Here She Comes...Miss Alyssa Rose

We had our ultrasound on Tuesday, and if you couldn't figure it out from the post title, it's a girl!!  'Cause, man, how twisted would that be to name a boy "Alyssa Rose"?  That would take all sorts of psychotic.  And thankfully, I'm not quite there yet. 

Actually, to get off on a massive tangent, the last time I was at the temple I was talking to a lady while we were waiting for the session to start, and we were talking about the names that we had, and that led to a discussion of names in general, and she told me that her mom's parents wanted a boy, and even though she was born a girl they still named her "John".  Seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't put enough exclamation points on how wrong that is!!  Not to mention completely selfish.  The lady told me that her mom had a good sense of humor about it by the time she was older, but I bet she wasn't so laid back about it when she was in school.  Please, that almost makes "Apple", or "Magnus" seem normal by comparison.

So, ANYWAYYYYYYY... The ultrasound went really well, and both the tech and the doctor agreed that it was a girl.  I had thought that it was a girl even before the tech told us, because, you know, hey, it's not my first time. :o)   (TV show reference, anyone?)

It was extra good to hear that everything looked really good, and was functioning the right way, etc., because right, right after I found out I was pregnant we went on vacation, and I got into the hotel hot tub, without even thinking about it.  At least until I got out, and remembered that I was pregnant, and hot tubs were on the "no-no's"list.  So then I was freaking out, and sobbing in my bed at 3:00 in the morning, sure that I had doomed our child to spina bifida, or other birth defects.  Isn't it funny how things are the worst at 3 in the morning?

But, at least at this point, things seem to be going very well.  As a matter of fact, the doctor said, a couple of times, that our baby was as healthy as you could hope for.  Fantastic!!

I was kind of hoping for a girl (even though a boy would have been great too), so I'm thrilled that she's really going to be part of our family.  Now I just need to pray that she isn't high-maintenance, or a drama queen.  I've already got a few of those.  :o)