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!