It's A................

GIRL!!!!!

Abigail Ann (Abby)

We went for my ultrasound on Thursday last week and found out that most importantly she is nice and healthy. However, the little booger wasn't real cooperative and so we didn't get a good look at her. The tech said that she thought it was a girl but couldn't really commit to it. She was sitting with her legs crossed and her chin tucked into her chest so they couldn't get a profile shot of her either so they need to do another one when I go back in 6 weeks.

Well, you know that I am no way patient enough to wait another 6 WEEKS to find out for sure, so I found one of those places that does just ultrasounds for fun so I went there on Friday.

Luckily the first thing the tech looked for was gender because she didn't give us a good shot the rest of the time. But they said definitely a girl. (This time you could actually see little girl parts, where before they were going on just not being able to see boy parts)

It was very cool to see her moving around in there though. She was really active the second time. She was kicking those little legs and moving around, putting her hands up by her face and even opening and closing her mouth. At one point she moved her head back and then opened her mouth up really quick so it almost looked like she laughed. :)
(figures, she's already laughing at us)


Here is the "money" shot to show us she's a little girl.









And here is a shot of her looking at the camera with her little hand in front of one eye.





I have no idea if I can figure out how to put up some of the video but I will try.

Now we get to do all of the fun stuff like buy clothes and get her room ready!!!

Joe is already setting dating guidelines and has been making plans for us to move to a one room hut on an island with no boys. :)

20 weeks and Big Ultrasound tomorrow!!!!!

The baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now. He/she is also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a bananna. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against his/her torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his/her head to the bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, he/she is measured from head to toe.) The baby is swallowing more these days, which is good practice for its digestive system. He/she is also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in his bowels, and you'll see it in his first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).

We go in for the big ultrasound tomorrow at 1:00!!! I can't wait to find out what this little one is, and more importantly to find out that the baby is healthy and developing right on track.

We ordered the crib and dresser over the weekend and they should be in on the 10th. I can't wait to start decorating the room once we know what flavor this munchkin is.

I have been getting kicked on a very regular basis. This little one moves around quite a bit. Joe even got to feel him/her kick a few times the other day. :)

I will let you all know tomorrow how everything goes at the doctor.