Boy or Girl - Drumroll Please, It's A...

GIRL!!!!! We're having a beautiful Baby GIRL!!! AHHHH!!!!!

OK OK everyone stay calm and refrain from buying every single baby girl hair accessory in stock at target. At least, that's what I keep telling myself. Joe and I are beyond elated by the news and almost every moment that goes by, we think of another thing to look forward to once our daughter arrives - tea parties, ballet recitals, GIRL SCOUT COOKIES, beauty salon with daddy, dress up, barbies. Did I mention girl scout cookies? And in case you're wondering, this little girl will also be playing soccer/baseball, swimming, riding bikes, snow boarding, wake boarding, skate boarding, any kind of boarding really, and whatever else her little heart desires. You better believe her mommy is going to encourage her to do anything boys can do, except she'll look better doing it.

I know it's cliche but we're so in love with our daughter already and she's only half way cooked. I'm not sure how we're going to handle meeting her for the first time in 20 weeks without exploding with love and adoration. For reals, get a mop.

We had our 20 week anatomy scan ultrasound this past week and it went great. They counted 10 fingers, 10 toes, 4 heart chambers, 2 kidneys, and zero boy parts, so baby girl it is! The technology for these ultrasounds is pretty amazing and they even measured her height and head size to be the exact right size to the DAY of how far along she should be in development. Right on time, just like her mama. I tried my best to persuade the ultrasound tech into telling me that she had a smaller than average head circumference and narrow shoulders (to build my confidence that labor won't be what I'm dreading it to be) but to my dismay, he said she's right on schedule to be just as big as every expectant mother fears on delivery day. Joking aside, she's perfect. And we have the photos to prove it.

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3D Head Shot

Do you see the attitude in her already? Hand on forehead like, "Ugh, more pictures? Can't a girl just get a little beauty rest in here without this camera in my face all the time?" Sorry kiddo, better get used to the pictures, it's only going to get worse when you come out and meet us.

Announcing the gender at work was fun for both of us. As soon as I got into work the next day I proudly hung Baby Girl's first onesie on the wall at my desk.

SF Giants'  Newest Fan!

Baby Girl's going to be a Giants fan incase you hadn't noticed.

Joe had a different idea to break the news to his office (which is all male by the way but almost all of them have daughters) That morning he brought in donuts to share with the guys...

"It's A..." on the front

Pink donuts inside. mmmmm

I'm not sure if they guys congratulated him for having a daughter or for bringing in a dozen donuts, but we'll take it either way.

Hurry up and get here Baby Girl, you've got a lot of people anxiously waiting to fawn over you.