Memo to Limb Buds - 23 1/2 weeks (prenatal)

Today we went back to see the perinatologist for another ultrasound to look at your space cord. He said your cord looks fine now...yay! He also said my tummy looks good...like a Vanity Fair tummy. Suweet. Hope it stays that way!

Memo to Limb Buds - 23 weeks (prenatal)

You're ready for your first episode of 'Cribs'! Yes, I'm sure that show will still be around when you're old enough to read this. After the second attempt to get your furniture delivered, your crib and dresser are finally here. Another delightful experience dealing with delivery people. They were originally supposed to deliver on Saturday between 10am and 2pm. They were so kind to call at 1pm with multiple excuses of 'my partner called in sick' and 'it's raining too much and my truck doesn't have a cover on it'. Okeee...what kind of delivery person only works when it's not raining? Oh, and thanks for waiting 3 hours to call and say you weren't coming. Sooo...it was rescheduled to today between 10am and 12pm. We joked that it was a 50/50 chance that they would show up between these times. Not so funny at 11:55am when they still weren't here. So I called and was told by a dispatcher that the driver's wife was sick (I dun care), he was running behind (dun care) and wouldn't be here for another 1.5 hours (care!). They FINALLY showed up at 1:30pm. The two guys who are about 50 years old...one with a huge beer belly who almost had a heart attack carrying the crib box up the stairs. When they got to the front door with the dresser, they wanted to take it out of the box saying there was no way they could get it up the stairs in the box. He proceeded to tell me that when they deliver, they usually don't even take the furniture up the stairs. To which I thought, "Whaaaa?? I seriously doubt it, you lazy man. I could have rented a truck for less money than Babies R Us charged me to have this delivered." Your dad's response was, "Well, you're not taking it out of the box, so you better just start moving it." They were uber-retahded and couldn't do it themselves so your dad had to do most of the work! Super lame. Finally, they made it up to your room. And as they were leaving, this is what we overheard Fatty McFatstein saying, "Wow, this is the hardest delivery I've ever had to do." Hey buddy, why don't you try delivering a child.

Maybe we'll leave the diploma on the wall to emphasize the importance of higher education...no pressure :-)

Fun with the new camera!

Week 8 through Week 21

I used to be skinny...

Score...

It's the little things that make me happy.

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Memo to 'Limb Buds' - 19 weeks (prenatal)

You're a boy! The nausea is gone. The amnio results are good. Although, the doctor does say you have a varices on your umbilical cord. He doesn't seem too worried but we're going to keep an eye on it. I told your dad it's probably my fault for leaning on my desk at work...maybe I was putting too much pressure on it. He says I'm a nutbag. Well, just in case, I've improved my posture over the last week and a half. At the last ultrasound, you had your cord right up against your mouth. Your dad and I think you were trying to repair it...Apollo 13 style...a la Tom Hanks.

In other news, I can feel you kick now so you must be getting some good exercise in there. You should weigh about a half a pound now and be six inches long. One website says that at this point you look like a mango dipped in cheese...nice. I can tell you're getting bigger because it's harder to breathe when I'm lying down and yesterday, after I had chinese food for lunch, my ankles swelled up quite nicely. Some of the many joys of the increased weight in my belly. Now I know what it's like to have cankles...and I love it.

A picture of your wee wee. I'll save this one to show your future girlfriends.


With the cord near your mouth.


Doing some repairs on the cord.

-Megan

Nuttius likes my leg pillow...

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Memo to 'Limb Buds' - 13 weeks (prenatal)

Yes, this is what we call you right now. We first found out about you at 6 weeks...the week you were growing your limb buds and the name has stuck ever since. We don't know if you're a girl or a boy yet so I hope we are not traumatizing you already with this name. Your dad saw you for the first time today on ultrasound. You've come a long way, baby. The first time I saw you was at 6 weeks and you were merely 0.72cm crown to rump. Today, you measured in at 8.3cm. Not bad considering you were 2.18cm just a month ago. Please don't hurt me when you come out! So far, you've changed my eating habits substantially. I currently have an aversion to eating food at home. I prefer fast food or restaurant food. This makes for many stops on the way home from work to Taco Bell, Jack In The Box, chinese food, etc. I hope I will grow out of this soon!

6 weeks 0 days - 0.72cm


8 week 6 days - 2.18cm


13 weeks 0 days - 8.3cm

Your alien picture

-Megan

Happy Halloween from Gracie Bamberger!

Gracie doing her scary Halloween face.

-Megan

Gracie loves bone...

...and NBA 2K11!

-Megan