The results are in...

If you voted "girl", you were right!!! She was measuring right on target, perfectly healthy, and, though I was so worried I wouldn't be able to trust an ultrasound saying it was a girl, this Little One made it very clear.

I'm thrilled, but also... overwhelmed, I guess. It's strange, because up until a few weeks ago I thought it was a girl, I wanted it to be a girl. Then the last few weeks I think my defense mechanism kicked in and I squashed those girly hopes down. And now... well, I squashed too well:)
Don't get me wrong, I'm totally not unhappy- just.... adjusting. I don't know how this caught me so off guard. Kenny is doing a good job of being thrilled- he'll be a great daddy to a little girl.

My thoughts on the matter:
Cons:
-I am surprisingly TERRIFIED of doing little girl hair. True, my child is likely to be bald for the first year, but there will come a day when I need to prepare this little girl's hair for church, and... eek!
-I'm worried we will produce a tomboy. We play video games and legos. We play in the dirt. I don't imagine myself ever happily buying into the Disney Princess stuff.
-Having a boy would have been much simpler, financially. We have so much boy stuff that will be going into storage now.
-I'm not that girly. Oh, yes, I love little newborn girl outfits and frilly diaper covers, but... currently I don't think I own a single purple thing, baby or otherwise. (PS don't buy me purple stuff. Pink is ok, frilly is ok, but we're gonna keep the purple to a minimum).
-Daniel won't have a brother right next to him in age to be friends with.

Pros:
-SHOPPING! I am so excited to be able to easily find adorable clothes for this kid. No, we don't have the money to buy out Carter's like I want to, but... I am SO excited to buy a new little wardrobe and bedding and stuff.
-Names. We have 4 or 5 girl names we really like. I have no idea what we would have done if it were a boy- we pretty much hate all boy names right now. (And no, I'm not telling people our names. It isn't that I want it secret, it's more that I read WAY too much into people's reactions. If you catch me in a brave moment I may try to slip it into a conversation, we'll see.)
-We don't have to discuss circumcision or worry about that. Yay!
-Daniel won't have a brother right next to him in age to COMPETE with.
-Frilly diaper covers. 'Nough said.
-I am actually really excited for an older girl. Like 8 years old or more. I'm excited to be able to be friends with my daughter, to share interests, to read books together, to discuss growing up together.

I suspect that after hitting Carter's tomorrow morning, I will be properly ecstatic over this little girl.:)

Place your bets- boy or girl?

We have a new poll in the upper right- please place your bets on what you think we're having. We find out tomorrow night, so if you could vote by then, that'd be great (give me a good chance to see how often y'all are checking up on my infrequently-updated blog).
For the record, Kenny would like another boy, I wanted a girl (up until a few weeks ago and my preferences disappeared- there are pros and cons either way), and Daniel thinks it's a girl (that may be because he doesn't know how to say "boy" yet- according to him, he and Daddy are girls as well).

In other news, we have some new pics up on smugmug (for June and July). My pic of the night- Daniel concentrating intensely on spraying a bug to death- he sprayed the poor thing for a good 10 minutes:

Funny Things

I have lots of fun pics and news to post, but right now I'm cleaning out my server and found a few funny and links I had forgotten.

First, How to Turn Your Hamster Into a Killing Machine (click on pic for close up):


Joseph Interpreting Dreams- with sock puppets:


Funny Calvin and Hobbes powerpoint

Funny want ad:


And my very own new pic I submitted to failblog. A motivational poster at Kenny's school fails miserably with the slogan "Academic Success: It's Not An Option". Click here to see it and vote for it to be featured on failblog.

PS Want to see the website I was super proud of 5 long years ago (but never fully finished)? I'll be taking it down in a couple days.