Ultrasound

I always thought the ultrasound machine made noises, like some weird sucking kind of "wa wa wa" sound. But apparently it is truly ultrasonic. Either that or they just stick the wand thingie on your belly and then play a recorded tape of a past ultrasound picture.
Yesterday I got an ultrasound, and it looked... pretty much the same as any other ultrasound picture I've ever seen. It was a bunch of black and lighter areas, and the doctor would point out stuff and I still wouldn't be able to see it. Actually, we got a good look at her arm, plus a good cross section of the important bits. Her arm was up over her head, which made me laugh, because that's usually how I sleep, all sprawled out and flailing. Her head is small in proportion with her abdomen, which is weird seeing as how Kevin and I both have freakishly large heads. But hey, I say she can wait until she is born to grow her freakishly large head, and that would be FINE with me.
I'm trying to get in the habit of saying "she" now, since we got to see that our baby is a GIRL!! I had been getting good at saying "the baby" or "it" or "the baby" again, but now I have to get out of that habit. It's really fun to know we're having a baby girl.
Both Kevin and I wanted a girl, but we would have been happy with either. Kevin's mom was especially hoping for a girl, as she had all boys and has so far gotten two grandsons. It's about time there's a girl in the Fisher family! I have no idea what this little girl would look like. I know what girls in my family look like, but since Kevin has no sisters, it's hard to imagine what a Fisher girl might look like.
Baby girls are so cute! And there's so much cute stuff you can make or buy for a girl! I have patterns for dresses and a cute shirt that I've been wanting to make but haven't had the opportunity since most of my friends lately have been having boys. And I just finished (well, all but the binding) a blue and green quilt. I could give it away, but I kind of still want it, as it's pretty ugly to the untrained eye. The front is a sampler of all sorts of patterns I have in a book: churn dash, mother's favorite, Virginia reel, fox and geese, and all sorts of traditional patterns. I used about 6 different colors of blues and greens, each of which has a different design. So the front is super busy. The back is this freakin' awesome print of a cow jumping over the moon, except that the moon is from Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night. I love it! We will keep it, as there is no rule against girls having blue and green blankets. But maybe we won't wrap her in it in public until she has hair long enough for pigtails.
Or we could just get her ears pierced the moment she pops out-- cut down on any confusion. ;)
So we're having a girl, and we couldn't be happier about that!!