Boy or Girl?

Finals are over and now I can start attending to all of the baby thoughts, ideas, plans, and curiosities that have plagued my brain (and proved quite distracting) this last semester.  I am four months along now.  That means I've had a good three months of distraction.  That also means that I have a mear five months to get ready for this baby.  As I get more excited about it, and the shock is wearing down, people are eager to get the 4-1-1 on how I'm feeling and ask lots of questions.  The big questions?  "What are you having?"  "When do you find out?"  "Do you want a boy or girl?!"  The answer has become quite simple...
It's not been a question of dolls or tonka trucks, for us.  We know that we don't have control over what the baby is and there is nothing we can do to change it after we find our.  Both Austin and I have decided that we are going to be okay with whatever we may have.  But still... :) 

Austin clearly wants a boy.  It's no surprise really, most guys I know tend to want boys.  His reasoning?  When a little girl comes along, she has a big brother to help protect her.  While I appreciate the sweet sentiment, I didn't have a big brother, just older sisters and a younger brother.  Let me tell you, being younger didn't stop my brother from being protective.  He beat up a little boy for calling me fat when I was about 8...  That's love.  However, Austin's brothers and dad all want a little boy too.  Why?  They want to take him fishing of course.

Originally, I wanted a little girl.  Maybe even now, I secretly have the desire to have a little girl.  Why? Because if this child were the only child I were to ever have, she would be the same clan, and so would her children, and so would theirs.  I also tend to find little girl clothes to be much more stylish than little boys... :)

What do we think we're having?
Well, I first had a dream of a little girl.  Then, I had a dream about having a little boy.  Both gorgeous.  I also had a dream about having an egg...  So I'm not sure if dreams mean anything :)
I've tried to factor in any patterns in my family, my older sisters (of their nine collective babies) had all boys and one girl...  My other sister had girl, boy, girl, boy...  It's not helpful!
I considered Austin's siblings as well and he has three sisters... I'm really getting nowhere with this.
Ladies tell me that I'm probably going to have a girl, but I always tend to believe that those are bias opinions.
FitPregnancy Magazine lists clues that could predict the sex of your baby before you're able to have an ultrasound.  Of the few clues listed, I only had one: Severe Morning Sickness.  It typically means you're having a girl.  Still, that's not enough to tell.

Later this week, we have our second ultrasound that could potentially give us this answer...so long as this baby cooperates (and considering that this baby is a product of Austin and I...it may be difficult haha)  I feel a lot of pressure.  It is more proof that there is a baby in there, and that this baby is going to come fairly soon.  So we wonder what he or she will look like, and try to decide what we are going to name him or her.

Photos of Austin and I in our younger days:

Austin and his Auntie Liana

My mom and I, awesome jumper right?

Put us together, we are bound to make pretty good looking baby :)

Names?
I have been partial to "George Michael" and "Tobias", but I think that has a lot to do with the Arrested Development marathon I celebrated with over the weekend :)  Other than that, Austin and I haven't yet settled on any name.  We've come up with quite a few names for both a boy and a girl, and that list will narrow once we know for sure what we are having.  What I'm eager to know, is who will be this baby's namesake?  What will his or her Lingít name be?!  It's exciting :)  (Maybe because it's not up to us for a change :)

So a big day is near, we will keep you posted.
Cheers!