A Big Thank You!

Our friend Brian has joined the ranks of those-to-whom-we-are-eternally-grateful by stepping up to become the second person to send the baby a gift from her registry!

He chose one of our favorite items: American Apparel infant gowns in white. These are the little gowns with open, elastic bottoms which make nighttime diaper changes easy since you can gently tug them up above the baby's bottom and then back down again when you're finished. No snappy things or buttons or leg-holes in which to stuff sleepy little chubby legs at 3am.

Look, here they are:


And here's a couple more pictures - I forgot we had one of me at the 20 week ultrasound. We snuck one in after the NP left the room. And then, a picture of Wasabi attacking some homegrown catnip. Django's been hogging all of her camera-time on the blog, so now it's her turn for a little fame and admiration.

A Big Day

So, Matt and I went in for our twenty week ultrasound this morning and found out that we are having a girl! We got lots of great pictures and a video (posted below) of the little lady snuggling into my womb and touching her face. Normally, 3d/4d scans aren't done until week 28, if they are done at all, but the NP working with us decided to try because, apparently, the baby and I have a perfect amount of amniotic fluid, which facilitates good imaging. It was a wonderful surprise; we were not expecting to have that kind of a scan. But, then again, everything about Dr. Darby's office is nice, right down to the pre-warmed belly jelly they apply before the ultrasound. It was a very emotional and exciting morning. Dr. Darby and his nurses were kind and funny and helpful and encouraging as always. We feel very lucky to have stumbled upon him.

After the ultrasound, we drove over to The Domain and had fancy tea services for lunch at The Steeping Room. Oddly enough, a local Austin blogger has pictures of the exact lunch Matt and I had here. I'm sure you can guess which of us ordered the meal with the matcha dusted brownie.

Here are a few stills of little baby Bush; they're certainly not as exciting as the video, but still very nice.

It's A Girl!

The Joys of Trimester Two

Maternity Underwear
I scoffed at these at first, but seriously, they are like heaven in a tidy plastic package - despite the fact that they are decidedly unsexy.

First Trip to Maternity Store
Yikes. It is hard work to find the right kinds of things to wear right now, and hard knowing that in 4-6 weeks, I'll be back, upgrading my size. I've developed an ad hoc "two-at-a-time" rule: two tops, two bottoms. No one at work cares if I wear the same pants to work every day, and it keeps costs down.

Fun Symptoms
Occasional nausea, headaches, weepiness, and hunger that lasts for, oh, I don't know - two seconds? - before rapidly developing into anger or upsettedness until food is consumed. Matt and I are bonding over this, as his hunger patterns are identical.

Wireless Ipex Bras
Amazing.

Constant Kicking
This baby is seriously active. S/he perks up: when I would like to be sleeping, whenever I eat, and whenever certain records are spinning on the record player. This week Simon and Garfunkel produced multiple elbow pokings.

Getting Amy's Ice Cream Bucks from Your Mom.
Thanks, Mom!

Being Haunted by Roxane's Words
I'm talking about standing in front of the mirror, checking out my profile, and remembering her saying: "You're going to be wider than you are tall!" It was funny in March. . .