It's A......... GIRL

What an amazing day yesterday was for us. I started my day teaching Zumba, hoping to shake PSK up real good so she would cooperate for the ultrasound lady. It seemed to work! After getting ready, Brian and I headed up to Canton to do breakfast and drink 16oz of water and hold it for an hour and a half....that didn't go over so well. I used to have a bladder of steel, but not so much anymore. I tried my hardest to just suck it up and hold it in until my appointment, but when we arrived to the place, I couldn't not even stand up straight and we were 20 minutes early. Great. As I checked myself in, the receptionist noticed my discomfort and said I could "let out" a little bit, as I was obviously too full. Now, I kinda laughed when she said only let out a little bit. I'm thinking how is that possible when you have just filled yourself with loads of water, giving baby less room to move, causing her to do the 1, 2 shuffle on your bladder. Plus, we've all had to "go" really really bad before and the thought of stopping mid stream is just plain cruel. Well, anyways, I did it and the ultrasound lady came to my rescue as soon as I sat back down in the lobby. To the big room we went! I walked in, the lights were dim, I was waiting for the nice calming massage music to start playing. I hopped up on the table and Squirplshhh... warm ultrasound gooey was all over my tummy. She got started immediately. And there IT was...our baby acrobat...upside down on her head. It was the cutest sight I had ever seen. We saw the spine, heart beating, stomach, kidneys, feet, hands, and umbilical cord right away. I was getting nervous because the lady said baby was being stubborn, which instantly made me think she couldn't "tell" what the baby was. Great, now this Announcement party I had planned was going to get postponed. Baby and I even had a talk to beg her to cooperate. After more trying to get baby to get off her head, she asked me to go drain my bladder to see if that would help give baby more room to quit doing headstands. I couldn't have been more excited to pee in my life. When I came back in the room and hopped back up on the table, I was questioning her ability to see anything. She assured me that seeing the sex was not the problem, she knew exactly what we were having. I freaked out :) TELL US ALREADY THEN?!? She put the tool back on the tummy, squished around a bit, and zeroed in right on the "parts" section. She noted two little white sections between the legs, and I was certain she was going to announce " these are the testes." Nope! She said...it's a GIRL! Those are her "girl parts!" I cried of course, and looked at Brian and he was smiling ear to ear. It was the most wonderful thing I have ever heard. I would have been ecstatic either way, but I had a gut feeling it was a girl, so to find out I was right was awesome. Now, when she said baby was being stubborn, she was referring to not being able to get a few of the measurements she needed, so oh darn, we have to go back for another look at baby girl next month :) Everything that she was able to get looks right on target and healthy. We are still 19wks along according to ultrasound and baby looks great. She waved to us and gave us a good yawn. It was so cute. The lady said she has long legs (from daddy) and she has the cutest little button nose. We can't wait to go back and see her again when she's a little bit bigger and hopefully less stubborn!

After our appointment we went to Chipotle, of course, for some lunch and boy did that get baby girl moving! I should have eaten that BEFORE the appointment. duh We then headed to Baby's R Us for PSK's first outfit. I have been holding out for this moment, because I just didn't want to buy anything neutral. We picked out the cutest little outfit that she can hopefully wear when she makes her debut into the world. Now, let the shopping begin...lookout stores ;)

We are even more excited now that it's more real and we can call our baby by her name. Her name is Bexleigh Anniston Klopfer. She is going to be so spoiled and I can't wait to put pigtails in her hair :)

Here is my 19wk picture with Bexleigh's rump-in-the-ayer picture.

Happy Saturday everyone! I'm off to our Baby Announcement Party!!! After that, I shall post this blog entry :)

Jenn