This post has no pictures, but it’s totally worth reading. I promise!

Sometime back in September Ian came down the stairs in the morning with something to tell me.  “Mom,” he said, “we’re going to have a girl baby and her name is Eva.  She is going to be zero and she’s going to have a pink shirt that is a dress.”  He told me about our girl baby every day for at least a month.  After a few days her pink shirt that is a dress also had butterflies on it.  He would talk about where she would sleep, where she would sit in the car, how she would fit at the dinner table.  Sometimes I wondered if he really knew what he was talking about.  Other times I just attributed it to the imaginary friend stage he was in.

Barry and I had been talking about whether or not it was time to add another child to our family.  He definitely had that “someone is missing” feeling.  I guess, maybe I did too, but I also wasn’t quite sure if I could really add another child to my plate.  If there was going to be another baby I really, really wanted it to be a girl.  I read books and charted my cycles all summer, but it wasn’t until the fall that I felt like I was ready to try and would be fine with whatever Heavenly Father sent us.  I would certainly do my part to make the odds for a girl as high as possible– but if a boy was what really needed to be added to our family, then that would be perfectly okay.  So, for the first time ever, we actually tried to get pregnant.  It took a few months, and on the month I actually ended up with a positive pregnancy test I had absolutely no signs of ovulation.  My certainty and plans were completely thrown up in the air!  How could I know if our timing was right?  Were the odds of having a girl really in my favor?  I was convinced that I’m just meant to be the mother of one girl and lots of boys, and since I was trying to manipulate things and take matters into my own hands Heavenly Father just had to intervene.  He must have different plans.

But still, through those sick and tired days (read Christmastime) Ian still talked about our girl baby and her yellow hair and pink dress and where she would sleep.

And guess what?  That little Eva is 20 weeks along, kicking around in my tummy.  We had an ultrasound today and 2 sonographers corroborated the evidence.  There were no little boy parts (which I am very accustomed to seeing) just 3 little lines that are the tell-tale signs of a little girl!

So, I’m announcing to the world that the 6th little Croker person will be joining us at the end of the summer!

Ian’s little Eva was not just an imaginary friend.  She’s his sister– and he knew she was coming all along.

22 thoughts on “This post has no pictures, but it’s totally worth reading. I promise!

  1. Oh Jess, that’s beautiful. I’m sobbing my eyes out, but that’s what happens these days because I can’t have any more.

    What a gorgeous story. And Ian is a sweetie! They’re going to be best buddies.

    xo

  2. What a wonderful story, thanks for sharing. I am so excited for you. I cant wait to tell Thisbe and Magnus
    6 Kids!! A Girl!! What fantastic news.

  3. Isn’t it amazing the promptings these little ones can get? Noah came to us once and told us that I was going to have a little girl because he had prayed and asked Heavenly Father for one. It was very shortly after that that I became pregnant with Violet.

    Congratulations on another baby (and on another little girl!). What a blessed child to be part of such a great family.

  4. What a story! That’ll be one to keep telling year after year. That girl is going to be a little tom boy with the other 5!

  5. That is wonderful. I remember that after five years of trying, the month I got pg was the month that Princess Belle came up and kissed my belly goodnight.

  6. I guess it won’t be a “David” joining your family after all :) I am so excited for you!!! I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately and found the perfect project for your baby girl. Now, I’m just hoping life cooperates with me to get it done. Hooray, hooray!

  7. That is such a sweet story, Jessica. I love it! Congratulations on your little girl! :)

  8. Aw, yay! What a sweet story and I’m so excited for your darling family. A girl! Is Brenna excited?

  9. I am SO thrilled for you! A happy, healthy mommy and baby–not to mention your much hoped for girl!

    Will you name her Eva, then? Ian has much classier taste in names than Walker did…all while I was pregnant with Cooper, he kept saying it was a brother and his name was Scooby Doo.

    [insert eye roll here]

    May God continue to bless you and your sweet family!

  10. Congratulations! That is such an awesome story! :) Eva is a beautiful name! Yay for another girl too! :)

  11. Congratulations! I’ve always wondered about charting your cycle in order to help with a boy or girl. It seems like it was in God’s plans all along! So excited for you and your family!

  12. Congratulations, Jessica! I’m so excited for you! Hip hip hooray for another Croker girl. Little people are amazing, aren’t they? While I was pregnant with Grant, Katie and I both dreamed that he was a boy on the same night. Coincidence? I think not!

  13. Yahoo! Your Mom told me the news the other night at YW. I thought I’d jump on here and say Yay! for Brenna and for all of you. Yes, I I’m a blog stalker – sorry but it’s true. Oh and I’d love to pick your brain about homeschooling sometime. I’ve been seriously considering homeschooling my Paigey for middle school! Smiles, Jen

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