Introducing Payton Elizabeth Aeby
I know that I am biased but she is so cute! This particular shot was a little difficult to get as she just wanted to curl up and sleep at this point but I'm glad we got it. Her hand is up by her chin and she was moving it downward so it seems like there might be two, but it's just the one caught in action. She was so good. At first she was moving around stretching out (which was crazy to watch) but then she decided she had enough and wanted a nap. So I had to keep turning from side to side to get her to move. It was pretty crazy to watch her adjust to a more comfortable position every time I did.
For almost the whole pregnancy both Ben and I thought we were having a boy. I was confused about it but I never got the feeling we were having a girl, so I thought I must then be a boy. Then about 2 weeks ago I had a dream that I was holding an adorable blue eyed, brown curly haired little girl. It started me doubting my convictions in it being a boy. Still, other than the dream I had no inklings of a girl.
When we were in the doctors office getting the ultra sound, the technician knew we wanted to know the sex and had been informing us all along the way of what she was doing. She would let us know that she was measuring the femur length and the cranium and checking to make sure she was opening and closing her mouth. So when she got to the gender it was a shock when without telling us she was looking for the gender at all, she mentioned she had girly parts and was in fact a girl. It took us a second to realize what she had just told us and Ben said, "Wait, did you just say she is a girl?"
It was so exciting! There SHE was! She was very shy and didn't want to show off too much, but she gave us a good enough look to make sure there was no doubt. It took me a while to adjust to the idea of a girl, and now I can't think of anything else.
As for the name, we have gotten lots of questions about it so I thought I would post how we got the name. I like girl names that could also be boy names. As Ben and I were going over some of them, Sam, Taylor, Jessie, etc... we came upon Payton. I loved it! And no... not because of Peyton Manning (although it doesn't hurt any). Then we thought about middle names and we wanted it to be something in the family. Ben's sister has a middle name Elizabeth and we liked the sound of that. Then Ben mentioned her initials would be PEA and we could call her our little sweet pea. I was set. I loved it. Sweet peas are beautiful and smell absolutely amazing and one of my favorites. I thought this was a special name. So that is it.
I cannot wait to meet her!!!
