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Sorry for all the suspense. But it was really fun for us. Yesterday, we went to the medical center for our 20 week ultrasound. We left really early but were almost late to the appointment because of all the traffic. We finally got to the office and went back to the room. I had no idea that she would scan for almost an hour looking at all the parts. The baby was a bit difficult. The hand kept moving in front of the face so we couldn't see the nose and lips until I turned to my left side at this weird angle. But there was lots of movement. She told us that everything looked normal. Here is our baby in full:


And for the big moment. Here is the money shot:

I asked the tech to show me the picture before she told us so I could guess because I have been looking at pictures online. I guessed right. It was kinda funny when Jason and I were talking after the appointment, Jason had asked the lady if she knew what the baby was about 15 min into the appointment. She said she did. But then we didn't see the shot until 30 min. later. But during that 30 min. we both heard her say "He" or "His" so I was thinking..."Oh! It's a Boy!" in my head until I saw the shot myself. So....it is most definitely a girl. Which we are both excited about even though we really didn't care either way!

And on to the name....We already had names chosen when we found out we were pregnant. Our 14 hour drive home over Christmas helped us narrow down to a boy name (which we will not announce until we have a boy) and a girl name. I love family names but the only one female in the past I could find was a great aunt Ella Grace. But apparently that is one popular name and moving up in popularity. Jason and I both wanted a unique name the not many people use because we are so used to everyone sharing our names. The name also had to be easy to say/pronounce so when the teacher is calling role is it not embarrassing for the child to have to pronounce his/her name correctly. Then about a year ago, we were sitting around my paternal grandparent's table after lunch talking and laughing about all the silly things that happened in the past. My grandmother brought out some old pictures she found and she was going through people's names of my dad's family. My great-grandfather's sister was named Mary Spencer and she thinks his mother's last name was Spencer and I just fell in love with this name. But I didn't want the typical Marie, Maria, Grace, Lynn or another common middle name...So we settled on a name:

Her name will be..................

Spencer Reece Hardy

We just really like Reece and are using the C in Reece instead of the S because Jason said the C will stand for Clemson. Ha Ha. Can't wait to meet this little tiger!

We will post some video of the ultrasound later but I didn't want to keep everyone in suspense any longer.