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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Half Baked

Yesterday was the big day!  Danny and I had our 20 week ultrasound.  We got good news that the baby is growing and progressing on track, the baby looks healthy and we will continue to pray for our little one to grow healthy and strong.

We also found out that we are having a baby G-I-R-L!!!  I guess me wearing pink in all of my belly pictures really did have an underlying meaning.  Danny and I are both so excited.  I think Danny is a little nervous about having a little girl.  I think he is already scheming in the back of his mind how to chase boys off.  He's so funny.  I know time will fly, but lets at least let the little one make her appearance before Daddy goes running off every boy in town. 

It was amazing getting to see our little angel move around on the ultrasound.  She wasn't very active and the sonographer actually had no trouble getting any of the measurements.  We did get to see her moving her lips and sticking out her tongue.  It was so adorable!  Danny says she has a button nose.  I know she is our child and that we have to think she is the cutest thing ever, but really, she looks so darn cute on the sonogram.  I can't wait to meet that sweet face in August!  Perfection is only in the eye of the beholder.

After our appointment with the sonographer we met with the Doctor to discuss the results.  He said everything looked great, the only problem is I have a low-lying placenta.  Right now there is no need to worry, they have scheduled another sonogram for 28 weeks to check and see if it has gone up at all (the good part is I get another ultrasound, the 20 week one was supposed to be my last!).  I am hoping that my placenta begins to rise so that we can continue on with our natural birth plan.  If it hasn't, I guess we will deal with that when the time comes.

I'm really excited to start the nursery.  I plan to go shopping this weekend to start registering and to get ideas of what we like.  I hope that we can get the nursery furniture soon.  My mom and a few friends have offered to help paint the nursery when the time comes.  The good thing is that it is a small room.  I just want to have everything ready before she makes her arrival.  Daddy says his whole house is going to be pink!  :)  I can't promise that it won't be filled with barbies, dolls and dresses, but I can promise that the first time she bats her eye lashes at Daddy, his heart will melt.  I can just feel it, she's going to be a daddy's girl!

We have a few names that are in the running, we're about 99% sure which one we are going to pick.  We want to keep it a secret until we have it firmly in place though, just so we can avoid everyone's opinions and likes/dislikes.  I really like the name we have picked out though, I think it's really pretty.

Here's a few pictures of our little girl: 



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