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On January 3, 2011, I had my ultrasound to find out what we are having.  Instead of finding out right at the ultrasound, we decided to make things more fun and have everyone find out at the same time.  Earlier in the day, Clark made a cake.  I then took two types of frosting (blue and pink) and the cake over to my friend, Angie, who agreed to help us.  At the ultrasound, I told the tech that I didn't want to know the gender of the baby.  She kept it secret, but when the ultrasound was over, I called Angie and gave the phone to the tech.  She then left the room and told Angie the gender of the baby.  Angie then frosted the inside of our cake with the appropriate frosting.  That night we had a party with our family to find out if we were having a boy or a girl, and here's what we discovered.



We are having another girl.  We were all in a little shock.  Mostly because we thought it would be a boy.  We were very excited.  Sammy cried, but got over it fast.  I can hardly believe that I am lucky enough to have an even family of two boys and two girls.  I guess that means I should stop.

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Michelle said…
AWESOME!!! Oh, but please do remember...you do have some pretty cute kiddoes. So maybe one or two more? Haha...just kidding. I loved the idea, btw - so creative and fun for the entire fam!
February 22, 2011 at 9:53 PM
Joe and Amy said…
Congratulations Amanda! Reading this made me get teary because I remember how I felt when we found out we would have 2-n-2. That's fun news!
February 24, 2011 at 6:44 PM
Cheryl said…
What wonderful news Amanda! Congratulations! 2 and 2 will be perfect, esp, since it's boy/boy and girl/girl. Everyone has a buddy.

You look great in the photo! Hard to believe you are far along enough to know the gender!

Glad to see things are going so well!

Love,
Cheryl
February 25, 2011 at 2:04 PM
abbie higginson said…
Congratualtions Amanda! So excited for you have 2 of each. Only wished my two of each had been back to back like yours.
February 26, 2011 at 12:02 PM
Lisa Pett said…
Congratulations!!
March 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM
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