It's a Girl!

We haven't had very much luck with good ultrasound pictures as evidenced by these recent ones, but our Japanese ultrasound technician guy with a very thick accent assured us, "I look many times at baby's crotch area, but I no see any boy parts." He then turned to Mike, bowed, and said, "So sorry."

Mike was hoping for a boy, but I've been telling him not to get his hopes up too high because I had a gut feeling this baby was a girl. And I was right. I think it'll take a little while for him to get used to the idea, but I'm positive he's going to love having a daddy's girl.

Below are a couple more pictures. The first is the baby's head and spine and the second is a profile shot of her entire body. Hopefully you can make it out.




Immediately after the appointment, I was in the baby section picking out my girly things. FINALLY, I was able to buy baby stuff...and girly stuff at that- so much fun! It was hard not to go overboard when I've held out for so long, but here's what I got today:


This whole baby thing felt a lot more real today because we were able to see her moving around and looking like a real baby (no more primordial fish). And we no longer have to refer to her as 'it'. She gets to be a more personal pronoun now!