AND THE WINNER IS...WIGGLES!

Okay, so most you probably already have seen that Wiggles won the baby code name poll. And we have officially decided to go with Wiggles as our code name. Interestingly, after we put the poll up we learned that Wiggles is actually a family name on my (Kristol's) side. My dad told me that was the name he gave his very first puppy! So, Wiggles it is. And boy is she wiggling today!

Lulu was a surprising second as we did not actually consider that a real challenger, but you all seemed to really like it. We are already having a hard time breaking Asa's mom of the habit because she liked it so much. We also had some interesting "other suggestions." One of the most notable from our friends Amber and Kurtis was "Showgirl" or "Nomi" (the name of Elizabeth Berkley's character in Showgirls). But I put the kibosh on that. While I enjoy the Vegas reference, there are two reasons that I am against it: (1) I am already concerned about what our daughter is learning in utero given Asa's love of rap music ("Drop down and get your eagle on, girl"!?!?!) and (2) I am not among those who believe Showgirls is so bad it's good. No it's so bad, it's really, really bad. So, Wiggles it will be.

VERY CUTE THINGS...

So far, one of the best things about Wiggles being a little girl is the clothing. Asa's mom recently gave us a number of cute girl things, including the most precious sandles, a very soft and cuddly blanket, and Wiggle's first purse complete with a frog to kiss.

We also received a very cute purple and green dress and a ton of the most impossibly small diapers from Kurtis and Amber:

We lovee the dress. It is 12 month size so hopefully Wiggles will be able to wear it to her first birthday party!

MORE NESTING...

The nesting continues. Yesterday, we had a garage sale and sold a bunch of junk, which has helped with the massive storage issues we have encountered now that we are adding another person to our house. Asa's mom brought her junk over, too, and was very successful as well. I think we sold well over half of what we put out there. Once we were done, we took what was left (a good car-full) to charity and dropped it off. So, all in all, made some good cash and got a nice tax write-off. Pretty good Saturday if you ask me.

IT'S A GIRL!!

Today was a big day in the Ginapp house. We found out the sex of our baby. She's a she. A girl. My daughter. Our daughter. Kristol was right all along. I don't know how she knew, but she knew it was a girl. Kinda scary. How can I question her when she knew our daughter was our daughter when it she still looked like a deep water seahorse.

We have a picture of the goods, but we need to start trying to teach her modesty now. So, we won't be posting that picture. However, here are a couple of the new ultrasound pictures.

During the exam she moved around a lot. She refused to take her face out of Kristols back. The techs were not able to take all the measurements they needed, so we have to go back in 5 weeks. However, the baby did give us the thumbs up at one point and kicked like an Olympic swimmer a few times. She was quite lively, but seriously uncooperative. I guess Kristol's mom was right, our daughter is going to be just like Kristol...

Now we can really start coming up with a name. A proper name. A name befitting a strong Ginapp/Bradley woman. We haven't decided whether or not we are going to tell the general public yet. So we decided that we are going to use a code name for our daughter that we will use publicly (and privately) until we either decide to drop the name to the public or she is born. Therefore, we are going to create a poll and let the public -- you are faithful and loving friends, followers, and reader -- decide what we will be calling our little girl in the "meantime." Additionally, we will take suggestions for the code name and, should a new contender appear, we will have a playoff poll. However, (here is the lawyer fine print) we the parents retain the right to override the poll and choose the code name. Email the proposed code names or leave them in the comment section.

We are really both extremely excited. We have started to talk about just how we are going to decorate the nursery and looking really forward to more bright pink than a circus on acid. We hope to update more often and probably will as so much is going to be happening in the next five months.