Gender Reveal Done!

The Big Gender Reveal was last night, and it's a girl! I would have been just as happy either way, but I'm selfishly proud that I've been saying the baby was a girl since we found out Katie was pregnant. (Unless they change their minds) it will by Lyla Joy Biem, which is a beautiful name. "Joy" is named after Mark's mother who passed away last year. We never met her, but I think there's something perfect about remembering her with this beautiful name for her granddaughter. We like the tradition of middle names from the family. Our kids were Kaitlin Kristine (after her mother), Courtney Rebecca (after her Aunt), Kelsey Barbra (after her Grandmother) and Kurt Gary (after his Grandfather). It was really a wonderful day, but I have to admit that the day before Kris and I were convinced it was a boy. Katie and Mark were keeping it secret until Thanksgiving, but we peppered them with questions and tried to get hints all night. We thought they acted funny everytime we said maybe it was Stas (the boy name). They also said the Ultrasound Technician knew right away, and sometimes this means it's a boy. The funniest one was Grandma Frymier. Kris called her Thanksgiving morning and told her we thought it was a boy. She said "well, just let Katie and Mark have their fun", so we thought it was a boy for sure. At the "reveal" we set off poppers all at once, everyone was there- Kris and I, Kurt, Courtney, Kelsey, Aunt Karen and Jim, Colleen, Brian, and Alex- and I was stunned to see pink ribbon come out of the poppers. For a second, I thought I wasn't seeing the colors right (I don't see colors all that well most of the time) because we had been fully bamboozled by everyone into thinking the baby was a boy!