Quick Before I Get Sidetrack'd

Little must be getting bigger and stronger, because her movements sure are growing! It is such a cool sensation to feel those tiny little hands and feet (and head and elbows and knees, probably) bumping into my belly. Over the last several days there have been occasions when she has made a strong enough movement that it could be felt on the outside of my belly. They are still few and far between, so, unfortunately, M has not been able to feel her yet. I’m sure it won’t be too long before he’ll be able to feel it anytime he wants; I’m just having trouble waiting for that first time. It is amazing to think that we are down to just a few months before we get to meet our precious little girl!

Just have to write a quick post in response to Cindy’s comment. I, fortunately, do not have Webb ears; however, I will show you pictures of M and L who are both classic examples. As for hair color, that’s a toss up, there is blonde, brown, and red on both sides of the family…we’ll just have to wait and see on that one. Eye color very well could be blue since all of my family has light eyes as well as one side of M’s family.

From the ultrasound I think her mouth is shaped like M’s (although it was moving the whole time which would take after me :)) and she has a cute little nose that turns up a bit.

It will be fun to see what she looks like when she graces us with her presence in a few months!

BTW – those of you waiting for belly shots…we now have some on the camera, hopefully, I can get them uploaded tomorrow or Saturday.

Sorry I’m a day late (though, hopefully, not a dollar short); I know that many of you have been anxiously awaiting the boy/girl announcement. So here goes…Oh, first let me say thanks for the many happy birthday wishes yesterday!

Alright, so you want to know what the baby is? It’s a girl! Boy is it nice to be able to refer to the baby as “her” as opposed to “the baby” or “it”. It does, however, mean that we might have to take back the cute pirate onsie that M picked out for the baby a few weeks ago. I’m still debating about the onsie because, although it is trimmed in blue and pirate themed, it is the first thing we bought for her.

The ultrasound tech and the doc both said that everything looked good on the ultrasound. We saw 2 hands with 4 fingers and a thumb (per hand that is), 2 long skinny feet with 5 toes each, 2 eyes and 2 ears (doesn’t look like she is going to have Webb ears, she will be glad of that one day), the bones in her arms and legs, the chambers of her heart and the arch of her aorta, all of her ribs and vertebrae, the perfectly formed little nostrils and nasal bones (ruling out cleft palate), the dark areas that are her kidneys and bladder, and in some of the pictures we have you can see where the plates of her skull are coming together and the “dark matter” that is her brain. They say she weighs about 12 ounces now.

The whole process was amazing (as those of you who have experienced it can attest), and M and I really enjoyed seeing her and knowing that everything looks just like it should. It is amazing to think of how God has knitted our precious little girl together in His image and like no other person He has ever created. It really makes me stop in awe and wonder when I think of the intricacies of the human body and how each one is created uniquely and for God’s own purpose.

I hope to get some “belly” pictures posted before too long, and if we can scan the ultrasound pics I’ll put some of those up as well.

Thanks for caring about us and the baby!

Manchester doesn’t seem to be going over well with the masses. Try this one on for size: John McAllister. We are also maintaining Marmaduke as the fall back option (thanks Uncle R for the suggestion).

Thanks to you all for your suggestions for “M” middle names. Some of them were quite interesting, and they provided plenty of conversation the last few days.

I know some of you (especially Nicole) will be glad to know that we really do have thoughts on the subject! Now it is just a matter of waiting until next week to see whether it is a boy or a girl.