Drumroll, please!

Over 50 people voted on the blog and 18 people on my Facebook status..........and here is the truth...Well, this is the truth as of today. (I really maybe shouldn't have hyped it up so much today because it is early, and we can't be 100% sure yet, but.......)
...GIRL...
...GIRL...
...GIRL...
: )
Insert obligatory "potty-bowl" view picture (thanks, Kyle, for allowing me to borrow the terminology) here:Like the "?" that Kelly, the ultrasound lady, typed in. That made me laugh! I am 16 weeks today, so it is a little early to be able to tell. She said 3 white lines generally mean "girl parts." We are going with girls. Wesley expressed concern that this will really be a boy and then he will have gender role issues because I called him Hannah Kate in the womb. It's not like I'm dressing a boy in pink clothes! I don't plan on buying anything pink yet just in case, although I am very anxious to start knitting a Christmas stocking! I guess I can wait a couple of more weeks for that.
The rest of the appointment went well. Baby heart rates were good, my chest x-ray was clear, the EKG was normal (we think-that is what the lady told me yesterday when she did it, but Dr. H hadn't received the results yet), my heart rate was normal (thanks to the medicine), and I got my flu shot! I go back on Tuesday, November 23rd, to the doctor here and the next day is our next Vanderbilt appointment. Dr. H pointed out that today was my first appointment in awhile where we didn't have a new problem. Hopefully, this is starting a trend! Oh, and I lost my pound that I had gained, but she thinks I will do better about gaining now that my heart rate will be normal.

Random thoughts:
*Our poor child is having her "girl parts" posted on the world wide web.....but it's normal to do this. That's a little odd! I hope she doesn't mind!
*Names: Hannah Kate, Rachel and Leah. We don't have middle names chosen for Rachel and Leah yet. We really wanted Bible names and Rachel and Leah suddenly popped in my head Sunday night because not only are they Bible names, but they were SISTERS! (The boy choices were Joseph and Benjamin...BROTHERS!) Hannah Kate will be Hannah Katherine (maybe) but we will call her "Hannah Kate."
*What a sigh of relief that we will not have a Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego (sorry, Wesley, they really are fantastic names!).
*I never felt like I KNEW what they were....I was thinking maybe 1 boy and 2 girls.
*I wanted to go to Babies R Us today to look at stuff, but Wesley voted no. I'm hoping for this weekend.
*Moms, what baby necessities are necessities???

And a sweet/funny story: Yesterday, one of my sweet girls (her mom is expecting also), gave me a big hug, patted my belly, looked at me and smiled a huge smile, then walked away. It was great! She didn't say a word. Some of my kids have figured out that there is something in my belly, but their sweet parents have told them not to say a thing. I am wondering how long until someone says something. I am betting this week or next week!