It's a Girl!

We had our second ultrasound yesterday and it was with nervous anticipation that I waited for the appointment time to arrive. I left work early to head over to the doctor's office, and we were seated in the room and Lisa lifted her shirt and lay back on the table and the ultrasound technician did her work. We waited with excitement to see what our little blessing was to be - a rambunctious little boy or a beautiful little girl. For so long, Lisa has thought of this baby as being a little boy. However, last week, she changed her tune and confided in me that she thought it was a girl. Of course, this change was due to her looking at little girl clothes while she was out shopping...

Meticulously, the technician moved the wand across the expanse of my pregnant bride's belly. Measurements were taken, movement was seen. We saw little feet, a little face, hemispheres of the brain and then two tiny little butt-cheeks. When that little bottom came into view, I exclaimed, "Is that butt?!" The tech. confirmed my perspicacious insight and asked, "Would you like to know what it is?" To which I replied, "It's a girl. There is no twig and no berries to be seen!" Yep, we are having a little girl. We were handed a few images of the ultrasound and directed to wait for the doctor outside. While we were waiting, Lisa asked if I was 'okay'. I was definitely okay, but there was just one problem - we had a boy's name finalized, but were on the fence as to what we would name a girl. I told her I didn't know what to call it now that it was a little girl, and we decided right then and there that her name would be Jocelyn Kathleen Orrell. We had debated between Abigail Laurene and Jocelyn Kathleen, but we made the decision and now little Jocelyn will be the first child with which we will be blessed. Here are some images of my little girl - I will have to have a little talk with her about modesty based on her flashing us in one of these images...