The Mustard Seed has gone pink!!! Exactly half of you were wrong (or right if you're the half full type) in our little poll. That of course is not counting Dan's vote who was kind enough to vote after hearing the official news... What is it with Dans and punctuality?
To the left is the latest sonogram of our little girl. The ultrasound went well on Monday (thanks to Shelly for straightening me out on the whole sonogram vs. ultrasound bit - for those of you out there that may also be in the dark, a sonogram is an image created through the use of an ultrasound). The Dr. that did the ultrasound said that he's given us as clean a bill of health as is possible. There was a moment during the procedure where he took interminably long looking at the heart without saying anything. As an expectant parent what probably took 30 seconds seemed like forever. 'Why's he taking so long looking at the heart?' 'Why has he stopped talking?' He narrates in a very low monotone through out the process (it's all I can do to not yell - for God's sake speak up man as I hang on every word leaning precariously closer from the edge of my seat! But Dana's got me on my best behavior with all of our doctors - so I wait it out and ask her what all he had to say after we've left). He eventually moved on to the next thing and eventually leaned back, turned off the ultrasound equipment and asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby, then if we were sure we wanted to know and finally he delivered the news. Perhaps the results would have been the same either way but I think given the reaction that Dana's claim to not have cared either way might have been one of those little white lies. There were tears aplenty. She then proceeded to drag me to the mall for the first in a life time of clothing purchases for our little girl. I'm thinking maybe I'll need another job on the side. I thought Dana enjoyed shopping before but this could definitely get out of hand.
...and so the lobbying has begun. We have a short list of names that I'll post for voting purposes but we are absolutely open to suggestions. Dad is issuing a scorched earth policy on one of our top candidates, having already compared the name to something that sounds like a brand of margarine, he's now enlisted the help of his Sunday morning breakfast crew which are a formidable group indeed. I shudder to think what they're capable of when properly motivated. A concession on this one may be in order and may ultimately be in the best interests of all of us. I'm leaving out which name it is so as not to skew the results of the poll. I also like that the poll will only allow for a vote in favor of a name and not 'agin-it' as Dad surely would take advantage of that option were it available. Let us know what you think and please if you have any suggestions send them our way and I'll add them to the master list.
Talk to you all again soon,
Luke
