IT'S A GIRL!!!

That's right! This past Wednesday we found out that we're having a baby girl!! :) I could've told you sooner, though... call it mother's intuition or whatever you want... I just knew she was a girl! Brian and I are so ecstatic that we are going to have a DAUGHTER! How crazy and amazing is that?!

Since my appointment with our regular OB got canceled and we didn't want to wait another 3 weeks to find out what were having, we decided to go to a private place for a gender scan. We went to Prenatal Peek/Baby View in Woodland Hills. It was an amazing experience. We were the only people there and the tech took us into a viewing room. We had leather chairs (mine reclined) and a flat screen TV in front of us. She took us through all the parts of the baby, and switched back and forth between 2D and 3D/4D. We saw baby moving all around, waving, covering her face, swallowing... it was just incredible! Brian recorded video of the whole ultrasound on his phone so we will try and get a clip up here to show you. After a few minutes she said she was trying to get a clear shot of the "goods" but that baby had already shown them to her, so she pointed out 2 little white lines (the labia) and told us we were having a girl! I started crying immediately (shocker) and we were just so thrilled!! I turned to Brian and said "we're going to have a daughter!" I can't even put into words how amazing it felt to hear. I knew baby was going to be either a boy or a girl, but until now, it was neither. Now that we know baby is a girl it feels a little more real!

That night I played her some music (the Glee soundtrack) with headphones on my belly, and I felt little taps from the inside in a couple of different spots. She's a mover! And clearly a night owl... just like her mommy ;)

Here are some photos we got of our little princess at 16w3d:

3d image... she'll look a little more baby-like once she has some more fat on her! :) But look at that cute little nose, eyes and mouth

her heartbeat

We couldn't wait to tell our family that night! We went right to Babies 'R Us to get a couple of cute pink outfits to hold up when we announced the news (oh my, the adorable things they have there!!).

We had my dad and Sandy, Andrea and Nick, Justin, Ethan and Erin all over our house for dinner and to announce the news. I had the outfits hidden and ready for us to pull out. When everyone was there we pulled out the outfits and said "it's a girl!" and everyone cheered with excitement (and probably some surprise)! Sorry J & E, you were wrong ;) Don't worry, your little niece will have you wrapped around her fingers in no time! We then showed everyone the video which Brian whipped up nicely in a few minutes. We also got a cake (my fav!) and shared that after dinner.

And a special little outfit for daddy's little girl :)

We are over the moon about OUR LITTLE GIRL entering the world in just about 5 months! Stay tuned for video and more!

With love,

the proud parents-to-be