Girlie Girls

Well... Abby's baby is a good wiggler, kicker, and flipper. SHE also knows how to do the touchdown symbol already (we saw her do it at least 3 times). That's right... Abby is getting a little sister. She was very excited to see her baby on the ultrasound and was actually pretty good for the hour long scan. I'm not sure that ultrasounds normally require an hour, but with the amount of flipping our ninja was doing it took a long time to get all the measurements and pictures they wanted. And we found out this will be a second large headed child (her head was measuring one week ahead of schedule). Must be this will be another big brained child.

Now it is on to the big project - picking a name for the baby girl. We had our boy name set in concrete, but we haven't quite figured out what to call a little girl. We would be happy for any good suggestions, but remember that the initials need to create a word (like Abigail Grace Obreiter - ago). That certainly complicates the process, along with the fact that I have tons of cousins and all of our favorite names have been used by at least one of them. Abby suggestions so far include "Boy" and "Maize".

SPOILER ALERT - IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE GENDER OF SPARKY DO NOT READ

Today was Sparky's 20 week ultrasound so that we could make sure everything was growing well and in the right places. The ultrasound technician was amazed at Sparky's cooperation and said excellent photos and measurements were taken. Of course we are very proud of our little one for her excellent cooperation this morning. That's right folks - Sparky is a she. We will now have to apologize to her for the first 20 weeks of refering to her as a he.

The techinican said Sparky looked very healthy and was right on track for growth and development. And the technician was very sure that Sparky was a she - so were Steve and I from the very first image we got of our little one.

Our baby is a very active little gal - there was lots of moving and stretching and kicking going on during the entire ultrasound. We are hoping that she inherits her father's more mellow personality and calms down after she's born. My belly didn't grow this week and I'm still feeling great. Below are the official shots of Sparky from her ultrasound.