It’s A Girl!

Thursday evening, Andrea and I had an ultrasound appointment and we were able to see that we’re going to be having a little girl. Luckily we had names picked out for either gender, so we’ve already started to call her Harper. The middle name is still up for grabs, but there are a few front-runners that are going neck-and-neck.

Yes, Harper is a bit of an unusual name. While we don’t remember the exact conversation where the name was brought up as a possibility, I seem to recall we were trying to think of something that wasn’t typically girly (not that there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just not our style). I think I jokingly said, “What about ‘Scout’?”, alluding to the young tomboy who is the main character in “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Scout was a bit too masculine (and I knew that when I made the joke), however, referring to the book made our train of thought jump to the female author, Harper Lee, and, well, the rest is history.

Now that we’ve explained the origin of our daughter’s unusual name, let’s just skip right to the moment you’ve all been waiting for anyway: the ultrasound pictures.

Here’s a profile of Harper. I think it’s rather self-explanatory…

This is another profile shot showing the trademark Schumacher cheeks. You should see pictures of Andrea and her brother when they’re little, they have the exact same face as little Harper.

This one’s really strange - the white arrow is pointing at one of our little girls’ eyes. See it now? Freaky, huh? From there you can kind of figure out the rest of the face (her nose is just to the right of her eye and you can almost, sorta make out her other eye).

Here’s one of her little feet. (Women love the pictures of the little feet…)

So there she is - our first glimpse at Harper. Hope everyone enjoyed this little tour through Andrea’s belly (which is slowly swelling to fit her maternity jeans) and check back again in the future for more information as it comes in!