22 Weeks

Just wanted to quickly put an updated picture up - my belly has really started to pop and I got my first comment about being pregnant from a random stranger this morning.

I was in Starbucks and he said "Is that what the kid wanted" when they handed me my extra hot non fat hot chocolate" to which I replied "yep, no coffee", I think I even managed to sound like I enjoyed hot chocolate as much as coffee...

Another baby milestone this week was Jason feeling our little girl move for the first time. It was great, and he is convinced she is a soccer player.

Half Way!

Yes, today I am officially half way there... that is if our little girl decides to make her entrance on time. Anyone want to make a prediction - my offical due date is January 31.

Our baby's latest tricks include moving like crazy and then stopping the second Daddy puts his hand on my belly, sleeping on my bladder, and poking some tiny body part into some kind of internal organ that hurts like crazy! I thought the uncomfortable part of pregnancy wasn't until you were big!

We have started planning a little more now that we know we are having a girl but are still resisting the temptation to go out and buy an entire wardrobe for our little one. It's tough!

I have definitely decided that our girl will not be dressed entirely in pink, as cute as it is I don't want her having an aversion to pink into her 20's like her Mother does... seriously, every picture of me in my parents album up until age 11 I am dressed in pink... with one exception of a blue dress that Mum made me... I think it was my favorite due only to its colour... it can't have been the drop waist and square collar (sorry Mum, I am sure it was high fashion back then).

We have also started looking into what it will take to get our baby a passport ASAP, we are planning on visiting Australia in May of '08 for my brother's wedding, and of course that gives us limited time to get through the process of passport applications. Apparently the birth certificate the hospital give you doesn't count. After a few weeks (processing time) will have to line up with the millions at the Orange County registrar's office, and then get the certified copy and then we will get to join another line for passport applications, and then probably get to panic a few weeks before our flights because the passport hasn't arrived yet (because the US is backlogged because you now need a passport to go to Canada and Mexico). Should be a fun experience... as fun as flying with a 3 month old will be.

So, we will hopefully get to see all of our Aussie friends sometime next May... I am already shuddering at the thought of a Canberra winter... I acclimated to California too quickly!

It's a girl!

We have had an amazing week this week!

The week started with news that my brother Chris had proposed to his girlfriend Martine and then got even better.

On Tuesday I felt the baby move for the first time, it was an incredible experience and hard to describe. The best way I can describe it is as bubbles surfacing under my skin.

Then today we went for our ultrasound. The first thing our little one did was give us a clear shot between her legs showing that, we are having a girl! We suspected as much, due to my really bad morning sickness, but it is really great to know for sure.

She then went on to play a game of cat and mouse with the ultrasonographer, moving every time they tried to take a measurement, or get a clear picture. It was pretty funny.

She spent most of her time face down, curled up looking very comfortable. At one time she even held her finger up to her lips in a 'shhhhing' motion. We think that was her way of telling everyone that her name is a secret!

Shhhhhh!

We have decided that we will wait until after she is born to share what her name will be with everyone, partly because it is fun to wait, but also because I want to make sure she looks like she fits the name we have picked out for her!