No silly - not school's open house ... Blueberry's not even born yet! We went to the Hospital's Open House tonight and took a tour of the hospital. We first won a neat raffle prize and then we got the best treat - walking the actual maternity wing and visiting the actual rooms where we'll be in labor, delivery and recovery. It answered a whole lot of my questions and really put me at ease. Thankfully, (as Philip noted) we heard nobody screaming! We've also been continuing to prepare Blueberry's room. Here's a picture of Daddy spackling the wall and one of Mommy making sure the color we chose for his room will work.
had a baby appointment today. all sounded good. the pregnancy continues on in good form (knock on wood) and we find ourselves trying to come up with things to ask the doctor since we haven't had any issues. which is great, if you ask me!
dina received the lab order for the glucose test, so that'll be in a couple of weeks.
We've started the arduous task of preparing the living space for the arrival of the boy. It's amazing what you accumulate when you don't need to worry about having an extra space. Sure, now and again we'd clean things up. But 12 coffee mugs? Really? Now, I'm not going to complain about having so much stuff, because it's pretty amazing how much we have, but this business about acquiring things just to have them; we've got to be better at it. So this last weekend we started. In order to make ready, we've begun consolidating and reducing. We've got to clear out a room, consolidate another and find new spaces for the things we're keeping.
These are the bags of clothes we gave away. What you're aren't seeing are the boxes of books, small appliances, and collection of pans from the previous owners we kept just in case we had a huge buffet; all of which were donated to the Salvation Army. I should have taken a picture of Dina's car, it was full.
Suffice to say, it's surprising what you can stuff in a place about 1100 square feet and never actually use.
The work continues. And the arrival approaches.
Now I'm not going to sleep again.
[quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/wp-content/video/babyregistration.m4v[/quicktime] it's surprising how distracting it can be when filming, comparing the relevant merits of this BPA-free toy vs that BPA-free toy...
I felt him move! Wow. That was pretty awesome! Let me tell you though, if this is the way he's gonna move, we're going to have our hands full!
So, we've been meaning to tell ya'll, that not only were we able to see Blueberry in all his glory on the small screen a couple of weeks ago, and, of course, hear his strong heartbeat last week - but I felt Blueberry move for the first time around the last week of July! I wasn't too certain whether I was actually feeling Blueberry move or if my undergarments were just feeling weird - but after conversations with friends from work and with Philip confirming that he'd read that the first fetal movements often feel like butterflies fluttering around - I realized that it must be Blueberry!! Sure enough, within 5 more days, the sensations became more pronounced and now I feel him all the time! and it doesn't always feeling like butterflies - but we can't actually see the movement in the belly yet. Doc said it could be another 3 or so weeks for that. Looking forward to it!!!
So today we had our 5 month full body scan (the baby’s body, not Dina’s). Last night Dina remarked that she was nervous, and anxious, in a Christmas kind of way - excitedly waiting to find out!
But first, something had to go horribly wrong. A whole circuit in the kitchen decided now was a good time to stop working and consequently, our refrigerator turned off. Thinking quickly, Philip unplugged everything (there was a most awesome sizzling sound coming from the panel, the kind that screams danger is imminent) and left to go pick up Dina and head to the doctor’s office.
The picture above is Dina waiting patiently while we stared at the cool technology around us and pondered why they would even put a Dell inside a medical office. I mean it didn’t even get used (like you’d expect anything else from a Dell).
The doctor came in and quickly got to work. All business and techie (in a medical way) the doctor didn’t quite exude personality, but she clearly knew what she was doing. Waving the magic wand (transducer, the technical term, she told us) we started seeing Blueberry for real.
Of course the kid looked good. I mean who doesn’t look good when rendered in ultrasonic waves?
(arrow added by the doctor for quick identification)So
today we had our 5 month full body scan (the baby’s body, not Dina’s). Last night Dina remarked that she was nervous, and anxious, in a Christmas kind of way - excitedly waiting to find out!