IT'S A GIRL!!!!

I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted. It's been busy, I guess...

So, it's a girl! She was id'd as such by the meanest ultrasound tech on the planet last Wednesday. Seeing her was amazing. The minute Miss Meanie (I will elaborate later) put the ultrasound thing to my belly, we saw her face. It was the most incredible moment of my life. There was no other moment, not even my wedding, where time just stopped. I could have looked at her face forever.

She's a squirmy little bugger - she was rolling all over the place, sucking her thumb, kicking and punching me. It was so reassuring to see all that movement.

However, I have to say that Miss Meanie did not make the experience more enjoyable. She jabbed the ultrasound device into my stomach so hard that I had bruises, and she barked out the baby's body parts like a drill sargeant. "Arm! Leg! Girl!" She was uber unpleasant, and when I called the center the next day to ask about the bruising...they basically told me that because I have a "thick abdominal wall", she had to push really hard. Basically - "You're fat, so it's your fault we bruised you." Nice. Really nice.

All that aside, however, it was still incredible to see my baby for the first time, and to know that she's a girl...we went right out a got some gender-specific stuff, just because we could!

It also makes her much more real. We can call her by her name, I can envision the little person who's rumbling around in there, and I can picture my little girl now...not some weird genderless child! It's pretty awesome.

We've also hit the halfway point. We have fewer weeks ahead than we do behind, and I am so excited about finally seeing her little face in person. Of course, I want her to stay in there until she's all baked. No early arrivals, please. But it's going to be a long 19 weeks.