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Alan, Mom, Andy and I all headed out Monday to one of the local colleges here in town to get an ultrasound from a friend of mine who teaches ultrasound. Right before we left, I got nervous about finding out the sex of the baby, it just seemed like it would make it so much more real. They all laughed at me and said they wanted to know so I could sit in the car while they found out! Well, I really did want to know so I willingly walked into the school. Before we started Alan, Mom and Andy thought that the baby would was going to be a boy. I had mentally prepared myself that it would be a boy, but had 2 vivid dreams that it was a girl, so I was leaning towards a girl, as was my ultrasound friend, Victoria. Well she started and the first picture we saw of the baby looked like it was waving to us, we could see all 5 fingers. Victoria quickly scanned and told us that it was a GIRL! My dreams were right! We continued to watch her for about 30 minutes. She looked perfect. We could see her hands, fingers, toes, heart...everything! We even got to watch her try to suck her thumb!





After the ultrasound, we came home and ate lunch. Mom was itching to go out shopping. We headed out to the mall and hit up every clearance rack at every department store at the mall. We bought a few outfits for our baby girl.


It was so fun shopping for girl clothes. I even found an "I Love Daddy" outfit to honor Alan!

Mom found herself a Grandma outfit also! It says, "I'll always be grandma's sweetie!"

Yesterday Alan, Mom and I headed to Babies R Us to start registering. OMG, what a chore! I need to do more research on baby gear. Any advice..anyone, anyone? Bottles, pacifiers, bibs, car seats, strollers, bath supplies, toys, the list goes on and on. We only it 1/3 of the store before we were all pooped. We'll have to head back later.

Candy, I saw your smarty pant comment on Angie's blog. Sorry it's taken 2 days to post. I've been exhausted then trying coordinate pictures and get mom off my computer when we are home has been a chore. Anyway, here you go! I'll post later on Mom's whole visit. Love you all and thanks for all the love and support you all have given me! Having my family involved has made this experience so much more fun, I just wish I was there with you all.