Boy or Girl?

Finding out the gender of Baby Bishop #2 has been quite a process. Our initial ultrasound to find out was at 18 weeks, however, sweet baby didn't cooperate. The plan was to try again 4 weeks later at our next checkup. Well, my insurance was mistakenly canceled, so we spent 2 weeks trying to get that straightened out. Let's face it, doctor's appointments aren't cheap, therefore we postponed our checkup until my insurance had been reinstated. So, we went again today to try and find out the gender.

Some friends of ours had done this before, so we copied their clever idea on how to find out the gender of the baby. (Thanks, Smiths!) Instead of finding out in the doctor's office what we were having, we brought in a card and envelope with "Boy" and "Girl" written on it. After our ultrasound, our doctor circled the gender and then sealed the envelope. We then went to lunch and found out over dessert what we were having. We gave our waitress the envelope and then asked for the Pumpkin Delight if the card said "Boy" and the Chocolate Divine cake if the card said "Girl."

We were either going to receive this for a boy


or this for a girl.


We were so excited when the waitress and owner brought this to us!



Ryan and I couldn't be happier about our baby girl! (Caleb, of course, has absolutely no clue that we're having a baby or what a little sister is, but I'm sure if he did, he'd be excited too.) Ryan and I have both thought we were having a girl all along, though I'm not really sure why because my pregnancies have been almost exactly the same (super easy) and both babies are crazy active. Just like we did with Caleb, we plan on keeping her name a secret until she arrives, but we think we know what it is already. In fact, we decided on it right before Thanksgiving!


It's a bit overwhelming because I'm not a very girly girl, but bring on the pink and purple! We love you, Baby GIRL!!