Our Little Girl

As promised, just a few photos of our little girl. Hopefully in the first shot, you can make out her profile. If you can do that, then you will easily be able to see her yawn in the second one. A yawn in the ultrasound... I couldn't be more proud! The last one is a cute pic of her little foot. If you can't make out any of these, don't feel stupid. It took us a good 15 minutes before we actually started seeing what the ultrasound technician promised us was there. We're still not sure we completely believe her that a small, black spot was the baby's stomach and a line or two here and there meant she had developed other organs.

It's a GIRL!

And yes, we're excited!!! It is a well-known fact that Brant and I were hoping for a boy, but after finding there is a healthy, active little girl in there, we're thrilled! We just never pictured ourselves with a little girl, but we're getting used to the idea pretty quickly. The ultrasound was amazing. We saw all of her different parts... arms, legs, hands, head, heart, etc. She never would let us get a good look at her face, so Brant decided she was stubborn. Also, we were looking at a profile shot and she yawned. So, stubborn little girl who wants to take a nap... remind you of anyone?!

I'll try to put some pictures up later this week. They are pretty amazing! My mom and I went to Babies R Us this afternoon and somehow limited ourselves to one outfit each. And just so everyone knows up front... pink is NOT her favorite color. She much prefers purples, yellows, greens and blues! I have a good idea about her nursery already so I'm excited to get started on that. Once I get some fabric choices together, I'll post some pics.

Feel free, actually I'm begging, that you post comments with name ideas. Other than wanting the middle name to be Carter, we don't have any strong frontrunners for name choices. The top four that we came up with today are Lilly, Ella, Ellie, and Hailey but as my dad said, we need to take our time because little girls need really good names!!

It's A...

I have no idea. We are about 12 hours away from knowing and I'm not sure if I'll get any sleep tonight!! Everybody turn your phones on and get ready for a call or text around 11am tomorrow!

Jinxed

In just eight days, we will hopefully be able to find out if we've been blessed with a little boy or little girl. As you can see from the quiz to the right, the blog has decided that it will be a boy and by a fairly large margin. At this point, Brant and I both would prefer a boy for various reasons, although just a healthy baby is our true wish. If, on January 19th, we hear "It's a girl!" I don't think disappointment is quite the right word. Maybe scared would be better. Baby girls just seem so fragile and Brant has already said he won't let a girl leave the house til she's 30!

Unfortunately, I think I jinxed us this afternoon and I now feel pretty certain that a little girl is in our future. I was walking around Target and decided to check out the baby section. A cute blanket caught my eye and it was, of course, blue. A lovely shade of blue actually, not too pale and not too dark, with brown and white accents that will be the perfect start to our nursery. As I walked out of Target, blanket in hand, I thought that I should save the receipt in case I changed my mind about the color of blue or if the blanket just didn't end up working in the little guy's nursery. Only after that thought did I say to myself "And what if it's a girl?!" So yeah, enjoy the picture of the blanket and know also that it's very soft, because in eight days I'll probably be exchanging it for something a little more feminine.

Baby Dreams

Last night I had a dream about Little Owens. I think it's only the second baby dream I've had, but I don't remember the first one. So... It was the day of my ultrasound and Brant and I had been told that we could possibly see the baby ourselves if we turned out the lights and put a flashlight next to my belly. We were getting ready to do just that when we saw a tiny foot imprint poking out of my belly. We both teared up and got really excited. Brant walked away for a minute and I saw the footprint again. This time, I turned to my side and reached for a camera so that I could document this footprint on the blog. When I turned back, I had delivered the baby! Actually, it had kind of jumped out of my stomach. Weird and gross, I know, but in my dream it was painless and there was no blood.

Anyway, according to my dream, the baby is a boy and he is a huge infant. Also, he has a slight mustache.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A question I hear a lot from my students: Mrs. Owens, does it have to be in paragraph form?
Today's Answer: Nope!
How We've Spent the Last Two Weeks
1. Enjoy a wonderful Christmas in Fayetteville. Check.
2. Enjoy a wonderful Christmas in LR. Check.
3. Pack away all the Christmas decorations. Check.
4. Realize that the baby has started to cause complete chaos with my digestive system. Check.
5. Take a dorky picture to commemorate New Year's Eve '09. Check.
6. Enjoy delicious New Year's Eve dinner at local steakhouse. Check.
7. Regret decision to eat steak (see #4). Check.
8. Spend my week off eating only crackers and drinking Sprite. Check.
9. Enjoy relaxing weekend with Brant before going back to work. Check.

It's going to be a great year! Happy 2009!!

It's basically a really big Lego...

The first Christmas I spent with Brant and his family, he received a rather large Lego set as one of his gifts. Personally, I thought it was silly. I mean, the man was 25 and still getting Legos! But I only thought it was silly for about two seconds and then I saw the excitement in Brant's eyes. He looked like a little kid and we couldn't finish opening presents fast enough. I think he had that Lego set put together within about thirty minutes and he was proud of his work.

This Lego building prowess came in handy last weekend as Brant tackled the project of putting together the changing table. He got off to a somewhat slow start mainly because the screws used in this changing table were kind of strange looking. But once he found out how to lock those in place, it was off to the races. Luckily, he was the only one running because it took THREE hours to complete! Everything went smoothly and Brant said it was relatively easy to assemble. It just took forever. But now we have a lovely changing table, as you can see below...