It's a Girl!

Matt and I went to Hawaii the last week in April, but before we left we went to the doctor to find out what we are having, a boy or a girl. Instead of finding out at the doctor's office, we had the sonogram technician seal the results in a card that we planned to open on our trip. The card traveled in my carry-on during the long journey to Hawaii. After arriving, and not being able to wait much longer, we went down to our hotel's poolside Hawaiian bar that overlooked the beach. At sunset we opened the card to discover that we are having a girl!

Here is a snapshot of the outside of the card:



And the inside of the card:



Even after finding out what we are having, we kept it a secret from our family and friends (with the exception of my sister - I had to tell someone!). The Saturday after returning from Hawaii, we went to dinner at South City Kitchen in Vinings with our parents and Matt's sister. At dinner we had our parents open gifts that we had brought back for the new baby from Hawaii that gave away the gender. They were very excited to find out that we are having a baby girl!

I bet you are wondering about the name now, right?

We decided to go with Rilynn (note the change in spelling). This is a name that I came up with using both of my parents names (Rick from my father's first name, Lynn from my mother's middle name). Naming our first daughter Rilynn was not a difficult decision, but the middle name took a little more work. After a long bus ride to Pearl Harbor and some help from my Blackberry, we decided that we like Rilynn Kelly McKillop.

Now we just have to prepare the nursery and wait for our baby girl to arrive!