Telling Cash about Emma

After Cash found out Carter was having another little brother or sister he wanted a sibling so bad but not just a sibling...he specifically wanted a little sister.  Well I don't know so much about the little part....as he shared he wanted a sister but he wanted her to grow up really fast so she could be his big sister.  He would pray to his heart because he knew God was in his heart and he would ask for a little sister.

I had the MarterniT21 blood test to find out if there were any abnormalities but the test also determined gender.  It was mid December when we got the call.  We were at Nordstrom, in the men's department and the nurse at Dr. Carroll's office, my OB at the time, called to let me know that not only was the baby healthy but that we were having a little girl.  I instantly started crying...tears of joy as Cash says.  I told Ben but we had not shared with Cash yet that he was going to be a big brother.   I had previously ordered Cash a tshirt that said "I'm Going to be a Big Brother" and with it came a little tshirt for the baby that said, "I love my big brother".  I called my parents and they of course ran out to BabysRUs and started one of the many shopping trips for girl clothes.  We all met at our house and had Cash open his tshirt and read it out loud.  It really didn't register at first...and then it clicked...he was SO excited!  After telling him that he would be a big brother we then told him that he was having a little sister.  He could hardly contain himself and instantly our lives seemed to go from a family of 3 to 4...even though she wasn't even here yet.  I am not sure why but it seemed more real once we told Cash.

Megan Brown took some great shots of us for our New Year/pregnancy announcement card...it was cold but I couldn't wait to announce the anticipation of our sweet Emma.