It's a....

GIRL!!! 

Here are her beautiful pictures from the ultrasound:

Sweet little hands!

Feet

She apparently she likes to sit with her ankles crossed - you can kind of tell in this picture. 

It's a Girl!! No extra parts were seen...

Waving hello!

Love this 3D picture of her. All curled up in there. 

I was so nervous and anxious to get to this ultrasound. The appointment was at 4:20 and the day seemed forever long! Then we had to wait about 30 minute after the appt time before we were able to go back. We were in the room for a total of about 40 minutes looking at our sweet daughter. She was being pretty stubborn and wasn't wanting to reveal her gender. So the ultrasound tech kept poking and shaking my belly to get her to move. She would measure a few things, then try to look, and measure a few more things, then try again. This went on for about 20 minutes until we finally got to see her! Doctor came in afterwards to take a look and confirm the sex of out baby. He said it was a girl, that he didn't see any boy parts in there. He also checked the brain, spine, neck, lips, etc and everything is perfect and healthy. Baby is growing right on schedule too. She weighs 6 ounces right now. It's crazy to go back and look at our last picture and see how much she has grown. Anyway, we are very excited to have a little girl. My parents have 2 grandsons and my in-laws have one grandson, so we will be bringing the first granddaughter in for both sides of the family, which is pretty cool. I can't wait to get a name picked out and get started on decorating the nursery and probably buying cute little outfits for her to wear when she graces us with her presence in 5 short months!

On a random note, a customer came in to my work today and looked at me and said, "You are carrying around some extra baggage there, huh?" This is the first time anyone has said anything to me about being pregnant that didn't know already. So I guess it is becoming obvious that I am pregnant! It was pretty exciting actually to have someone say something to me about it. It didn't bother me at all! 

I made some sugar cookies with pink frosting for us to take to our jobs. I thought it would be a fun way to share the news with our co-workers. 

It's pretty crazy to think that I am going to be a Mom soon. I remember being a little girl myself and here I am about to have one of my own. My parents did a great job raising me, I can only hope I will do a great job raising my little girl as well. I love you Mom & Dad!!! 

Seeing my baby girl and finding out the gender has made the reality settle in a lot more. I am really looking forward to being a Mom even if it is a little scary to think about at times. 

Well, it is really late and I must get to bed, so here is a picture of my 17 week "It's A Girl" belly! I'm pretty sure it is getting bigger! And I can still feel her moving in there. I am really excited for Brian to be able to see and feel her too. Hopefully that will happen in the next week or so!

Sorry I know I don't look the best. Again, I just took a shower. I meant to take the picture before my shower, but I forgot! :) I forget a lot of things lately...

Baby girl,

I am so excited to meet you in May. Today begins the 5th month which means I only have 5 months to go! It goes by so quickly. Your Daddy and I are so excited and looking forward to having a little girl in the house. I bet you will be a Daddy's girl too. Keep growing and moving around in there! Love you so much already baby girl. And don't worry, we will have a name for you soon!

Love, Mommy