GraceAnne Taylor Spivey

We are so excited to welcome a sweet little girl into our family! Our house will no longer be filled with just army men, legos, pirate ships, and swords, but will actually be introducing dolls and the color PINK!

We thought that we may want to wait until the baby was born to find out the gender, but then it came time to have our gender scan and I just couldn't resist! Mike wasn't with me at the appointment (since I wasn't planning on having an ultrasound), so I asked the tech to put the picture in a sealed envelope. That envelope stayed sealed in my purse for 10 days! Since we weren't waiting until our due date, I wanted to do something fun and special. So, we invited friends over and I asked a friend to make a cake with the gender color inside (I gave her the sealed envelope!). I was 95% sure that we were having a boy. Knowing that I had ALL THINGS BOY, I just got in my head that we would be adding a third one to our family. I also thought I saw a peak at the ultrasound, which I thought confirmed my suspicions. We didn't have a preference and were thankful for whatever the Lord gave us, but I was convinced it was a boy. That made the surprise even greater! We were shocked and thrilled!!!

Here is the video on YouTube that we made to announce to the facebook world what we were having:


We had her first name picked out for most of the pregnancy. We went back and forth on it for a little bit, but Mike commented that it was definitely his favorite girl name so we then set on a mission to find her middle name. We always like for our children's names to have meaning and I love the meaning in her name!

Grace means "God's favor" and Anne means "Grace" - I love that! She is our double portion of Grace! Our undeserved and very treasured gift!

Taylor is Mike's grandmother, "Mema's" maiden name. I fell in love with Mema while Mike and I were dating and we remained close, writing letters back and forth, while Mike was in seminary. In January 2010, Mema passed away. We grieved her passing, but Mema knew and loved the Lord, and we know she is with the Lord. (You can read previous blog entries about her Here and here)

We look forward to meeting our little Double Portion of Grace, GraceAnne Taylor Spivey in end of April/beginning of May!