Broken Traditions

So, as you know, Julie and I are expecting our first child come September. We have been thinking about names for a while now (even before we were trying, we were thinking of names). Since we found out we were pregnant the day before my mom passed away, we decided to name this child after her. After thinking of names, we decided on either Mykal Elaine (for a girl) or Elai Beck (for a boy). Later, we decided to change the girl name to Emma Elaine. The original plan was to have the gender ultrasound while Julie's mom was in town. However, this didn't work out since the technician was going to be out of town. We told this to the family and let then know we would just wait until the 20 week appointment to find out. We then decided to surprise our families by finding out early. So last Wednesday, we met with the technician and discovered that (drum roll please) .......... Emma Elaine Thompson will be born on or around September 4th, 2011. That is right, Julie and I have broken the thompson tradition of the first born being a boy. We are having a girl and we are way excited!!!!! Now we just have to wait to see and hold her!