I AM RUINED!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!! Bayli Kate
Bayliss Katherine White actually, but we feel most will call her Bayli Kate, or Bayli. If she is anything like me when I was a kid, she probably will not care what you call her as long as you don't call her late for dinner!!!

WOW what a day it was to see Bayli for the first time. She spent most of the ultrasound laying with her arms behind her head just like her mom does. I will say it did "own me" when Bayli yawned really big and then rubbed her eyes... so funny!



At the risk of sounding cheesy, I already love her soooo much.





Jeeez I can't wait until she is here. It was such an interesting perspective Meredith and I shared in the car the other day after the ultrasound. Meredith asked me what I was thinking, I paused and tried to collect, gather and regurgitate exactly WHAT I WAS thinking because I had never felt it before. I said I was just perplexed at #1 (as I previously wrote) how much I already love Bayli, and then #2 it was blowing my mind to think of how much we think of her, how much our family thinks of her, our friends, all the thoughts and prayers for her, the preparation, we even call her by name already. Then I pointed to Meredith's "baby bump" and said... "and she is RIGHT THERE"..., but we cant have her yet! That is so amazing.
So all that to say, it's official we are having a little girl!!! Another thing that is official... I am ruined, completely ruined. Bayli already has me, I'm toast.

I feel that my ability to say "no" is slowly seeping from me, along with any money I currently have or ever hope to.

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! CALLING ALL DADS!
If any one reading this has raised a little girl please feel free to email me your advice on best practices, what to do what not to do, ect.
I have received some pretty good advice from my father who has raised two girls. His advice is as follows:

1. Try not to get to close to them

2. Don't look them in the EYE, if you do make eye contact turn away as soon as possible!!!

3. Most importantly, it might take them a while to learn certain things, but rest assured they learn VERY early how to get what they want... and they are VERY VERY good at it!!

That's it, that's all I've got so far. Though my fathers advice for raising a girl is summed up in three small points I feel that he is probably right, and I also feel that the advice is "uber" efficient, and makes really good sense!
However, like I said earlier email me your advice if any. Although I do already love Bayli Kate very much, I am equally scared of her... because I have seen pictures of Meredith as a child and if Bayli looks like that (which I pray she does not look like me) I don't know how I could say "no".
MAN!... ... ... I am ruined!