We got these sweet little shoe-socks from one of my dear friends at work. They're much pinker than this photo shows and they are absolutely adorable!
We're working on the baby registry and we'll send the link out soon. Hopefully we'll have a chance to go look at some diapers this weekend so we can decide what exactly we like. It's hard to tell online sometimes, but I found a great store just north of us in Round Rock that carries a bunch of diapers. They have a freebie bin so people can try out different types, too, which is really neat. We can try that out if we need some more diapers or different diapers once the baby's here.
Well, this right here is your last chance to guess what the baby is.
Time's up! It's a girl!
We had our big ultrasound this morning. The tech says it's a girl and she's pretty positive. We got some great pictures of the baby. And some creepy ones again, too. The skeleton pics are a little much!
The baby is healthy. I only saw a few shots, but Doug could see the screen the whole time the tech was working. The baby was kicking and moving around the whole time. I still haven't felt her, yet. She weighs just a little over 10 ounces and I can't remember how long she is now. I'll actually be going again for another ultrasound in a week or two. She was moving around, but she wasn't cooperating. I even got up and went to the bathroom at one point, but that didn't get her to move into a better position. The tech never got a good look at her heart structure, so that gets me a second trip. And hopefully some more pictures again!
I finally learned how to use a record player this weekend, without worrying about scratching a record.
Friday afternoon we did a little shopping and got Doug some shorts. That store just happened to be in the same strip mall as an awesome little record store, Backspin Records. Amazingly, Doug didn't get anything this trip. But, I did. They have a bunch of 80s records and some fantastic New Wave stuff. I ended up with 3- Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys and Falco. Why I bought and entire Falco record, I'll never know, but it has the original version of Der Kommissar and that is an awesome song.
Anyway, Saturday I finally had a chance to listen to the records so Doug showed me how to use the record player. Now, I've always been around record players- this is not ancient technology to me. But, I wasn't always allowed to touch them, which is why I'm always afraid I'll scratch up the records. I can handle it now, though, and we listened to Duran Duran and Pet Shop Boys while we cleaned up the house and got ready for dinner Saturday night.
As we're cleaning in the living room, we had this little conversation:
Me: What was that? Doug: It skipped. They do that. Welcome to 1984. Me: Oh.
A few minutes later
Me: The music sounds so different. Doug: Yea, welcome to music in 1984.
It's taken me a while to catch up, but I now regress further into the 80s every day.
See that up there? Feels like 110 degrees outside. And it's only June. We keep setting records and today is the 3rd ozone action day of the year already. And so far, there's no end in sight for these triple-digit days.
Some old pictures of the house. This is what it looked like when we moved in.
And now, after a month (yes a month) of people working on the house, it's finally finished. All the trim has been replaced, the bad siding has been replaced, the front gate and fence were replaced and the house has been painted a lovely shade of green. I love it! The green is nice and cool. The fence looks fantastic and it has a nice, easy to use little latch now instead of the mess that passed for a latch before. Even the front door is painted! What do you think?
I'm not saying we need to all hold hands and sing sappy songs. But, it'd be nice if people just tried to be sane and use some common sense. Giving some serious thought to problems never hurt anyone.
So, I put a poll up over there. ---> I wasn't going to do it so soon, but I'm getting so darn excited, I just couldn't wait! So, for the next couple weeks, you can vote on whether you think we're having a boy or a girl.
I'm actually quite surprised that the poll stands in favor of a girl right now!! Pretty much everyone thinks it's a boy. Both sides of the family have been calling the baby "he" ever since they found out I'm pregnant. I think it's a girl. Doug will point out that I think it's a girl out of spite. Whatever.
So, give it your best guess and we'll have the answer for you on July 6!
And it's finally me, not poor Doug! I can eat food again without wanting to puke. I can make real food, not just food that pregnant women want to eat. All the food groups are back into my diet, not just the french fry group. (Don't get me wrong, it's still important. It just isn't the only thing I want to eat anymore.)
I'm sure Doug is quite relieved. He's going to get real dinners this week. Not just something I threw together in 5 minute bursts while holding my breath so that he could eat when he got home from work. Real, actual meals will be consumed this week.
This is my collection of odds and ends. Some thoughts, some projects, some work and some play. Mostly, a little bit of everything because that's me... reading, baking, crafting, being green, sports and being silly.
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