ITS A GIRL!!!

We've finally adjusted to the fact that the baby has finally been confirmed a girl. We did have our hopes up for a little boy, but now, we're excited about having a little girl. The girl is VERY healthy indeed and determined by ultrasound already weighs a womping 4 lbs, 3 ounces ... All from pregnancy accurations/estimates, the baby girl should come out weighing 8 1/2 lbs by the 1/2 a week thing by 3rd trimester expectations. In the beginning, keep in mind, I wasn't gaining very much weight during the pregnancy and now, I've been gaining non-stop, so possibly, the baby can come out weighing as we estimate 8 1/2 to 10 lbs. Indeed from estimates and how fast she's been growing, she will be a big girl!!! :)

During the ultrasound it was kinda funny. I couldn't stop laughing and said, "Uuuugh.. what was that? Was that her foot?!?!," pointing near my cord/belly button area and she said, "Yes, that was her foot." I smiled, "Yes, I thought it was, that's her favorite spot to kick me. If not that, then its the ribs, and sometimes she rests her head on my ribs which isn't too bad." The tech smiled and continued pointing out parts of the body (arms, legs, etc)., and I was so confused by all the parts and she had to go slow with me! It was hard for me to understand and read. The easiest part for me to read was her HEAD... wow, she has a big head! Oh... and you can't forget the nurse stating, so far she has 3 inch feet-- wow, we know whom she takes that after~ of course, mama here and her daddy both have BIG feet! Though, I smiled during the ultrasound asking Walt "What size feet do you have?," smiling, knowing he has bigger feet. He looked at me clueless of the insult and said "size 10". I smiled and said, "OH!, I have size 9 1/2, your feet are bigger, so she must take her feet after you." He gave me that look like "okay, shut up, your talking too much look".. It was funny as heck! I was holding my laughs in, trying to be still as possible on that hard ass examining table and smiling. We got a DVD, some ultrasound pics (haven't got them in the pc yet, but we will post when we get them up and running!) and the DVD is so cute, she keeps kicking me. Though.... kinda disappointing though in a way because I thought I'd see a sucking thumb thing, but the ultrasound is a harder to see one, so go figure. :)

 Walter and I was watching the ultrasound DVD last night and with his keen eyes he saw our little girl clapping her hands together-- how cute! She must wanted us to turn more music on! We play music to her non-stop.

 Our little girl is a night OWL and luckily, I got my sleeping patterns back on track, thinking it was all good, but then??? She kicks me ALL night, keeping me UP! I'm laying there with heartburn half the time (they say this indicates hair growing? Who knows?!?), and her kicking me non-stop in my stomach. I continue rocking, "Calm down girl!" Atleast now I know a gender, I'm not having a rage fit and going off the walls and can continue to buy nice clothes for her... and all that fun stuff! I'm so excited and thrilled, though in the beginning, I was crying up over a storm over the fact that they *thought* it was a girl, but once it was confirmed, I calmed down, adjusted, and knew that I'd love her no matter what gender and still WORRY non-stop as a Mother and never forget about her inside of me. She is a healthy girl and eats NON-stop and gives me heartburn and in the night, I have to get up and eat or else, she squirms around inside me like crazy as in "feed me mama" and its kinda funny, but the thought of going without eating or just trying to let the heartburn go away isn't a pleasant site and makes you feel like you gotta vomit. Even when I'm NOT hungry!! I have to get up and feed her. It kinda feels like she is already out of me and my own body and I'm feeding her only, though the food benefits me too. I eat twice as much which sometimes makes me think she gets half what I eat, since what I use to eat before being pregnant - for example 2 waffles would fill me up, now its 4 waffles .... Dang girl!!

Anyway...so its a girl...and I'm excited. I can't wait till she is born... yaaaah! Yahhh!! Everyone says get sleep NOW-- haha! I know its all worth it in the end. I'm a little nervous and scared about the planned C-section from my high anxiety levels and I'm dreading that part, though I know its all worth it and I'll never take it back, nor would I change my little girl for nothing.

AND.... last but not least--- we've ALREADY decided on a name!!!

 GRACEE (pronounced GRACE-E)

Marie (pronounced -M-UH-R-EE)

Cleveland- last name--will take after the father of child- Walter Cleveland-- of course, his last name!!

Let me know what YALL think!!

Thanks again for all the support!!

LOVE YALL!

Hugs,

Michelle