Its a bird, its a plane, its a ...

It's a baby GIRL! We just found out today that we are having a girl. The ultrasound went well and showed the growth right on track and no abnormalities. The nurse was pretty sure it was a girl but wanted the doc to confirm it. Baby was blocking the 'view' with her legs no matter what he tired but in the end he was 99.9% sure that our baby is indeed a girl. I will have another ultrasound (different purpose) in about a month and they will re-confirm the gender. But for now, we are going with baby girl.

And she is making her presence known. About a week ago I started feeling the flutters of her movements. And then in the last couple of days, stronger kicks and punches. Mostly on the center to left of my tummy. Which is where her hands and feet currently are so that makes sense.

Friends and family are already packing up baby girl clothes to give us. So that's hand-me-downs from Eric's 3 nieces, my niece, my cousins daughter, and my friends sister-in-laws 2 daughters. I think we are probably never going to have a buy a piece of girls clothing till our baby is a teenager! The nursery is another matter. We are not sure what our décor is going to be in there. The artist in Eric is still trying to figure out the best color scheme. I'm trying to figure out accent décor that can be ordered on Amazon (one of our registries) or at Target (the other registry). Eric wasn't thrilled with the Target options so we will see what we end up with. We need to at least getting the painting done before the weather turns too cold so we can adequately air out the room.

So that is the latest and greatest on our little family!

17 weeks

I friend requested a belly picture so I thought I'd share it here as well. Weight gain so far about 7 pounds.