Gender Announcements and Nurseries and Baby Registries, Oh My!

What a long, but great weekend we just had. It all started off on March 28th at 10:15, which was our ultrasound appt to find out what we are having.  Little did I know the appointment wasn't just to find out the sexes, it was a thorough ultrasound where they measured EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING.  They measured the femur bones, legs, arms, skull, kidneys, the amount of fluid in each sac, the curve of the spine, the lips to make sure they don't have a cleft lip and much, much more.  I love watching Lawrence stare at the screen and shake his head in amazement of God's glorious creations.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.Psalm 139:13


We gave the ultrasound tech (Susan) a card and had her write out what the sex was of each baby.  We were there for about 3 hours since there are 3 babies to measure and we got to know Susan very well. We got to tell her a little bit about our story and how we met and she shared her life story with us. She told us she has been doing this job for about 30 years and has specialized in Maternal-Fetal High Risk Multiple Pregnancies.  She told us that if she didn't see the private parts or was unsure, she would say just that and have us come another time, but thankfully the children were cooperative and showed Susan what she needed to see.  During this time, Lawrence and I were getting bombarded with texts and Facebook messages asking us what time is our appt and letting us know how anxious they were to find out.


Finally, the appt was over and we were on our way home with the white sealed envelope in my purse.  At that time, only God, Susan and my Dr knew what we were having.  We got Tay out of school an hour early and then delivered the card to my wonderful neighbor, Sam.  Sam was on her way out to pick up a little girl she looks after from kindergarten, so she said she would be right back and get to working on our presents.  about 15min later I hear a knock on the door, there she is standing with a bag that is holding the boxes.  How exciting and nerve wracking!  Tay and I set the boxes out in front of us while we were waiting for Lawrence to get off a business call.  

Finally, it was time to open up the boxes, I was extremely nervous and excited.  Taylor got to open hers first and once she pulled out the pink onesie, I couldn't help but scream...YAY!!!.  Then it was my turn.  I grabbed the box and opened it and it was a boy onesie, I'm sure Lawrence let out a sigh of relief on that one.  Then Lawrence's turn...another boy!  That is what we guessed all along, 2 boys and a girl.  God is good and definitely gave us our hearts desires.

Saturday, we made our way to Home Depot looking at paint colors.  I already saw a room I liked on 
Pinterest that had gray walls with white wainscotting, it looked really nice and we both agreed that is what we wanted.  We got the gray paint and Taylor and Lawrence started working on painting the room that evening.  The walls are now done and we are blessed to have a brother-in-law (Sean) who will do the wainscotting on the walls as a gift.  How awesome is that?!?!?

Now that I know what we are having, it's so much easier to put the baby registry together.  At first I had two going, one with BabiesRus and the other with Target.  I decided to just stick with Target since BabiesRus had the same things but at a higher price.  It's pretty crazy to think of all the things the babies need.  Thankfully we don't have to buy clothes, swings or playmats, my sis-in-laws (Erica and Lizzy) are letting me borrow theirs.

God is so good and has already been providing for our little ones.  We have received 9 packages of diapers and wipes, a box of girl clothes and a box of boy clothes is on the way.  I have also learned that a co-worker has 4yr old triplet girls and I got to talk to him for a little over an hour yesterday and was blessed with all the knowledge he gave.