Our Pumpkin is A...

Girl!!!!

I honestly wasn't expecting a girl at first. My lack of significant symptoms (morning sickness, etc) left me thinking that I had a lil boy growing inside of me. Then, two days before my ultrasound, I had a dream that I was having a baby girl. From then on, I was convinced we were having a girl :) 

We gathered our family members together for the big reveal. It was pretty comical, because the ultrasound tech kept saying "I think I know what it is, but I'm not going to call it yet." However, she accidentally let the "she" pronoun slip several times when referring to the baby, so we knew before she even called it officially! 

I have one thing to say about our little ladybug. She definitely has a personality already. For the majority of the first part of the ultrasound, she sat with her booty in the air, giving us a full view of her girl parts as if to say "Make no mistake, everyone. I am DEFINITELY a girl!" It was hilarious; the tech kept trying to get me to shift around to see if she would move, and all I'd hear out of the tech as she pulled up the picture on the screen was "Well, there's another shot of her bottom." There's probably at least 7 photos from the ultrasound of her girl parts. I think she was humoring us, saying "You all came here for a  gender reveal, so let me give you a show!" Wesley and I joked we'll have to get her a chastity belt at birth ;) 

The other part of the ultrasound, she sat on her belly, snuggled against the placenta. She literally had her face pressed against it, and she was facing toward my back. No matter what I did--shifting, exercise, verbal encouragement-- she wouldn't budge unless it was to wiggle away from the ultrasound wand. Because of this, we weren't able to get any clear 4d pictures that day. However, I get to come back to Sneak Peek 4d Ultrasound and get another glimpse of her for free! The tech said usually on the second visit, babies are more cooperative. 

Here are a couple of 4D pictures we managed to get during my ultrasound on Thursday, two days before the 4D ultrasound at Sneak Peek:

She likes to put her hands in front of her face :p 

A glimpse of her growing limbs and features!

Her cute little face! 

 

Profile pic!

5 toes!

Her little booty!