It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!

So, Aaron was right... our cute little shrimp is a girl! And we have the pictures to prove it! The ultrasound technician called it a "text book" shot - there's no way it's not a girl! (For those of you familiar with ultrasound shots, she has the 3 characteristic lines that denote female anatomy.)

When the ultrasound first started she was all curled up in a ball, wiggly as can be... wiggling so much in fact that it took a while to spread her out and get her to hold still long enough to get a good shot of certain things. She's perfect (as far as the normal checks for birth defects go) and we just think she's perfect otherwise as well!

She seems to be quite the acrobat - she wakes up every night at about 8:30 and does such big somersaults that Aaron can feel them. The ultrasound pictures show it too. All of her profile shots include her leg and foot - which were conveniently placed right above her head the entire time!

For those of you who can appreciate the implications of what it means to have "Wimmer Ears" I think this picture below may be our first proof of her mother's highly dominant ear genes. :)

Other than all of the dorky stuff I thought was cool like seeing all 4 chambers of her heart beating, the different parts of her brain and her spine in sections (because she was still curled up in a ball), it was also really cool to see her little fingers and toes move and her mouth open and shut. So cool! We just can't believe she's really there and that we'll get to hold her and love her so soon. We can't wait!

Climbing and Pickle Juice

We went to our favorite climbing area yesterday - Maple Canyon, which we fondly refer to as "the place we fell in love" - and Aaron was pleasantly surprised to find his wife more daring than he thought she'd be already half way through her pregnancy. It was just a fun, easy climbing day, but we enjoyed just being outside together and having a Saturday with no other comittments but playing with each other - a rarity as of late.

I add this picture for two reasons - 1 - you can see my little belly getting bigger and 2 - Aaron wanted to make sure the whole world knew I was drinking pickle juice at the cragg - something he figured every pregnant woman should do but was cracking up when I actually wanted to. We brought some pickles with us (which have been tasting surprisingly delicious lately) and I drank the juice when they were all gone! I think Aaron took 5 pictures of me and the pickle juice. He thought it was totally hilarious for some reason! :)

Growing...

In our first ultra sound our little baby looked like nothing more than a jelly bean - so it is so fun to see an actual baby in my belly now! This is her at about 10 1/2 weeks. Aaron and I cracked up to see her just relaxing, flat on her back, mellow as can be. When I was telling my co-workers about it they joked that if she was that relaxed she must have gotten lots of Aaron's genes and not very many of mine! :( The little head is on the left and on the right you can see her little foot in the air. I'm actually a few days ahead of where they thought I was, so they bumped my due date up to December 27th - just 2 days after Christmas and only 1 day after my birthday. It will be a crazy week for us, but I feel just as bad for our ultra-supportive families whose holidays will be interrupted as well. I'm looking forward to being almost done with the nausea - probably only a few more weeks! Yahoo!

Since this was our first normal doctor's appointment, we had some questions for the doctor. I laughed when I realized they all had to do with rock climbing, backpacking, hiking, etc. I was happy to hear that Aaron, dad and I's August backpacking adventure will not have to be cancelled, just modified so I'm only carrying a day pack (10 lbs or less). That sounded great to me - the heavy pack is the only thing I don't really like about backpacking. I've turned Aaron into a pack mule to practice already - he carries most of our climbing gear up the canyon a few times a week. :) Good thing he loves me!

Announcement!!!

I'm pregnant!! Above is Baby Wilk's first picture at about 6 weeks, but I'm about 9 weeks now. (For those of you experienced moms saying - "Why'd she get an ultra sound at 6 weeks?" - it's a long story... call me sometime and I'll tell you!) I'm due December 30 so my future accountant husband (and me too) is requesting all of your prayers for a 2007 baby because we'll get a bigger tax return! All is well so far with the pregnancy. I've felt really good except for some nausea... which actually almost disappeared last week so we're hoping that is not a fleeting trend.

Despite the myth that "all men want boys first", Aaron is dying for a little girl and says he's positive it is one. He now refers to my belly as "she" and it is contagious because I'm calling it she now as well. Only time will tell, but boy or girl I want the baby to look just like it's daddy... see my favorite baby picture of Aaron below. Sooo cute!