Girl Mom Series: Kelly, Happily Ever Mock

Hi! I am Kelly and I blog over at Happily Ever Mock.  Mostly I share pictures and daily happenings of life with my little girl Hallie.  Little girl, yep! I always wanted to be a mom and would have been happy with either a boy or a girl, but deep down, I REALLY REALLY wanted to be a girl mom! As a Nanny to 2 girls, I just GOT them! I knew what to expect!

So let me fill you in a bit on our story.  Christopher and I were really excited to start a family, and were pleased to find out we were pregnant October 2013! At our first ultrasound however, we found out that I had what’s called a Subchronic Hematoma. It was very scary and for the first half of the pregnancy, we were terrified that our little baby might not make it! The only up side of this hematoma, was that we got to go every other week to have an ultrasound so we could check on the hematoma and see our little baby. Each ultrasound the technician would give us a guess on gender, and each time seemed fairly confident that we would have ourselves a little boy.  All we cared about was having a healthy happy baby, and though I had always pictured myself with a girl, I started to get excited and look at little boy things! I found bedding I liked (even though I had my eye on the most adorable girl bedding) and started mapping out how I would decorate a little boy’s nursery!

At 15 weeks we went in for our gender reveal and something had been telling me for the few days before that I was carrying a “she” and not a “he”, so I decided to wear a pink shirt to the appointment! The technician checked on the hematoma, which praise God had finally started shrinking! Then she asked if we had any guesses on gender.  Christopher said “Boy” and then I told her that both technicians before had told me we were probably carrying a boy, but for some reason I really felt that our baby was a girl! She told me that I was right, and congratulated us on our perfect little princess! We were both incredibly happy and started thinking of girl names! (The 2 we had picked out, just didn’t feel right to me.) We agreed that we wanted our girl to have a strong name and finally decided on Hallie (which is a shortened version of “Hallelujah”, meaning “Praise the Lord”. Perfect!

Fast forward to my 37 week appointment! The hematoma had gone away, but we still had a very rough pregnancy.  Our little girl was measuring very small and our Dr. had other concerns, so at 37 weeks she finally decided it was time for us to meet our baby girl! You can read our full birth story HERE, but at 12:15 pm on June 21, 2014, I became a girl mom! Hallie was 4lb 15 oz of perfection! I had never seen a more beautiful face in my entire life, and still feel that way each time I look at my daughter!

Hallie is so much fun! I feel like I have the best of both worlds! (Great now I have Hannah Montana running through my head, anyone else with me?) She lets me dress her up in piles of pink and purple frilly clothes and wears headbands every day but this girl is rough and tough despite her teeny stature.  She’s loud, friendly and outgoing and reminds me so much of her daddy!  She is very active and has been unstoppable since the minute she learned to crawl! And boy, does this girl LOVE animals! She’s silly and sweet and each minute with her is a fun and new experience and I am enjoying my journey as a girl mom! Please stop by sometime and follow along with me!

Thank you Kelly for sharing your story and Hallie with us. She is such a precious little girl 

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