It's a GIRL!

We all thought it would be a boy - really, even Liam! I even kept having dreams that it was a boy. And, as Todd and I watched through the first half hour of the ultrasound we became even more convinced... something that looked like boy-parts kept showing up on the screen. So needless to say we were VERY surprised when the tech announced "a girl!" - even though that's what we were both hoping for. Of course now, everything that I thought I'd think, or feel, or expect when I found out I'd be having a girl - is not at all true. For instance, I thought I'd be out shopping for a girl bright and early the next morning... but I don't think I'm ready for that quite yet. We feel like we're going into the unknown a little bit - we know what to do with a boy, but what to do with a girl?! Oh, I know we'll figure it out like we did the first time, it's just going to take a few days to wrap our heads around this new development! (not to mention getting accustomed to using female pronouns). But, a mom, dad, son, daughter, and dog sounds like the perfect family though - don't you think? :) (Aunt Lynda agrees, except she would say 'cat')
But since I skipped baby update for week 19 (blogger was down a bit this week), and week 20 is on Monday I'll go ahead and fill you in for that... week 20 means we're HALF WAY! Crazy, huh? Babycenter.com said 10 1/2 oz, but the u/s tech said 12 oz yesterday (the size of a tall latte - ha!) and the length of a banana. But when she said things like "feet are a half inch long," that just shocked me, those are some pretty small feet to be kicking me so hard. At this point the baby... I mean she is pretty much all put together, just working on developing internally and getting bigger now, which means I can expect to gain a pound a week - but I reeeeally hope not, 20 more pounds seems like an awful lot, and I already feel like I'm going to bust sometimes.
Everything looked good, except the placenta was really low - I had placenta previa with Liam though, and it moved out of the way before it became a problem. We do have some pictures (not the cool 3D kind though), but I'll have to see if Dad can get my scanner to work, otherwise I don't guess you'll get to see.