Wedding blog memories

I spent some time going down memory lane tonight, and read through our wedding blog. I wish I would have used blogger instead of this site, but I was lured in by all the "wedding" features. Unfortunately, all the pictures are no longer showing up, and it is hard to access. It was still fun to read though. If anyone is bored, you should give it a little peak, the blog part is listed under diary. Enjoy!

Ultrasound pictures

Here are the pictures from the ultrasound.

Sugar and Spice

I had my mid-pregnancy ultrasound this morning, and Dalan and I are pleased to announce that the baby is growing and developing as SHE should be. We are also excited to announce that the baby is a GIRL.

During the ultrasound, she was a giving the ultrasound tech. "a run for her money" and later the doctor told us, it looked like, "we already had a behavioral problem on our hands." My midwife also told us something similar during the 11 week ultrasound. Her trouble making behaviors included, repeatedly putting her hands in her face so they could not get a good look at it, and refusing to turn into any sort of position, so they could look at her heart. It took the doctor at least a half an hour of jostling and poking my belly to get the shots of her heart that he needed. However, she had no problem showing us her lady parts right off the bat.

Neither of us had any sort of preference, but it has been nice to call the baby a "she" rather than an "it." My mom brought us over our first girl outfit this afternoon, and then Dalan and I went out and picked up a couple of things ourselves. However, we really need to focus on the nursery now, rather than cute little clothes. Dalan did buy an inflatable duck bath tub for the baby that quacks. He was very excited!

So, it looks like for now anyway, our house will be full of sugar and spice, and everything nice, rather than snips and snails, and puppy dog tails. I will scan in and post the ultrasound pictures at some point and time, but the scanner is upstairs, and I downstairs, and you know how it is. Also, we have a DVD of the ultrasound if anyone wants to come over for a riveting exploration of my uterus.

Curse you, Ron Howard!!!!

I have two favorite names in the whole world. Max for a boy, and Hattie for a girl. Dalan doesn't really like the name Hattie, so I am still trying to push my agenda and convince/help him realize it is a totally awesome name!

However, while watching Parenthood, I realized the oldest brother's (I can't remember his character name...I just call him Nate from Six Feet Under, just like I call the oldest sister, Lorelai Gilmore from the Gilmore Girls) kids' names are Hattie and Max.

Damn you, Ron Howard and Brain Grazer for stealing the two names I have loved for years, and making them characters in your little show (which I also love.) Also, you had to make these characters siblings, didn't you! This just gives the huz more reason to reject Hattie as a viable baby name, especially if we end up with a Max this time around. Damn you!

Unreasonable?

Dalan and I are starting to clear out one of our spare bedrooms, so the baby will have somewhere to sleep. We have a ton of stuff, and it may takes us the rest of the pregnancy to get all our extra stuff condensed into one room. Dalan was planning on cleaning out a dresser we are going to use for the baby. Right now, the dresser is used for a variety of things, including Piper's clothes.

Dalan: "What should I do with all the stuff in the dresser?"

Me: (only thinking about Piper's clothes.) "Well, you will need to try them all on her, and keep only the ones that still fit."

Dalan then looked at me as if I had made the most unreasonable request on the planet. He is refusing to try the dog's clothes on her to see what still fits! He told me that would have to be my job. I don't think I was being unreasonable at all. Sounded like a good plan to me.

On top of all that, he then reminded me that Piper is on a diet, and some of the clothes that don't fit now, could fit again soon. See! This is why I have two rooms full of stuff! I can't argue with that logic!

Old wives tales put to the test

My family and I decided to look up some old wives tales, and see how accurate they are before we find out the gender of the baby. I took two quizzes online that asked questions based on some of the old sayings, beliefs, tests, etc, and they both pretty much came out fifty-fifty, leaning slightly more towards a girl. Real reliable, right? I thought I would break down the myths, and let you all decide for yourselves, are we having a girl or a boy?

Here are the signs that the baby will be a BOY:

The hair on my legs in growing like crazy.
I did not have much morning sickness.
The sum of my age and the month of conception is an even number.
My urine is a brighter yellow rather than a duller yellow. (although it is usually clear, but that wasn't a choice.)
I crave cheese.*

Here are the signs that the baby will be a GIRL:

My pillow is on the south side of the bed.*
My feet are no colder than before I was pregnant.
I won't eat the heel of the bread.*
Dalan is not gaining weight along with me.
A ring on a string held in front of my belly moved in a circle.
Craving sweets.*
Baby's heart beat was more than 140 beats per minute.**
My nose looks the same.

So, GIRL BABY OR BOY BABY?

Also, those of you who have had babies, were any old wives tales true for you? Which ones?

* These are all things I do/prefer/crave whether I am pregnant or not.
** My midwife told me the heart beats per minute was not an accurate predictor a) really at all b) and especially not until later in pregnancy.

A shout out

It is spring fundraiser time at my school. Fundraisers are difficult at any school in any economy, but as you can imagine, a fundraiser at my school in this economy is near impossible.

However, two special women, my mother and my mother in law, have both come through for my school. My mom got her work to donate all kinds of fun things for our raffle, including a free-standing basketball standard and hoop. The kids were going nuts when they saw the hoop. It was very cute. And my mother in law bought books for my classroom at the book fair today, including part of the Fablehaven series, which the kids are obsessed with right now. She also bought books for Becca's room, and she did all this after volunteering in my classroom.

Wow, I feel so lucky to have these women in my life. Neither of them have school aged children anymore, and none of their children ever attended the school I work at, but their desire to help children, especially children with limited opportunities, is overwhelming! It is such a positive example of how we are all part of the same community, and we are all responsible to help out each other. I am so excited for the baby to grow up around these ladies modeling and teaching how to be a nice, kind, and selfless person.

Thanks again Patti and LaDene!