October 14 - 25 Jason and I travelled to California for Northern California Tres Dias #1, as well as a few days of sightseeing. The trip definitely earned a couple of dedicated blog posts, so those will be coming soon. We got home Monday night, and jumped right back into the week. Now it's Thursday, and I have a cold. But I'll NOT complain, as I'm so thankful to have stayed well (in the midst of a lot of sickness) and felt great the whole trip.
Baby-wise (the figure of speech, not the book) things are going great, and I'm thankful to not have much to report! The trip really came at the perfect time for me to feel great and still be able to walk all over San Francisco. The consensus is that I'm showing a lot more since coming back, and I'm enjoying the maternity clothes loaned by Robin, Allison and Natalie. Thanks again, girls! I did successfully purchase a pair of maternity jeans last week. While in San Fran, I spotted a 3-story GAP, which I knew was likely to actually carry maternity clothes in-store. Good news - I found a pair of jeans that I actually felt were flattering (definitely a first in maternity shopping). Bad news - they were a horrifying price. Definitely more than I've ever paid for jeans, and it about made me sick to pay it. Thankfully, there was an Old Navy a block down the street, and I found an equally acceptable pair for half the price! I marched right back to GAP and returned them, with a much more peaceful feeling. I decided to wear them the next day, and Jason was excited to see them as I pulled them out of the bag and put them on. Let me digress for a moment - I have realized that full-panel maternity pants are much more practical for me than low-rise. I am carrying quite low, so anything that's supposed to go under my belly sits very low on my hips, therefore making keeping them up a rather full-time job. My grandmother used to say "there will be a great meeting when your shirt and pants come together" and I've certainly felt that way wearing the low-rise pants I have. So I was for full-panel all the way when jeans shopping. Back to Wednesday morning - I'm putting the new jeans on, and I notice Jason staring at me with the MOST perplexed look on his face. When I inquired what was wrong, he hesitatingly answered "what IS that?". Why, it's a pair of actual maternity pants, my dear. I didn't realize it was his first time seeing anything with a panel! "I just expected there to be a zipper" he answered. Once I reminded him that any shirt I wore would be long enough to cover up that part, he jumped on board quickly with telling me how good they looked. I wish I had a picture of that face, though!
The biggest news is that our 20 week ultrasound is this Monday! We have been so busy since the last appointment, that I really haven't thought about it too much until this week. It's definitely true that the closer it gets, the more anxious I am to find out what this baby is! And kudos to all my friends who wait until birth to be surprised, but honestly, there's not even a tiny part of me that wants to do that. To each his/her own, I suppose. All along, I've felt like it was a boy, but now I'm less sure. Pregnancy buddy Alison found out 3 weeks ago that she's having a boy, and as much as I know that every pregnancy/woman/baby are completely unique, I can't help thinking that means maybe I"m having a girl. Our pregnancies have been about as opposite as can be, and after seeing her today, I still feel like we are carrying and looking completely different. We shall see! Anyone who hasn't already levied their prediction, you have a few more days!
Do we have names picked out? We're hearing this question pretty often these days. We agreed long ago not to tell names until we knew what we were having and had made a final decision (there tend to be a lot of opinions around here). If it's a boy, I believe we are settled. A girl name is proving to be more elusive. We thought we had one, but after a frank discussion about how to spell it, I'm reconsidering (the spelling I like doesn't meet my requirement of "rational spelling", as it turns out). So I do not know that there will be a name announcement on Monday, although I know I'll be anxious to make a final decision.
Do we have nursery plans? Second most common question. Answer: somewhat. Long ago, I knew I wanted the bedding to be neutral so we could use it again. Not the whole nursery, but the bedding. In order to be truly neutral, I wanted to pick it out before we knew the gender. Finding something proved more difficult than I expected. I found one I loved right away, but took several weeks to think it over, and it sold out. I spoke to stores from Daphne, to Denver, to St. Louis, and NO ONE had or could get any more. So we went back to the drawing board and found this:
So that's the real, current, update - and I'm back to blogging - for the time being, anyway!
"There is an appointed time for everything. And a time for every event under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1
wow! great update:) I love imagining that look on Jason's face when he saw your panel pants! Its a whole new world, huh. So sorry you have a cold ~ hope you're better by now. Lots of rest...can't wait to hear if I'm gonna be an aunt or an uncle Monday!!! ha! my prediction is you are having a girl...love yall!
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