Princess Newman

We had the sonogram Monday morning (1/7/08) and learned just how active this little baby is at times - I had no idea! I can't really feel her yet, other than some slight quivering in my lower abdomen, but for most of the time the tech had the utlrasound on my belly, that little girl was kicking her legs and moving her arms and even appeared to be sucking her thumb at one point (don't tell my mother! or Judge Judy, for that matter)! We could see her ribs, her spine, part of her face and even her heart beating! We even brought a videotape to record it, but for whatever reason it didn't work. The tech didn't realize it until after she'd gone through everything (typing on the screen, freeze frames, etc), so after she caught it, she did a few more quick minutes, but the baby had decided to go to sleep at that point, despite the tech's efforts to wake her up. We were pretty disappointed about that!

The tech said she had been doing this for 25 yrs at one point, so that was reassuring when she told us the baby looked like a girl to her. She said that of course she IS human and there's never 100% guarantee until the baby actually comes out.

I guess I won't be "bucking the Merkley trend" of having girls first, as I previously thought might be case!

So, the baby has now graduated from "Peanut Newman" to "Princess Newman" (as Ann Marie affectionately called her)!

We are pretty excited, even Eric, although he is seriously considering investing in a shotgun - lol! This will be the 1st grand-daughter for his parents, and probably the 1st female born into the Newman family in quite some time! Woo-hoo for making history! Already we have accumulated a couple of "pink" girl outfits, thanks to his mother and sister-in-law (gee, they wouldn't be excited about a baby girl, would they?).