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I've shared that we are having a home birth. We still are planning that with all the changes that we have going on. Because of us doing a home birth we had decided to forego the gender ultrasound because my midwife does not require us to have an ultrasound. So we had spent months telling everyone that we weren't going to find out the sex of baby #3.

Then I started to thinking. I would have the ultrasound right before Christmas and how much fun would it be to not only surprise my family when we were home visiting but also to surprise Hubby as well. Hubby was not thrilled about us not finding out. He wants to be prepared and know that we have everything we need before baby arrives. So it came down to debating in my head which surprise would be more worth it, waiting until baby comes or surprising everyone on Christmas morning.

Well by the title you might have guessed what I decided to do. I had a friend babysit the boys so I could go and have the ultrasound done. I made sure the tech knew not to tell me what she saw so I could be surprised. Then I headed to Target to pick out a girl outfit and a boy outfit.

My very special friend got to have the honor of wrapping up this special present for Hubby and myself and she kept it at her house until I was ready to pack everything up for our trip back to Colorado. I knew that if I kept it here I would give in and open it before Christmas morning.

This whole time I was bragging to Hubby about how wonderful his present was. He kept telling me in different ways that I was going to build it up so much that it would never live up to all the hype. That isn't what ended up happening. He was so excited.

So you all are probably dying to know by now what we found out!

Hubby was so excited to find out! He had absolutely no idea! I just love his face when he first opened the present! I couldn't have imagine a better face!

My dad was so happy too! He gave Hubby a huge hug welcoming him to the dad's of daughter club! And then they preceded to do a morning congratulatory shot of crown! Yes that's my family. What's Christmas morning without something extra strong. Normally it's in our coffee but with me being pregnant it wasn't brought out this year.

We are both so thrilled! WE'RE HAVING A BABY GIRL!!!!!

I think Granny, Hubby's grandma, couldn't be more excited! This will be the 2nd great granddaughter and 4th girl out of 14 grandkids. She actually pumped her hand in the air and shouted "Praise the Lord".

Overall we had a great Christmas trip back to visit all our family and friends in Colorado and we couldn't have asked for a better gift than sharing the news of another healthy baby joining our family soon!