Cheeseburger (or is it a hot dog?) in Paradise
October 20th, 2008
So, we know. For like 99% certainty and stuff, seen from multiple angles — my doctor said she wouldn’t even have TOLD us, if she wasn’t sure beyond almost all reasonable doubt, and after seeing for myself, I tend to agree. First and foremost, however, the baby is developing totally fine, and has all of its fingers, toes, heart chambers and brain-y type stuff, and it turns out when I feel kicks, I’m sometimes feeling PUNCHES. Who knew?
I just had to get that important stuff out of the way before I started squeeing madly, because I am suddenly so freaking excited about this baby I CAN HARDLY SEE STRAIGHT OMFG AM SO EXCITED.
It’s a girl. I’m having a daughter. A DAUGHTER. That’s my DAUGHTER punching me in the bladder!
My daughter. Oh my God.
OH. MY. GOD. I’m having a daughter. I’m someone’s MOTHER. AND THAT SOMEONE IS A GIRL.
(Hi! I’m crying again! I started the second she told me and I HAVE NOT STOPPED. She’s healthy and perfect and a GIRL. Although it’s been so hard and annoying and stressy and painful, I’m not sure I’ve ever felt so completely lucky. And also, Adam is way outnumbered now, three to one, dog included.)
I am, also, completely touched and also crying at your kindness and curiosity. Seriously. CRYING. HOLD ME. And thank you.
Happy, happy Monday/Tuesday.
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1. Megan | October 20th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
I’ve been stalking you all day.
OMFG YAYYYYY!!!! Congrats SO much! Can you move to Boston now, so we can have playdates with our girls, who could quite possibly have the same birth day???
2. Heather B. | October 20th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
A sweet baby girl!!! AHHHH. I’d been thinking it all along but SQUEE is an understatement.
Dresses! With pockets!!
Congratulations!
3. Kerri Anne | October 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
A GIRL. Congratulations!
4. Katie | October 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Congratulations! Baby girls are the best! Of course, that’s the only kind weive got around here, so I can’t speak to any other variety.
Yay!!
5. Mrs. CPA | October 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Congratulations!
You’ll probably need some of these:
http://flickr.com/photos/secretagentmama/2956145823/
Pretty soon she’ll be here and you won’t know what it was like without another girl in the house.
6. shamelessly sassy | October 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Congratulations!
7. Terri | October 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
How unbelievabley wonderful! A daughter…Mommy. Some therapy shopping is definitely in order. PINK, and some funky knee high socks
What a happy day!
8. Alexa | October 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
9. samantha jo campen | October 20th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
OMG! Now I’m crying too! Congratulations! And let the pink begin:-)
10. Emily | October 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Yay! Congratulations! Wonderful wonderful news!!! Also? I’ve known I’m having a girl for like ten weeks or something, and although it’s wonderful, it’s still SCARY. Girls! We’re so COMPLICATED.
Congrats again!!!
11. Elizabeth | October 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Congratulations! I am so so very excited for you. A daughter! Lucky you.
12. the new girl | October 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Hey! I remember that busting out crying and then not stopping. It’s like you KNOW her now, right? It’s like she’s a REAL PERSON. With a GENDER.
Whooooopeeee!!
13. kirida | October 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
You will be such a wonderful and positive female role model for your little girl. She is so lucky to be loved by you. Congratulations again, mama.
14. anne | October 20th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Oh yeah!! Congrats on the healthy baby girl.
15. Toni | October 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Congratulations!! I’ve really enjoyed following you along through this pregnancy, where you’ve made all the stressful situations both hilarious and poignant, depending on how stressful.
Nice to see a wonderful bit of news fall into (what’s left of) your lap. (Don’t hit me!)
16. Gnightgirl | October 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Congrats! You can start painting that nursery now…whoo hoo!
17. Jennifer | October 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Congratulations! My first is a girl and it is wonderful. Yay!
18. alice | October 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
omg jonna, I am SO EXCITED for you guys! you have a DAUGHTER!! SQUEEEEEE
19. Lippy | October 20th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
yay!! I am so excited for you! Girl clothes are so much cuter. Yippeee for you guys. My SIL is due around the same time and won’t find out gender, so I needed the excitement.. Thanks
20. slynnro | October 20th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Congrats!
And now you can totally buy a pair of those bitchin’ Mary Jane socks.
21. whoorl | October 20th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
A GIRL! YAYYYYY!! So happy for you!
22. Jennifer | October 20th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Little dresses and socks and SOON ENOUGH there will be bitchin’ girl bike racing jerseys too! yeeHaw, congrats. Let me know when you want opinions on her first bicycle!
23. Hollylynne | October 20th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Congrats!!! I’m so excited for you!!! You’ll get to buy all those fantastic girl things like the tights with the ruffles on the butt and TUTUS and TIARAS!!! It must feel good to know the appropriate pronoun too . . . she
24. Mandee | October 20th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Oh, man. That is just all kinds of awesome. Congratulations!
25. diane | October 20th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
aww, congratulations. Now I can stop stalking you to find out the answer. All those adorable girl clothes are yours now!
26. Beth | October 20th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Tears! Tears of joy for baby girls! Because we love them!
(Note: We also love baby boys, but GIRLS! We love them!)
27. Blythe | October 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Doesn’t knowing just make everything so much more real? Like it’s not some genderless alien in there, it’s an alien with a vagina?
Seriously, it is just so thrilling. For all of us. Thanks for sharing the whole experience.
28. KT | October 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Congrats! Now you can put her in little dresses!!
29. Stacy | October 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Yay! For me it”s so hard to actually BELIEVE it’s a girl, even when they say they’re sooo sure. Because you’re just looking for “something” to be missing, to know if it’s a girl! With my first, I didn’t wash clothes, etc, until after she was born because I was terrified she would randomly pop out as a boy! But isn’t it wonderful to finally know? Congrats!
30. jonniker | October 20th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
OMG thank you everyone. This is not helping to stop the crying (HAVE. NOT. STOPPED.)
The New Girl NAILED it: she’s a person now! A real, live person! A PERSON! With a sex! And all her parts!
Stacy: We saw a little more than just the absence of a thingydoodle — there were those three lines! And a very distinctive vaginal-looking thing! Which is when oh my God, we knew for sure. It’s a she.
Holy shit.
31. -R- | October 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Congratulations!
32. willikat | October 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
hoooray!!!!! i am so happy and excited for you! squeeeee!
33. Sarah | October 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
YAY!!!! Congratulations!!!!
34. Erin | October 20th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Congratulations! That is totally awesomely wonderful that you’re having a healthy baby! And a girl!
35. Leah | October 20th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Happy OMG-You’re-Having-A-Daughter Day! I am so completely and utterly beside myself with excitement for you guys. She’s going to be such an amazing little person! I can’t wait now to SEE her! (It’s always something…)
36. Kristabella | October 20th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
YAY! That is so great! Yay for girls! And also, I would just like to say I called girl.
37. Jennifer | October 20th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
YAY TEAM PINK!
Congratulations!
38. H | October 20th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Hooray for health and girly bits! You’ll be a great mom to a girl, don’t you worry!
39. Anne L. | October 20th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Oh, AWESOME! Congrats Jonna and Adam!
40. Suebob | October 20th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I am knitting pink booties right now. No, wait, that is another Auntie. I am just smiling big.
41. Danell | October 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Yay for girls with all their parts! (That’s what I got today, too!)
And wow…the whole IT’S FOR REAL feeling…it’s amazing.
42. Jenna | October 20th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Oh congrats! Been following your pregnancy travails and I’m happy for your good news!
I remember that 20 week ultrasound with my daughter, how it suddenly seeming so real. A pronoun! A vagina! And now that blob that was inside me is beside me watching tap dance recitals on youtube and jabbing her small, little elbows into my small little pregnant belly and it all just blows my mind.
43. aly | October 20th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
EIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! CONGRATS! i’m so happy for your baby’s 10 toes and fingers, et. al. that i dont know what to say about the girl thing. i KNOW you’re going to be fantastic,.
i’m so excited to follow along in this chapter… congrats!
love to you and yours!
44. mar | October 20th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
i don’t do caps, but
SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
congrats! so glad she’s all there & punchy, too!
45. Amy K | October 20th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Congrats! I totally guessed wrong on the gender, but that’s okay because you’re having an AWESOME BABY GIRL TOO AND OH MY GOD ISN’T IT EXCITING?! Now you get to start squeeing and crying over all the adorable shoes and dresses and coats and fluffy hats with animal ears. My husband has made only one decree concerning baby girl clothes – “Ours can’t wear any of those stupid elastic headbands with bows on them!”
46. Allison | October 20th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! So excited!!!! START SHOPPING NOW. Seriously. I can point you to some websites if you’re unsure.
47. Kate @ Life As I Life It | October 20th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Being a mom of both, I can tell you there’s a special sweetness about little girls. The innocence, the charm, the smiles, the flirty shyness….ahhh, absolutely breath-taking and you’ll both be wrapped mercilessly around her tiny little pink finger the minute you lay eyes on her.
A huge congratulations to you both! I’m so happy for your happiness.
48. Gaby | October 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Congratulations on your little, perfect girl! You are going to be an incredible mom to that daughter of yours. I’m very happy for you and Adam!
49. Jess | October 20th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I just twittered this, but OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. I KNEW it was a girl. Just because I KNEW you would be the best mom to a girl ever. OMG OMG OMG. I am so happy for you I am almost crying myself. OMG IT’S A GIRL. Just imagine… you can put her and Sunny in cute matching outfits! OMG CONGRATULATIONS YOU’RE HAVING A GIRL.
50. Zandor | October 20th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
That is so awesome! Congratulations. Yay! I’m excited for you. Yay!
51. Amanda | October 20th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Do you want to know what’s awesome? Having a DAUGHTER, that’s what!
52. Caitlin | October 20th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Oh my god, you have a VAGINA in your VAGINA!
I really and truly believe you are going to be a wonderful Mom to a girl. You just are. I am so, so happy for you.
53. Rebecca (Bearca) | October 20th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
YAAAAAYYYY! After having a boy first, I was completely terrified to have a girl. But now that I do, OMG, I could NOT be happier about it. Baby girls are so, so wonderful.
I am thrilled and excited for you.
54. Cassie | October 20th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
OMG CONGRATULATIONS!!! That’s so awesome. I’m so completely excited for you.
55. ali | October 20th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
viva la pink! baby girls are awesome! i’m so excited for you!
56. Artemisia | October 20th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!
57. Emily | October 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Squeeee!!!!! So excited for you!
58. She Likes Purple | October 20th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Lord, woman, it never stops being SO EFFING COOL. And my track record is pretty ridiculously spot-on, I want it noted. I think I should try turning this into a career of sorts.
Dude, your daughter is so lucky, it’s unreal.
59. jonniker | October 20th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Jennie: Dude, your track record IS amazing. The dreams! The ASTOUNDING ACCURACY.
60. Angella | October 20th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I could not WAIT to get on here tonight so I could find out. SQUUUUEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Girls are THE BEST. Pink and purple and all things pastel. WOOHOO!
So very, very happy for you!
61. abbersnail | October 20th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
WOW! Congratulations!
62. Carol | October 20th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
I am so happy for you both. I may be the only one who assumed it was a boy. Girls are good. Really good.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
63. ZestyJenny | October 20th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Yay!
All this excitement is making me jealous of you finder outers, even though I was SO SURE I didn’t want to know.
64. velocibadgergirl | October 20th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Squeeee!!!
65. Kate | October 20th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I’m going to de-lurk to say Congratulations!! I can’t wait to have one of my own!!!!
66. mischa's one | October 20th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Yay! So excited for you. Personally I’ve got all the nephews one could need so really hoping the one on the way is a niece because all those cute clothes and girly games – ah.
67. Jamie | October 20th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
what is there to say, other than congratulations? where do i send the pink bubble gum cigars? seriously, i’m so happy that you are so happy. you will be an amazing mama.
68. Rhea | October 20th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Yayyyy! Us girls are awesome.
69. Style Bard | October 20th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Awwwwww that’s so awesome! You have a daughter!
You have to let me know when she’s old enough, I totally want to send her these: http://www.heelarious.com/index.php (soooo ridiculous I just have to gift them).
Since I’ve heard of them I haven’t known anyone to have a baby girl!
(But you are. ohmigod!)
70. Kristi | October 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Wow! So much congratulations to you and your husband! My daughter is the complete joy of my family – and it will seriously scare you how much it’s like looking into a mirror of the past, but not. It’s a huge trip!!!! So excited for you!
71. Tara | October 20th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Congratulations! That’s awesome. Pink and purple and princess stuff galore!
72. Jeanne | October 21st, 2008 at 2:57 am
Hooray! I cried and cried when I found out the gender of my daughter too! There’s just something about finally knowing that makes it seem so much more real. Congrats on seeing all the healthy parts!
73. Kristin | October 21st, 2008 at 3:38 am
Ooh! Congratulations! I am so, so happy for you! Having a baby made me a much more spiritual person than I had ever been, just because I felt so lucky and blessed. Congratulations again!
74. Ann | October 21st, 2008 at 3:48 am
I’ve been reading for quite some time now but am never one to comment. That said, I had to come out of hiding to say congratulations! I’m pregnant right now (hello, due date of 10/20! goodbye, due date of 10/20!) and I know I’ll be reading as you continue with your pregnancy and ultimately bring your little girl into the world. Congratulations!
75. justAcliche | October 21st, 2008 at 4:01 am
Congrats! Tell your husband I can sympathize. I have 4 boys, male dog & husband. But Squeeee – girl clothes.
76. Jessie | October 21st, 2008 at 4:05 am
I clicked over thinking maybe you had the same strong cheeseburger craving I had when I was pregnant, but this is so much better! Congratulations! Baby girls are just the best (although I might be a bit biased), but beware the inability to stop buying adorable girly clothing.
77. Jen | October 21st, 2008 at 4:37 am
Congratulations!! What a lucky girl she’s going to be! If you dress your dog so adorably, I can only imagine how sassy your daughter will be
And I’m with ZestyJenny – feeling slightly jealous of the finder outers! I’ve got to hold strong for 19 weeks still, with no idea whether I’m carrying a penis or vagina in there!
78. A. | October 21st, 2008 at 4:52 am
Congrats Jonna -so happy for you!
79. Carrie | October 21st, 2008 at 4:56 am
It’s just so freakin’ exciting!
80. Carrie (in MN) | October 21st, 2008 at 5:00 am
So happy for you! Girls are complex little creatures, but well worth it!
81. Katie | October 21st, 2008 at 5:03 am
Oh my gosh, wow!!! A daughter!! Congrats!! That is so exciting
82. Shelly | October 21st, 2008 at 5:12 am
Oh CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I am SO HAPPY for you! Girls are wonderful. And just think of the shopping, and teaching her about hair and makeup and all the fun girly stuff.
83. claire | October 21st, 2008 at 5:40 am
Oh YAY!! Congratulations!! It’s all so real now! YAAAYY!
84. Bethany | October 21st, 2008 at 5:48 am
YAY!! Congratulations! That’s so exciting!!
85. page | October 21st, 2008 at 6:43 am
SQUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
*bounces around room*
I am so excited for you! CONGRATULATIONS, MOM!!!!!!
86. Sadie | October 21st, 2008 at 6:44 am
Late to the SQUEE party but CONGRATULATIONS, I had no internet access last night and it was killing me, and then this morning OMFG MEETINGS, I NEED TO CHECK JONNA’S SITE.
How amazing and crazy and YAY, you will be a rad mom to a daughter. Can’t wait to ‘meet’ her. HER! A Person! A She!
87. moo | October 21st, 2008 at 7:03 am
congrats!!
(and I’m so jealous that you know … our baby was determined to not let us see, so we’re having a delivery surprise!)
88. annabanana | October 21st, 2008 at 7:17 am
Can’t stop crying either. Had to wipe the eyes to make my blithering way thru the post. I KNEW! I could not be happier for you. And now my next prediction is that your darling daughter will come out looking just like her hunky dad. In a girly pretty way. Adam in a dress. A baby girl with a ball cap. That’s what I got. They got some serious genes those men and I’ve oft observed that first borns seem to most resemble their parent of the opposite sex. Oh such joy awaits you Jonna. Such unadulterated, inexplicable joy. You will see. You won’t be able to take your eyes off her. Oh And you will sleep. Shushypie you negatron naysayers. Some moms get sleep. I got tons. I slept when my babes slept and I know I was very lucky that their fav hobby was sleeping. Jonna your luck will continue and she will be sweet, beautiful sleepy girl. Huge hugs to you and your belly! When are you coming to Boston next???
Congratulations again.
89. Jess | October 21st, 2008 at 7:37 am
delurking to say congrats!! i’m sitting at my desk wiping away tears. thanks for that. but really, i have two young daughters (didn’t want girls before having kids. only wanted boys. god laughed.) and they are the light that fills the universe. truly. you are so lucky.
90. Lawyerish | October 21st, 2008 at 8:08 am
{happy sigh} A girl. We are going to have girls. Daughters! It’s going to be so, so fun. SO fun.
91. Kristen | October 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
Oh congratulations! I just KNEW you were having a girl! I’m so excited for you guys!
92. K McQ | October 21st, 2008 at 8:51 am
Wonderful news! Nothing like a baby girl. Adam will be mush in her tiny little pudgy hands; Paul just melts for Caroline. xo, congrats sweetie! K
93. Pam | October 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am
A girl. It’s just so sweet. Congratulations! I have two daughters and I have loved every single day with them. You’re a family of three with a cute little dog. By what kind of miracle does this happen? Best, best wishes!
94. Carolyn | October 21st, 2008 at 9:24 am
AHHH! CONGRATULATIONS! We voted on boy or girl, and it was 7 to 3. Looks like we were right.
I’m so happy for you! Revel in all of your emotions and good news.
95. Trina | October 21st, 2008 at 9:40 am
You’ve got me crying too! YAY!!!
96. Sara | October 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am
Congratulations! Baby girls are the BEST! I’ve got one of each, so I can speak from experience. Oh, the clothes, So. Effin. Cute.
97. nonsoccermom | October 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am
Oh! So exciting!! Congratulations! You are going to have so much fun shopping!
98. Shutter Bitch | October 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Yay for girls!
You wanna know the best part of having a girl? Seeing how tender her father will be to her. It’s indeed tear-inducing.
99. Sarah | October 21st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
WOW!!! Isn’t it amazing?!?!? Those words “it’s a girl” could cause so much emotion and so much joy!!!!! Congrats!!!! I am so happy for you!!! Look out world!!!
100. Tessie | October 21st, 2008 at 1:34 pm
A GIRL! Oh, YAY YAY YAY!
You are going to LOVE IT! Girls are GREAT!
101. Moose | October 21st, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Congratulations! Oh, that’s so exciting.
102. Jessica | October 21st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Congratulations! That is so exciting
103. Christine | October 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Congratulations! I feel (from a complete outsider’s perspective) that knowing you’re having a girl makes the whole situation all the more real. Oh I’m so happy for you guys.
104. Marie Green | October 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Oh, I have three daughters, so I welcome you to the society of Those Who Mother She-Babies. Congrats- I am so happy for you!
105. Orange Peacock | October 21st, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Eee! Congratulations!
106. Nikki | October 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Girls. Are. Awesome. The end. Congratulations!!!!!
107. Amy | October 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm
1. CONGRATULATIONS. Best. News. Ever.
2. I oddly suspected you were having a girl based on your tales of woe and pukeulation and now you KNOW and OMG ruffles.
3. Have you listened to Daughter by Loudain Wainwright (III) yet because if you haven’t you have to THIS INSTANT but oh my god grab your kleenex NOW because you will sob. I’m sobbing right now. For you.
4. A DAUGHTER!
108. JaKKi | October 22nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Ohhhhhhh a girl!!!! I am so starting to get flutters in my uterus now…I think I need to have a little girl….I had always wanted boys and for once (or twice) in my life….I GET BOYS and NOW I up and decide its time for a girl…ayyyyyayaya! Congratulations!!!
109. Beth Fish | October 22nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Oh goodie, girls are the best. Of course, boys are the best too. Actually, arms and legs and brains and nice little four chamber hearts are the best. Congratulations!
110. Swistle | October 23rd, 2008 at 2:39 am
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! Have been practically drowning in mother-in-law visit (439 posts in Google Reader), and thank goodness read your post first! AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
111. Heath | October 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
CONGRATULATIONS! I haven’t been here in a while (darn doctoral exams taking up all my time) but I’m so glad to find out that you all are having a baby! Mine’s two and it’s the BEST THING EVER IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD, and you’re going to love it.
112. Carolyn J. | October 23rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
It’s about time someone around here had a girl!
113. ColorCodedC | October 24th, 2008 at 9:27 am
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we were little, my sister and I joined forces with my Mom to dominate the household. “3 to 1, Dad, sorry but we’re going to have to play Barbies all day.” Happy pinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!
114. TB | November 19th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Oh my! See what happens when I stay away from the internet for awhile? Wow, congratulations!
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