It's a girl!

We feel so blessed to be expecting our fourth DAUGHTER this December.

While there were a few tears and broken hearts that Santa won't be bringing a brother - we all now agree that having 4 sisters in a row will be really fun ... college roommates, high-school friends, YW camps together, dance classes, musicals, and more people to share American Girl dolls with!

Plus, as our Genentech statistician friend, Steve Francom PhD, informed us - only 1 in 32 families with four children is lucky enough to have four-of-a-kind.

Here are the "growing belly" (it's not a bump with #4, I'm afraid:)) pictures at 16, 18, and 20 weeks:

CRAVINGS:
Maybe it was our 48 hour layover in Tokyo on our way home from Hong Kong during our first pregnancy, but for whatever reason with all four girls (pregnancies) I crave (vegetarian) sushi. With Ella, Anne and Mary, Benj and I would meet at least once a week at the San Mateo Hillsdale Mall food court, and I would get a California roll - over the years I became pretty good friends with the Hanna Grill workers (who all spoke Cantonese, coincidentally) and were convinced that I spent my life pregnant (since that was the only time they'd see me).
When we were in Kiev last month there was a clean-looking legit sushi bar, and for the first time this pregnancy I was able to get my roll - love the rice, pickled ginger, and soy combo of flavors. I recently purchased all the necessary ingredients at Metro to make my own ... so craving fulfilled (finally)!
And in case you were wondering, when I make the vegetable rolls for lunch, I am the only one that eats them ... Ella, Anne and Mary ask for peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches on those days, so the craving didn't transfer while the little ones were in-utero.