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We had our second ultrasound today and were able to find out whether we're having a boy or girl!  We were both beyond excited to get to our appointment and Deric said that he couldn't concentrate the last hour at work today.  We were so thankful to see our little baby come clearly into focus when the ultrasound started.  It was amazing how much we could see in the ultrasound.  Our little one's heart was going to town and we could even see the chambers.  Amazing!  We saw both feet right away up by the head.  At one point our little one even waved at us:).  So as you can see from the new blog background, we are proud to announce that we're having a healthy little girl!  I couldn't believe it when the tech said we're having a girl.  We were both convinced that we were having a boy for awhile but when the morning sickness kicked in I started to wonder.  Deric and I had lunch right before our appointment today and it was so funny to see how excited he was.  At one point during lunch he asked me if my intuition said that we were going to have a girl after all.  Of course I really didn't know but we both knew we would be thrilled either way.  I already have lots of girl ideas for the nursery and can't wait to get started.  I'm sure I'll post some of my nursery projects soon.  Below some of our first pictures of Baby Girl Swanson!  Enjoy!!

Beautiful profile shot of Baby Girl Swanson

Another profile shot of our baby girl which really shows her prominent nose:)  Her mouth was open too as if she was singing!  Maybe she'll take after her Mama!

This is a shot looking down at her face so it's more skeletal looking.  To the left you can see her nose, two eyes, and below is her chest.

This is one of her famous foot pictures.  Her left foot in fact.  We kept seeing her long legs and feet the whole ultrasound and she had them up near her head!  She must be flexible!

 Here's her right foot.  She looks like she's kicking me pretty good!

Another foot pic.

This is another shot of her precious little face.  It's similar to the earlier one looking down on her instead of from the side.

This picture shows that she's indeed a lil girl :)!

Deric gave this to me when we got home from our appointment day.  He said he's had it for awhile and knew that one day we would find out that we're having a girl and give it to me then because it looked liked the perfect necklace to celebrate having a girl.  I've decided that when our little girl has a girl of her own, this beautiful necklace will be passed down to her and hopefully the tradition will continue.  Until then, I will wear this proudly and will always remember this day.  I do have the best husband ever!!