It's a.....

Well, we had an ultrasound yesterday and it was great. The baby looks just as she should, healthy and exactly where she should be at 12 weeks. Did I just say 'she'? I did! Yes, the ultrasound tech made an early guess on the sex and said she thought it was a girl! She did give us the prediction with some caution....don't paint the room just yet. She said she was 85% certain it was a girl though and that sounds pretty certain to me. 12 weeks is pretty early to tell, and it's possible 'things' aren't done developing down there yet. But in her estimation, it's a girl!

Time will tell. I'll have another ultrasound in 6 weeks and we should have a more difinitive answer then, but for now we'll go on the assumption that a little girl is growing in there.

Owen was with us (Riley was in school) and he was so excited that he was right. He's said all along he wanted a baby sister and he thinks it's a girl. We tried to tell him it could still be a boy (and by the way, that'll be fine with us too), but he is so certain that it's a girl.

I made a comment later that night that I wasn't sure I would know how to raise a little girl. I was experienced with boys, but not girls! Then Riley said, "Well, they're basically the same, Mom. You just buy them pink stuff instead of blue. Besides, your a girl, Mom! Geez!"