It's a....

GIRL!

To be honest, I was kind of expecting a girl. I don't know why, and I don't know if I would even call it a "feeling". I think it's probably because Ella and Maiya lived with us for 4 months and we got used to having little girls in the house.

We are SUPER excited! I've told Greg I'm going to start toughening him up, because I know he is just going to be a big sucker for this little girl and she's going to wrap him around her little finger, just like Ella did!

Everything on the ultrasound looked fabulous. Baby is right on schedule, and is already sucking away at her hands. I was a finger sucker, so I'm guessing she's sucking her fingers and not her thumb. She was very lazy this morning, hardly moving at all. The ultrasound technician kept bouncing my belly to get her to move, but it didn't really work. She obviously couldn't be bothered to accommodate our ultrasound. (I'm thinking she takes after Greg.) They were able to get two very clear pictures of the gender, so they are very certain in their announcement that it's a girl.

The doctor says my placenta is low-lying, but should move as I get bigger. He also said my uterus is tipped forward which makes it difficult to feel the baby move. I guess that's why I haven't felt much movement. On Sunday I felt my first flutters, but it was after I VIOLENTLY sneezed. For anybody who has heard me sneeze, you know that it really does scare small children...in this case, a very, very small child.

No, we haven't thought of any names yet. I might have been able to come up with a few boy names, but when it comes to girl names I am at a complete and utter loss. My student told me yesterday that 51% of parents have name regret after naming their child. So much pressure!

By the way, I was voting it was a girl, and Greg was voting it was a boy, and the loser had to buy the winner cheese fries at Outback. We plan all our bets this way so that either way we get cheese fries.

Looks like it's Outback tonight!