Thursday, April 8, 2010

Foolish

When I'm wrong, I'm wrong.

Long before I knew Kyle, he dreamed of naming his children Vector and Velocity (male and female, respectively).  We compromised by deciding to use those as fetus names.  Now, for months we have had long lists of our favorite boy names.  Family has bought us little boy shoes and outfits occasionally.  I only consider little boy nursery themes. We referred to Morgi as a "he" in everyday conversation, even on this blog.  I WAS SO SURE.  I've been expecting to make the transfer to "Vector" any day now.  Maybe not today, because we certainly wouldn't be able to find out today, but probably in a month.

BUT.

Instead, we will be calling her Velocity!  And we could NOT be more surprised.  It probably still hasn't fully sunk in yet for either Kyle or me.  We are really excited though--I just need to start thinking of myself as someone who will have a daughter--that seems totally unreal!  It makes sense though, Andersons and Vaughns have daughters.  IT'S WHAT WE DO.  I think everyone thought that it was about time our families were due for a boy, but I guess we were wrong.

Oh, and normally it's hard to tell at 16 weeks, but apparently our little Velocity is not shy.  Our technician laughed at how clearly female she is--as if Velocity really adamantly wanted us to stop referring to her as male.  She is a really wiggly little baby as well, I guess in a couple weeks I'll start feeling it!

6 comments:

Amanda Swafford said...

Haha! Olivia was not shy either, and we knew for sure that she was a girl at 14 weeks. Isn't it fun knowing?! It's like they have a real identity now.

TheMoncurs said...

Isn't it funny how you can be SO SURE and then...hey, not the parts you were expecting! I know exactly how that goes.

Congratulations!! Girls are way more fun to sew for anyway. I'll have to make you something cute.

Brittany said...

I was convinced I was having at least one boy so when the doctor said they were both girls, I was silent for probably a full two minutes. She asked if I was excited and I forced a half grin. haha! I was excited, but it's weird how you can be as convinced as knowing the sky is blue and then...BOOM! I'm SO happy for you and our daughters are destined to be little playmates. :)

Kyle said...

Velocity Schwarzenegger Vaughn...now THAT is a name.

Katy said...

AGREED. Although, why not just go all the way with Velocity Terminator Tomahawk Robocop Ripley-like-from-Aliens Vaughn? Don't be shy.

Lisa said...

Congrats! I giggled with excitement when my mom told me. So many first born girls in our family! Glad to see you are carrying on the tradition! hehehe...