You guys I’m pumped to be writing my first DIY post of 2017! today I thought I bring you a post that’s long over due and has been highly requested, which is of course my farmhouse quilt block tutorial! These quilt block farmhouse signs originally appeared in my darling little lady Portlynn’s nursery which can be seen HERE, before we even knew she was a girl. I dressed that room up top to bottom and we waited till delivery to find out girl or boy?!
You guys I was CONVINCED she was a boy. This wasn’t my first rodeo she was baby number 4, and each time before twins (boys) and Scarlett (girl) I had this little “inkling” before hand and my mom-omemter was right each time about their genders! Granted we found out at the first three’s 20 week anatomy scans but I just new! and Portlynn was no different! Literally a few moments after peeing on the stick I just felt “BOY”. We had several sonograms throughout her pregnancy and each time the tech made sure to tell me how “obvious” the gender was and was like just let me know if you change your mind and want to know. A. you don’t ever tell a pregnant woman who is sitting on a table feeling like a beached whale covered in jelly that you could divulge the secret she is trying SO HARD to not find out! YOU DON’T DO IT. Fortunately and unfortunately for us we had quite a few sonograms (placenta previa sucks) and there were lots of little unwanted hints dropped that always lead me to believe that this baby was going to be a boy.
The real clincher was at my final appointment just a few day’s before I delivered. My doctor looks at my chart and then very casually asks: “so what are your plans for circumcision?” …Slow blink, um we don’t have any plans for anything at this point we don’t know what we are having!!! She played it off well just saying we should “be prepared either way” but I left the office and immediately called my husband and was like OK, that’s it this baby has a wiener there is no way this baby is a girl!
You see my husband was holding out for just ONE more girl to even up the ranks and even though I refused to admit it I was too. The real problem however was that 3 days before delivery and we had no idea what we were going to name this baby if it was a boy. I came home from that appointment and literally went through hundreds of boy names and finally the night before I went in we settled on a name! It was important to me that we had a name because if everything went according to plan I really wanted my husband to announce the gender by telling me that it was a ____ insert name of choice here. We also had the conversation one last time that there was no way this baby would be a girl. Which we were still totally OK with, but peeved that the dang universe wouldn’t quit dropping HINTS ruining what we just wanted to be the ultimate surprise regardless if it was a girl or boy!
Delivery: As soon as the baby was delivered the nurse said “OK dad, look over and announce to the room what this baby is!” He looked over the curtain for what seemed like an hour and then stepped back, he shook his head and looked back over again. At this point I’m thinking the baby isn’t in the right position and he can’t get a good look. He finally looked at me and said completely astonished “its a Portlynn” my jaw hung to the floor and I immediately began to sob and couldn’t believe it. He went out with HER and they continued to work on me and I bawled my eyes out. My doctor eventually asked me if I was OK? and if I had been hoping for a boy? I told her no I thought this whole time it was a boy and I couldn’t believe it was a girl because deep down that’s what I was hoping for. She said OK, as long as those are happy tears you just carry on!
It was seriously such a sweet moment and I don’t think I have ever been that surprised in my whole life minus the time I found out I was having twins at 1 am but that’s a story for another day! It took a while for it to sink in, she came a month early, so she spent several days in the NICU. Every time I walked into that room and saw the little iscolet with the words “baby girl: Portlynn” on it I totally had to pinch myself!
Since decorating her room it’s been transformed into a guest room which you can see HERE . Portlynn now shares a room with her big sister Scarlett. Who begged and pleaded to share with her!! They will be getting an updated room makeover sometime in the near future! Which will be fun because decorating a little girls shared room is sure to be magical right?!
Now for the Tutrial on how to make these quilt block signs!! for you convenience this post contains affiliate links
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