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4 months

5 monthsIt's a girl!
Another girl. The kids were home from school the day I had my ultrasound. I called them as soon as we were done and Jessica answered the phone. I told her it was a girl and as soon as she shouted it out to the other kids with excitement, she blurted, "Can we name her Paige?"

I hadn't even thought about names yet. I was so torn on what I thought the baby was going to be. I always thought I had another boy, so when I first got pregnant, I thought it was a boy. Then, I started getting really sick and I started breaking out. Both of those things point to it being a girl. The first time I heard her heart beat in the doctor's office, I new that it was fast, which also indicates that it's a girl, but I couldn't wrap my head around the idea.

We started thinking about names and thumbing through baby name books shortly after we found out she really was a girl. Paige kept ending up in our "like" pile. We were all sitting around one night discussing names and what the middle name would be, etc. I kind of thought we shouldn't give her a middle name so she could keep her last name when she got married. The Rickards name ends with Jason. There isn't anyone else on his side of the family to pass it on. Jessica piped up once again with, "What about Hope? Paige Hope Rickards? It's kind of cute?"

I like it. I think Hope is very appropriate for this baby since we didn't know if it would even be possible to have her. I think it would be kind of fun if she was named by her big sister too. So, we are "trying it on". Her name may change before she gets here, but for now, she is baby Paige. I can't wait to meet her!