It's a . . . .

Girl!

So we got to find out last week that we are having a little girl!  And I've finally been feeling her move consistently, which is a HUGE blessing.  Each little bubble like movement is like a reminder that she is safe and fine.  And to answer the question that always follows "it's a girl:" no, we don't have a name yet.  We've got a list that we've been looking at, but haven't done an exhaustive search or hashed out things we like or don't like about the current list.

Monday night we had a cake "reveal" of the gender.  I made a very bright (neon) pink cake, but then frosted it completely in chocolate.  I even added a line of white frosting around the bottom to seal off the prying eyes looking for crumbs of pink or blue.  We had our moms cut it open to reveal that it was a girl.

Here's the cake.  Technically, it should be "cut to see," but it didn't seem to flow as nicely.

Here's the inside

The original plan had been to tell the worship team Thursday, but I had forgotten Stephen had class and I wasn't playing this week, so neither one of us was there.  Stephen still played the drums and I told him he could tell everyone, but he apparently held the information hostage so I could be there when we told them.  Our pastor was ready to meet any ransom demands and actually ran out after us at church because he wasn't around when we told the team after church.  

Friday night we told our small group with a cake as well.  You can't see the cake that well, but it's pink frosting.  I told them I would bring either a pink or blue dessert.  So far, there are 2 boys and 1 girl on the way with two more who don't know yet.  Here's us with the cake (and the lid that took off a bunch of the frosting).

No word on the heart issues yet.  The EKG in the hospital was normal and I only had 3 minor episodes while I was wearing the halter monitor.  Which is what I thought would happen because I had taken the day off.  The monitor went off at 10am on Tuesday.  At 11:04am, I had a normal episode.  They seem to get worse through the week and then taper off on the weekend.  There's only 7 weeks of school left (including this one), and next week's all minimum days for STAR testing.  So hopefully I can stay as unstressed as possible.  Although I am STAR testing 40 14 year olds in a portable...all day on those minimum days.  But they're a pretty good (albeit chatty) class.

Other than the heart pounding (not racing, just pounding), I've been feeling pretty good.  Definitely looking pregnant and people have started touching my stomach.  So far it's been people I'm fine with, so that's good.  I can see how it could get pretty awkward, though.