We have news for once!

Don't be offended if you feel like you're the last to know. I've been relying on the power of gossip to get the word around, so it's not that I don't like you, it's that you don't talk about other people's lives enough. Consider it a lesson learned.

But yes, I'm pregnant! I'm 18 weeks along, which gives me a due date around the last week of January. So far, everything seems to be progressing in a fairly standard fashion. I threw up for a couple of weeks, I was sleepy for a couple of weeks, and now I want to eat a cheeseburger every day. But I'm resisting. Although I'm sure my mother thinks they're indecent, here are a couple of belly pics to see how the fattiness is going.

15ish weeks

16ish weeks

17ish weeks

The last week has been the biggest jump by far. I can feel the baby kicking and moving around now, and my appetite has really picked up.

Anyway, enough about the outside of me, how about what's inside of me? This morning was the big event-- the ultrasound! I was very eager to see the baby, which I thought would make everything seem more real. The idea of Clark and me being responsible adults was fanciful enough even before we threw the whole baby thing in there. Well, here is the incontrovertible proof that we are, in fact, going to be parents:

Upside-down baby

Profile baby

Kicking baby

The baby was incredibly active during the 45 minutes of the ultrasound. The technician commented multiple times on the baby's rolling, punching, kicking and general liveliness. Maybe this is a sign that a Burris and a Ridge can actually produce a child with coordination skills!

Anyway, I think that's all the news.... Oh right, the gender! That's the only reason you waded through this ridiculously long post? Well, it's a.......

GIRL!

I know, I said I was convinced we were having a boy. Shows what I know. We got a VERY good shot of the goods, and a girl it is. We're both so happy and I'm glad that we finally know and can get on with my favorite thing, planning!