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We decided to make the kids wait for dessert to find out the flavour of the bun in the oven. We decided to bake cupcakes….batter dyed blue or pink and let them find out with the first bite.

What could it be??

Here I am making the dessert…oops is that blue food colouring on my fingers???

Hastily/sloppily frosted cupcakes (they were a tad impatient)

The big reveal

Can you tell??? No? How about we go back to a little baking shot. Why yes, I do bake in my puffy Winter coat. Doesn’t everyone? (I was still recovering from lying on that freeeeeezing examining table half naked for an hour.)

And if there weren’t enough clues…here’s a costume change for your enlightenment.

It is indeed much to my surprise and amazement and “wait are you sure??? Double check that!”ishness….a GIRL. Here she is at 21 weeks :) Ugh..these pics are terribly unclear because they are blurry pictures of pictures. I will try to fix them tomorrow because tonight I am super tired. (I have been up since 4am) She is exceptionally cute we think :) I will work on these..

Here she is doing a queenly wave…..

Very flexible. She puts some power behind those kicks I tell ya.

And since it is now NOVEMBER , and this is the second year I am taking a leaf from my friend Julie’s book. Here are 5 things I am grateful for today: (today was easy ;)

1. My beautiful baby girl who appears to be whole and healthy. She is soo cute and active. And REAL! She is already doing those adorable little baby stretches that I love more then chocolate.

2. My sweet, loving rock solid husband who was able to accompany me to my appointment. We had never-ending nerve-wracking waiting at every stage. By time I was finally on the examining table waiting for our sweet little person to swim into view I was shaking violently and visibly. I was so nervous for this ultrasound, and without him there I may have shaken myself into unconsciousness and missed the whole thing.

3.Good medical care and health insurance that allowed me to have this amazing experience.

4.My 4 beautiful kids who are going to make the most spectacular big siblings ever.

5.My awesome friend the honourary auntie Jill who picked up my kids from school today, taxiied them to and fro, fed them dinner and supervised their homework. I have been without a support group in this situation before and I cannot express what a blessing it is to have friends who act like family.

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