Hey, Y’all!  I LOVED reading all your comments over the weekend!  I went to my ultrasound appointment and Kumquat was a little uncooperative at first but we got an answer!  It’s a GIRL!!!  The doc pointed out the little line in the middle and her booty is pretty darn cute.  And check out that femur!  Maybe she’ll be tall. 

Sorry, Kumquat – this will be the only time I will publicly humiliate you by showing off your girly parts on beakatude.

She spent most of the time curled up face-down so the technician had a hard time getting a good shot of her heart but everything else checked out fine.  She has nice long arms and legs that have been punching and kicking me these past couple weeks.  The spine and brain look good and the kidneys looked great.  When we tried to get her to flip over onto her back, she did it only briefly and then I watched her flip back over.  At one point I think she was on her head in mid-somersault.  Sheesh.  After the technician gave up on getting an image of the heart, the doctor came in to take a look for himself.  He got all four chambers of the heart and the aortic arch was all good.

Here’s a 3D image of her nuzzling the placenta/umbilical cord.  I guess she likes to snuggle up and get cozy like her mommy.  The doctor just said she was being shy today.

So there you have it!  The guessing is over and most of you got what you were hoping for!  When the technician said it was a little girl, it brought a big smile to our faces and I almost had tears of joy at one point.  Now, when can I start shopping?!