And we're having...

...A girl!

Little Miss Rory Kellyn has a great group of friends that already love her and are as excited to meet her as we are!

Side note, here's the story behind Rory's name and why we picked it. Mike came downstairs one day and asked me what I thought of the name Rory if we were having a girl. I've always liked that name ever since hearing it on the show "Gilmore Girls" but I never suggested it to Mike because I thought he wouldn't like it. When he said that, I was really excited because not only was it a name that we both liked, but it was an Irish name which is what we were going for. It's funny because literally the next day, I checked my email and Molly wrote and asked me what I thought of the name Rory as well. Guess Mol and Mike both new what to name her before I did! As for the middle name, I found it in a baby name book, suggested it to Mike and that was it! Rory means "little fiery one" and Kellyn means "descendant of the bright haired one." Do you think I'm secretly hoping for a red-headed baby? You bet I am. But regardless, I'll love her just the same, red hair or not!

Ok, back to our party! We had a blast at our "Gender Reveal Party" hosted by our great friends and neighbors Kim and Hillary (although I must give a shout out to their husbands since they were put to work as well)! From the awesome taco bar to the decorations and all the wonderful things in between, the day turned out perfect and it was a really great way to include not just the ladies, but guys as well! A lot of guys from Mike's work were saying they had no idea how much fun a baby shower would be but they really seemed to enjoy themselves (and the food!).

Yummy Taco Bar

And of course, the yummy desserts!

The only shot of me with my girls! We are planning a ladies night to The New Sanno later this week though so we'll be sure to get some pictures then ; )

Before the party started, the skies opened up and a torrential downpour took place and got a lot of the decorations soaking wet. Fortunately, it stopped minutes before people started to arrive so we were still able to have the party outside. On the bright side, it really cooled things down so people weren't miserable hanging outdoors.

Isn't this onesie just the cutest? Kim made it and I just LOVE it ; )

We had a great time and it's so fun to finally reveal what we are having! Now the I'm a "lady of leisure" for one month (35 days to be exact if Rory comes on time), I've been putting my nesting urge into overdrive and ferociously working on her room and getting the house organized and cleaned up for her arrival. Once it's done, I'll post some pictures but I've still gotta hang up some pictures, nothing major.

Before the gender reveal party, my work hosted a baby shower as well but this one was super girlie since they knew what I was having (and boys were not invited!)

Cute Japanese decorations set up by my dear friend Bonnie

Beautiful cupcake flowerpot display created by Danielle

Yummy "Welcome Baby Quinn" cake

My 1st grade pod ladies (and hosts of the shower!)

Bonnie and I (another host of the shower)

All of my Yokota West ladies (minus Danielle). I'm sure going to miss seeing them every day but I know Rory will keep me preoccupied.

And just to make you smile, Kim and I were at my house exchanging items for the party and looked out my window and this is what we saw. It just cracks me up to have two househusbands both doing the same chore at once.