!!! P I N K !!!

And there will be lots of it!  We are having a BABY GIRL!  It is really so hard to believe, and sometimes I really think that a penis may appear in our next ultrasound.  But until that happens, we are celebrating a DAUGHTER!

On Christmas morning, we had Joshua's parents, Tasha and Frank over for the big reveal.  We also had my mom, stepdad and sister, Cherie' on skype so they could witness the whole thing and find out with us.  Kyle was taking a shower!!  My friend, Nicole brought us eight cupcakes that she had baked, one for each person (the boys were included!).  Half were decorated with blue icing and half with pink, but only ONE cupcake revealed the gender of the baby in the inside.... either pink or blue!   We all picked a cupcake, unwrapped it and bit into it at the same time.  First I heard Joshua say, "It's not me!".  Then I looked hard at mine and said the same.  Finally, Tasha gasped and quickly turned her cupcake around for everyone to see... PINK!!!  I immediately started crying and Joshua gave me a huge hug and a kiss.  I was totally expecting to see blue.  For weeks, I had been picturing the cupcake in my mind and all I could see there was blue.  I was totally shocked!  A little GIRL!  I still cannot believe it.  It was such a wonderful surprise; and now that we know what we are expecting, we are even more eager to meet our little angel. 

Our daughter's name will be...

MARIGNY ADELINE BREAUX

For my readers who are unfamiliar with The Marigny in New Orleans (a popular neighborhood/subdistrict), the name is pronounced "MARE-IN-EE", the "g" is silent.  She is being named after my great grandmother, Marian Adeline Vinterella. 

When I was pregnant with Everett and didn't know the gender yet, my friend, Cali gave me a shirt hat she owned which says "Marigny", just in case it was a girl.  It has been our girl name for years now, and we are so excited to finally get to use it!

The day before we found out the gender, Beckham told me, "Mommy, you look like Marigny with that pink flower in your hair."  Perhaps he knew all along... LOL. 

POLL CLOSED!  Results: 7 votes for BOY and 14 votes for GIRL.

I will be posting again soon with Christmas and New Years pics and others from Gene and Donna's visit!