(Week 21) The results are in and I can now reveal…

…it’s a little baby girl!

I will be the father to a gorgeous little girl, my very own little girl! How awesome and exciting is that?! Here are a few pictures of my little girl:

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Isn’t she stunning?!

So, we had the scan this week (Thursday) and my Mum and Dad came along with us, but unfortunately the hospital have a policy that will only allow 2 extra people in to the scan, which meant that only one of my parents could come in. My Mum let my Dad come in with us, as she had already been to the first scan, and she wanted to let my Dad meet ‘Little Lara’ too (we have a name for her, but aren’t going to be telling anyone, so my Dad his christened her Little Lara for now). It was absolutely incredible! The detail you can see on the scan is just amazing, the above pictures really do not do it justice. You could see her eye’s, her skull, her spine, her heart, her stomach and bladder, her little legs and arms, her feet and we even saw her rubbing her little face at one point. I’m pretty sure I fell in love there and then!

Dad was trying his hardest to hold back tears for the duration of the scan, but wasn’t very successful. I’ve got a funny feeling our little girl will be able to wrap grumps around her finger when she’s old enough too. He’s just a big softy really!

As well as being told that we were to be having a little girl, they also told us that she was completely average, which was the best news we could have received. She has everything she should have and in all the right places and is average size, which is exactly what we want.

She’s really been kicking and moving away in her Mums stomach this week, Lara keeps sending me messages or emails telling me what she’s up too. IT’s great. In fact we went to the theatre last night to see Ghost Stories, which has a lot of loud noises and screaming audience members, and apparently she was kicking a lot during that, but who blames her, she was probably wondering what on earth was going on!

We’ve ordered ‘Little Lara’s’ cot this week, it should be arriving next weekend, and people have already started buying her lots of clothes, I think she is going to be a very spoiled little baby! We’ve set up a gift list here, so that people can get her the stuff that she needs and we don’t get duplicates etc.

So 60% of people were right, when guessing that we were going to be having a girl, so well done. I’ve updated the poll now, so please vote again, when will Lara give birth to Little Lara?