New Girl in Seattle

Angela and I are having another girl. We saw the ultrasound tech yesterday for the typical 18-22 week invasion of privacy (the babies I mean). Can’t even be a lady anymore.
We couldn’t be happier. She is healthy and sound and doing well.
The amazing technology these days is able to check blood flow through the heart and umbilical cord with some kind of doppler that can tell which blood is coming and going and they can even closely anaylyze the ventricles of the heart, the alignment of the spine, the closure of key bones etc. Just the past 3 years (since Abby’s ultrasound) has seen huge strides between comparable technologies.
We told Abby over the past week that we were going to get a picture of the baby that day. Somehow she got it in her mind that we would SEE the baby.

Is it gonna open now?
Is what gonna open now?
Momma’s belly.

She is excited to show her baby sister how to help her put on dresses.
So, the key questions that seem to always get asked:

1. Didn’t you want a boy? – No. I think there are more differences between people than there are between genders so that doesn’t play a part in it. I am happy she is “cooking well”.
2. Do you have a name picked out? – No. And even if we did we must have some surprises for The Day. She will tell us her name on that day, and it won’t be Agghaghahhhh Zimmerman.

Without further ado, lets get on with the assault on her right to privacy.
The first shot shows her head on the right and her hand up “in the air” above her nose.
The second shot shows her little foot and partially developed bones in her tibia.