June 2009
25 posts
bump watch
Atleast once a week, as I’m changing into my pajamas - Brent stands me in front of the mirror, turns me to the side and inspects the bump. It’s so teeny right now - just a little pooch that starts about an inch under my belly button. I’m sure most folks just assume I ate one too many hot dogs at lunch time (which is probably true also) -
It’s funny to feel so pregnant...
Oh little bird...
This little jumper is just too sweet.
This pregnancy thing is taking its toll on me.
I am starting to feel like a little old man. All I want to do is lay on the couch, burp, and unbutton my pants so my belly can hang out.
A list of things I have for you
1. a pair of soft pink leather cribshoes and a matching baby blanket from our landlord who is convinced you are a girl.
2. an adorable pair of little river/hiking shoes from grandma Mary Sue that you will probably be able to wear when you are about 2. (the perfect age for exploring streams and hiking trails!)
3. 2 vintage golden back books from our neighbor Michael. I plan to photocopy some of...
Ouch.
Yesterday I was very dramatic. I had to get blood drawn. I will never admit this while one day holding my screaming child down in a peditricians office… but I am absolutely petrified of needles. I was a baby from the minute I walked in the door of the lab, hoping that someone would take pity on me and say “We’ll make a special exception just for you and forgo all the...
“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love,...”
– Martin Fraquhar Tupper
“Let’s get a silver bullet trailer and have a baby boy,
I’ll safety pin his...”
– ~Regina Spektor, Folding Chair
Lullaby
Brent has already begun to writeour first lullaby. He sang the first 4 lines while I walked back to my hotel after an event in Houston, TX. It’s going to be a beautiful song, I imagine by the time the baby arrives we’ll know all the words by heart.
Away we go.
My ultrasound today revealed that this baby is a good looking kid, sitting right where an 8 week old baby is supposed to sit, growing little arms and legs, and that heart was just beating away! I can not tell you how simply AMAZING this experience was Brent and I both got tears in our eyes, and he had his face smushed so close to the monitor that we had to ask him to step back so the nurse and...