Congrats. 

That is a beautiful name! Congratulations to having a lil girl in the family tree

First in 40 years! Can you say "gonna be spoiled"? Congratulations!

Thanks.  It sure put a smile on my face. 

Thanks.  So for my husband's family this makes 10 grandsons carrying on the family name to 1 granddaughter.  So far. 

Thanks.  It's been a long time coming.  She just like a little live doll.  She's adorable. 

So Tova it went down like this:

My Son calls after the birth...

Brian:  "you're not going to be happy."

ME:  "it's a boy?" 

Brian:  "We're thinking of maybe calling him Jude." 

ME:  "Jude?"  (thinking...you've got to be kidding me)

Brian:  "Ya, like Jude Law, the actor."

ME:  "All I can think of is the song "Hey Jude.  (he never heard the song)  At least it's biblical.   So....what other names do you have?

Brian:  "Well Thomas and maybe Mark."

ME:  "Thomas is nice." 

The next day when he came home to pick up the car seat:

ME:  "Have you picked out a name yet?"

Brian:  "No, still working on it."

ME:  "Are you kidding me?  You've had nine months already." 

Later that day when they came in with the baby all wrapped up:

ME:  "have you picked a name yet?"  As I watched him uncover the baby. 

Brian:  "I'd like you to meet Lauren Elizabeth"  as he unwraps her revealing she was all decked out in pink. 

I knew then it had to be a girl. I didn't need to peek under the diaper.  There's no way in you know where that any of my sons would dress his boy in a pink outfit.  Not going to happen. 

ME:  "It's a girl?  "your father told me not to trust you unless I checked the diaper first.  I guess he was right afterall." 

Sooooo all the phone calls had to be re-visited because the news was out all over kingdom come that we had another boy.  Even here on JU.  I could have wrung his neck. 

All I can say is....what goes around comes around! 

Well, it was one great opportunity to play a prank on grandma, you gotta admit that lol

I love how they did it.  You are so much fun to prank!

Oh that cute!  Congratulations!

thanks TW.  I told Amanda she should try the one more time and then she'd have two boys and then two girls.  But hers are already so close together (three in diapers) I don't think that went over too well....

Tova,  forgot one other other thing.  When my son came home to retrieve the car seat the day after the birth he was waving a little blue card around and I didn't pick up on it at all.  I was peppering him with questions and it did seem odd he was being evasive.  Come to find out they had to ask for special permission to have info printed on a blue card instead of a pink one just to pull this prank.  When they told the personnel at the hospital that this was the first girl baby in my husband's side of the family in 40 years they got all excited and were quick to give them the blue card. 

It went right over my head. 

Congratulations on the girl!  My God Daughter was born 10/29, so we are celebrating as well.

It took my aunt almost as long - 4 sons, 5 grandsons before their first girl.

hey Doc...where have you been all this time?  Nice to see you back and congrats on your new addition to your family as well.  What is her name?

You better think of some good payback.....maybe I can help you with that...give me a few days....buwhahahaha.

Maria Victoria Parra-Diaz.  We baptise her on the 10th of January.