So I am really bad at keeping up with this! My last post was at 19 weeks and as of today, we are at TWENTY SIX weeks!! And now the size of a head of lettuce...whoa!!! How did that happen so fast?? Time is definitely flying by, but I am very happy to say that the last seven weeks have been pretty uneventful! In fact, at our twenty week ultrasound (where they measure every limb and organ), the doctor reported that I was "disgustingly normal" but then followed that with "which is a good thing... you don't want to be interesting to doctors." Good point!
So what has happened in the last seven weeks? Well, let's see... we had that twenty week ultrasound, but didn't get many clear pictures of our little wiggle worm, since she was all over the place and absolutely would not hold still for a picture. In fact, I have been to the doctor twice since then where they have had trouble even getting an accurate heart rate because she keeps dodging the heart monitor, and/or waving her hands in front of her chest, making a "swishing" sound that sort of drowns out the actual heart beat. They have gotten a few split seconds, though- enough to know that it is somewhere in the 140s and sounds healthy and normal. Also, we have completed our registries (what an exhausting experience!) and for those who are interested, we are registered at Target, Buy Buy Baby, and here, on the Carousel Designs website for her crib bedding (I had gotten a recommendation to look at their website because they have a virtual nursery designer thing where you can play around with different fabrics to create custom bedding, and I, of course, fell in love with one of their fabric collections, so ended up registering there, rather than just using it to get ideas, which was my original plan).
A couple weekends ago my husband and in-laws and I went to Buy Buy Baby in Durham to get her crib and dresser (a huge thank you to my mother- and father-in-law for those!) and while we were there, we went ahead and ordered the glider. I knew that had to be made (you pick out your fabric and they make them to order) and might take a couple weeks to come in, so I am glad I asked about it- we got a big reality check when they told us it takes 14-16 weeks to arrive and I only had 16 weeks left at that point!
My husband attended "Daddy Boot Camp" this past Saturday, and apparently he passed, although he doesn't have a certificate to show for it, which is a little disappointing. But I am proud of him for going, and got to hear all about it and I know he is just as excited to meet our little girl!
Not much else new to report- she is just getting bigger every day and moving around more and more! She has some "quiet" days, where I think she must be sleeping a lot, but every now and then she just goes wild and I think she must be having a dance party in there! It is the most amazing feeling in the world- something you just can't describe until you've felt it.
Well, in addition to being bad at blogging, I have been bad at taking consistent pictures (I guess the two go hand in hand), but here are some from the past few weeks:
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On an unrelated note- I am SO glad that it is finally spring! The trees here are all bright green, flowers are blooming, and it is finally warm enough to enjoy being outside! I know I need to enjoy it now, because I'm sure 90 degree weather is just around the corner, and I'm sure that being pregnant in the heat and humidity will be just lovely :)
And last, because I know I will read back on these posts someday, and will want to remember this, yesterday a tragedy occurred in Boston, and while I don't want to dwell on it any more than the media already has, I do want to share a quote that I randomly came across on Facebook yesterday, from the comedian Patton Oswalt. I think he expresses my this perfectly:
"Boston. F**king horrible.
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, “Well, I’ve had it with humanity.”
But I was wrong. I don’t know what’s going to be revealed to be behind all of this mayhem. One human insect or a poisonous mass of broken sociopaths.
But here’s what I DO know. If it’s one person or a HUNDRED people, that number is not even a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the population on this planet. You watch the videos of the carnage and there are people running TOWARDS the destruction to help out. This is a giant planet and we’re lucky to live on it but there are prices and penalties incurred for the daily miracle of existence. One of them is, every once in awhile, the wiring of a tiny sliver of the species gets snarled and they’re pointed towards darkness.
But the vast majority stands against that darkness and, like white blood cells attacking a virus, they dilute and weaken and eventually wash away the evil doers and, more importantly, the damage they wreak. This is beyond religion or creed or nation. We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We’d have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”
Very well said, Mr. Oswalt. Definitely something for us all to remember at times like these.
Love,
Chickadee
