A Life-Changing Weekend

This past weekend I decided to go back to Fredericksburg to celebrate Jonathan's birthday. I also made a decision a long time ago to hold out to find out the sex of the baby on his birthday. That Friday morning, we left Corpus early to make a special stop at the Joyce's to see baby Silas and the family! Oh he is so cute and adorable and makes the cutest little squeaking noises. I knew that Shaina wasn't going to be able to join us, so she asked if we had opened the envelope yet, we said no, so she said, how about now? I looked at Jonathan and he said "go get it out of the car :)" So we first popped in the DVD of the sonogram and watched with eagerness. The tech typed "G" then erased it , and then wrote "Looks like a Girl" We were both thrilled, well lets say we are both thrilled now, I think it took Jonathan by surprise because he was sure by wives tales and my other pregnant friends, it was a boy! But we couldn't be happier! So we opened the card and it was confirmed with a picture and writing from out tech!

So off we went to Fredericksburg to keep this secret from family and close friends for 34 hours! We didn't tell anyone we opened it yet because we knew we would slip up and then people would be watching us too closely :) So we just enjoyed the town, the people, family and friends! We had a great dinner Friday night to celebrate Jonathan's birthday with his family!

Saturday was a fantastic lazy day... we thought about climbing Enchanted Rock but with heat index climbing over 110 we quickly changed our minds. Instead we spent time browsing at stores and looking at all the cute little things for a home, your children, your dogs or just for you! It was fantastic! Then we all met up for a show at the Rock Box theatre. It's a small musical comedy troupe that puts together a NEW show EVERY weekend! Their impressions, music and comedy always make for a good laugh. Then off we went to a dinner at Mamacitas. We all enjoyed our dinner but everyone was waiting in much anticipation for the announcement. So then came dessert. We brought our own dessert with a little twist...

Our favorite baker, Shanda Saenz, made a chocolate cake with a small colored cake in the center, completely enclosed by the chocolate cake. We asked the moms to help serve the cake and as we handed them the knife, we told them that they could cut the cake together and find out together if Tidbit is a boy or girl! The knife slid in.... my mom leaned down for a peek, and then screamed :) As we all looked on, everyone was waiting for the answer still, so I asked "so is it a boy or girl?" She quickly replied It's A GIRL!

Hugs and congrats quickly followed, as well as some tummy rubs!

All in all the weekend was fantastic, a special thanks to Barbie for taking photos during our special announcement.

Oh and I know what everyone is thinking.... what's the name? Well you are just going to have to wait a little while longer on that... we aren't keeping a surprise, we are just trying to figure that out as well :) Stay posted for more news!