IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!

Madeline looking at the camera and waving!

Showing she's a girl!

We had our second ultrasound yesterday and found out for sure that we are having a little girl!!!! We are so excited to finally know who is in there so we can name her and pray for her by name. Her name is going to be Madeline Frantz... not sure of a middle name yet. We went out and bought her her first present after the appointment. We bought her a Madeline book and wrote a little note in it to her last night! Of course that was Michael's creative idea. The doctor says she looks perfect and everything is going good so far. I am feeling her move a lot lately which has been really exciting and Michael has his fun talking to my belly so she will know his voice too! Thank all of you who have been praying for her and us through the pregnancy. Please keep praying... and now you can pray for her by name! You can pray specifically for the rest of her growth and development to be healthy of course and a safe delivery. We are already praying too for her future salvation and would love y'all to join with us in that. We would also covet your prayers for wisdom as we parent her in a godly and biblical way. We can't wait to meet her!!!!

We are actually getting lots of practice parenting girls right now. Michael's sister, her husband, and their oldest daughter Caitlin are in Vietnam right now adopting two little boys. So Michael and I are keeping their three youngest daughters for the three weeks that they are gone. It has been a blast... very busy, but lots of fun. We will be living with them until February 7th and are so grateful to get to do this. I'm sure we will have lots of fun and exciting stories to post from this three week adventure!!!