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Allow me to introduce you to Jennie.We only lived together for one semester at BYU, but it was a really, really fun semester together.  Jennie is a wonderful combination of organized, dependable, laid-back, fun-loving, athletic, go-with-the-flow, opinionated, and smart.  She kept her side of our room meticulous, but she had this way about her that didn't make me feel like I was ruining her life if  I left for class before making my bed and picking up my clothes off the floor.

The first time I met Jennie was in the middle of the night my first day back to Provo a few days before school started.  I didn't have a key and after climbing the balcony and not having any luck with the sliding door being open, I jumped down and went to the front door to ring the doorbell.  Even though it was LATE she was a good sport about it and didn't give me any dirty looks or snarky remarks for waking her. I walked into our room and was impressed she had her side totally organized and the walls were neatly decked out with favorite sports player jerseys and other memorabilia. This girl really liked sports.

One of my favorite memories of Jennie and I's semester together was the night we played a little trick on our downstairs neighbor.  Her missionary had just come back and we knew she had a date that night with him.  Later in the evening, we noticed them standing outside in the parking lot just below our balcony. Really, that's all they were doing--- just  standing really close to each other and looking at each other. Perhaps a little talking happened, we couldn't hear much....but they looked really, REALLY awkward.  We decided to ramp up the awkwardness of the moment. (Yes, weren't we nice?!) We took Jennie's boom box and army crawled to the balcony so as not to be seen. We switched on the boom box, selected the song, and turned up the volume. Soon, the awkward couple was being serenaded by "Kiss the Girl" from the Little Mermaid soundtrack.  Whatever moment the awkwardness was about to seize into, it was quickly magnified by a factor of 10 thanks to Sebastian's voice booming into the parking lot. The couple looked around, perhaps trying to figure out where it was coming from, nervously giggled, talked a bit more and then left.  No smooch. That I could tell anyway.

We never heard much about that date, other than, "it didn't work out between them."  Hope we didn't ruin their moment. :)

So, fast forward a few years...er, uh, 7 and here we have Jennie working as an ultrasound technician right here in Utah County! After graduating from BYU, she did more schooling and is now a bonafide baby gender determiner on the Ultrasound Machine.  Well, of course she can do a lot more than that, but you know... She has been able to determine the sex of a baby as early as 11.5 weeks!  Yes, she is good. What I love about Jennie is that she is THOROUGH. She will not let you walk out of the room until she is 100% sure. And, she won't tell you what she thinks you are having until she is 100% sure. My other ultrasound technicians and doctors don't take near the time Jennie does to be sure. It was a good thing Jennie told me she was positive Savvy was a girl, because my doctors gave me a 60/40 that she was a girl. Hard to plan with that unsure 40% you know?

A few nights after Kyle's smashing Napoleon Dynamite party, we took the kids with us to meet her at the hospital to find out the news. Talking the night before in bed Kyle said to me, "I really, really hope this is a boy. If it's a boy, then I'd be totally satisfied and we can stop having kids.  If it's a girl, I'm going to want to try for another boy....and man, I'd hate to put us through another pregnancy."  Isn't he funny?   


I myself really didn't have an opinion. Cade really wanted a boy, Savvy wanted a girl. I just wanted  a baby. Now, I would be really happy if Jennie discovered a second baby growing inside of me. :)

The day of, Cade pulled me aside and said, "It's okay if we have a boy or a girl, because boys are cool and girls are so sweet and beautiful."  It was a tender little moment. He has been smitten by my little niece Bailey and always talks about how cute she is.  I breathed a sigh of relief knowing Cade would be okay either way.

Or so I thought.
Once Jennie was sure, she told us we were having a girl.

Cade began sobbing. Savvy shrieked with joy. I was shocked. I'm not sure why.  Just knowing the gender of our next child was shocking. Hard to explain. We spent the next few minutes trying to console Cade while Jennie got some great shots of the hands, feet and such.   We headed to Five Guys for a burger to celebrate and capped the evening off with ice cream from Farrs (in a meager attempt to stop Cade's tears). The ice cream was amazing. Go to Farrs.

Cade soon forgot about his worries once he was able to fully engage Jennie in a lengthy discussion about Mario Kart. It was so cute. He invited her over to play but it was getting late, so Jennie kindly took a rain check. :)

So, yup, the boys will be outnumbered and we are having a girl!  I'm excited, but it still hasn't sunk in I don't think, even though it's been a few weeks now. I wonder if this one will favor Kyle or me...neither or both. Will she look like Cade or Savvy?  It's fun to think about, but I've really just been racking my brain on where to put the baby.  Upstairs? Downstairs? In our closet until I'm ready to part with her? Do I put Cade and Savvy together and her in her own room?  Share the girls?  Share Cade and the baby? Separate all the kids into their own rooms? I think I favor that idea the most-- My kids go to bed better in their own space.

Oh well. Just petty details. So far things are looking good and I go in on Friday for another check up. :)