Hoodie For Friend's New Little One On the Needles

This is the back panel I just finished for my friend's baby due this February. The picture was taken in very yellowish light, so you can't see the color, but it's a pale blue-green. She doesn't know if she's having a boy or girl yet, so I'm trying to go with as gender neutral color choices as possible. Needless to say, that means avoiding pink and purple as much as I can.
This hoodie is made with Loops and Threads Country Loom Baby; I am following a free pattern that I found at my local Michaels, so you can probably find it on the Loops and Threads website. It's called a bear hoodie, and promises to be darling. I was planning on doing it in blue, but then I saw this blue-green and thought it's feminine enough for a girl, but neutral enough for a boy.
I know the back panel looks big, but I decided to make the 12 months size for a couple reasons. One, we live in the southwest, where it stops getting cold in March and April and doesn't start to get cold again until November, so if I made it in the six month size it wouldn't fit when it started to get cold again. For another, anyone who has ever had a baby knows that little ones grow really fast, so I don't want to make a six months size and have the baby be like my husband wearing newborn clothing for two weeks.
This is my first time making something that gets sewn together in panels, so it will hopefully turn out successfully and means I will have increased my repertoire to more than just scarves, hats and blankets.