because they think Baby is a boy.
The rest of us are wearing pink.

We could sure use some more blue in this house, though!

That Friend

I just have to take a moment to shout to the whole world (yeah, the 50 or so people who read this blog) about how blessed I am to have a very best friend. Her name is Noel and we've been best friends from the first time we met, 14 years ago now. We were both in college. Matt and her brand new boyfriend, Stan, were roommates. It was instant connection. I knew I'd found a kindred spirit. I ended up marrying Matt, and Noel ended up marrying Stan. Over the last 14 years we have been through a lot together. For the last eight years we've lived in different states. But the distance hasn't changed our friendship. We continue to be as close and as strong as ever. We spent almost two hours on the phone with each other tonight, sharing laughter and some tears. There are very few people in my life that I love as much as Noel, and I just needed to overflow a bit. I am so tremendously blessed.