How I Knew We Were Having a Little Girl

I just had the urge to write this post. I don’t know why but either way I dropped of the bandwagon at 18 weeks and never announced on the blog that

It’s  A Girl!!!

Hello Baby Girl

Nick is the only person I have ever shared this experience with in detail. I told him about it in the celestial room a few days before we were sealed for time and all eternity, I figured he had the right to know J,  but I feel the need to share a few pieces of the story now. I know I was grateful to my friend Tovah who shared her story with me (as seen on her blog here) and gave me hope (before I was pregnant) that what I had experienced was very real.

This story actually starts when I was a sophomore in college. The Lord shared me with a revelation that I have treasured during a special musical performance of ‘Be Still My Soul’, which has become my favorite hymn. I was given the opportunity to see my future family and to feel them in a most heavenly way. There are no words to describe it; only that it was a very celestial feeling, as if the veil was thinned if only for a minute and I could feel things on a level I had never felt before. I felt I saw my husband and children and could feel/understandtheir sweet little personalities and who they were as children of God (I tease Nick that we’re in for it with one of them). I also know I felt them on our wedding day in the temple too, so proud that Mom and Dad were being sealed.

I want to keep the particulars of the family quiet for now as I still want to make sure that they keep that order on me. I like to imagine that with their free agency they would love to play a trick on mom but anyone who talks to me knows I say we will have four children and I have known from that moment that my first would be a little girl.

I can honestly say, I never knew the power of revelation until I was married. I have never felt so strongly the Lord guiding our lives and decisions, especially when it comes to having children. When Nick and I first got married we discussed how we knew we would have children but felt that the time wasn’t going to be right for a few years. During that time, I knew our sweet daughter was getting ready to come. There have been many occasions where I have been blessed to feel her spirit talk mine, letting me know that she was preparing and that she was excited and not to forget about having her (Nick has had his own as well). I remember once in particular feeling her presence during a general conference session so strong I never wanted the session to end because I didn’t her spirit to leave. When I told Nick about this later that night, he told me he had felt her with us as well. These moments make me know that heaven is so very real.  

I knew exactly when we were to have her as well. In April of 2012, I was working on a few things in my life and praying to the Lord to give me guidance as weather I should continue on the path I was planning or change it to start a family. I felt I had until July. I was a bit off in our planning because I found out on July 3^th that I was almost four weeks pregnant. It was a planned surprise to say the least. I told everyone I knew she would be a girl but everyone loved to tease me and say it was going to be a boy but I knew. When we were having the ultrasound, Nick and Grandma Staci were continuing to tease me and as soon as the ultrasound tech said she only saw little girl parts, tears started streaming from my eyes as I had my revelation confirmed followed by a quick look at Nick and Staci to say, ‘I told ya’ll’.

We have her named all picked out. She has been named since before we were even ready to think about having her. She even let me know which one she wanted. We had a few combinations picked and in which order we would use them but one night I had a strong feeling we had it wrong. I told Nick we needed to give her Name B and that name A was for her sister. We actually have names picked for each child, one we still partially debate but I tell Nick I know what it will end up being. I’m sorry if that seems weird but our family is so real to us and so easy for us to fathom that to us it seems so normal.

As we approach these last few weeks, I am getting so excited to meet our little daughter; this little girl that has been preparing to come to earth for so many years. I don’t know what lies in store for her but I pray that we will be able to teach her everything she needs to know about the gospel and her Savior Jesus Christ. And I sincerely hope she and I will continue to have a very spiritual bond because the moments we’ve shared thus far have been some of the sweetest moments of my life. She’s coming and I’m finally going to be able to hold her!