well, with now 99% positivity, we can say....

this baby is a girl!

thank heavens for my facebook friends, who gave me the tip to drink some orange juice
 about 20 minutes before the appointment to get this gal hopping.  

it totally worked.

ben and i are a mixture of excited, surprised, and a little bit trepadacious as we look at our currently 2-yr old daughter who is throwing a big emotional fit on the floor as i write this because she can't balance a plastic ring on her head.

i haven't broken the news to caleb yet, maybe we will take him to disneyland so that the devastation of having another little sassy lady pouncing around the house will be lessened by the magic and glory of disney.

if only we had the moneyslashtimeslashprivatejet so i don't have to endure the car ride.  someday, right?

and yes we have had a name picked out since we first found out i was greatwithchild, we had both a boy name and a girl name we have decided on.  and no, we don't care about telling people the name we've picked, mainly because we don't really care if others like it or not. because we do, and that's what matters, right?

so, since i'm sure the suspense is killing you..... {don't worry, i know it's really not}

introducing, 

the fetus called

june.

june ellen, to be exact.  yes, a june born in july.  

unless she wants to be a june born in june, which at this point in my life i would kinda be okay with.  

you know, as long as she's healthy and all of that.

so there you have it, folks!

much like my instinct when it comes to directions, 

i am now completely in distrust of my 'instincts' 

when it comes to guessing the gender of my kids.

because so far, i've been wrong 3 out of 3 times.

go figure.

i will quite possibly be writing about the woes, 

woes i tell you!

of this pregnancy.

because it's been a doozy.

i hate the thought of ending the strader family line

at just 3 kids, due solely to the fact that

my body hates being pregnant,

but i'm telling you.

the thought has crossed my mind more than once or twice.

 

we shall see.