It's been a while since I updated - A LOT has happened!
Robert had a fantastic Father's Day. He was able to feel his daughter on Thursday June 12th. He was watching - er... yelling at the Celtics and I noticed every time he yelled, she would kick.
Oh - wait, I forgot to mention our latest appt! It's a GIRL! She's healthy and doing phenomenally. I gained 9 lbs in 4 weeks but apparently the doctor doesn't care - or at least he didn't mention it. Essentially, I am back to where I started before I got pregnant (according to dr's scales - and I was in the ER on December 19th thank you very much!!). I guess I shouldn't care - I'm 25 weeks pregnant and have gained "NO" weight thus far.
Back to basketball. I told Robert he should try to feel her kick and so he sort of half heartedly reached behind him, but really couldn't get a good angle. I scooted next to him so he could continue to watch basketball (it's the finals, I'll let it slide). I told him to "feel right here"... he did, he also got quiet, so did she. "no, you have to keep yelling at the TV!" he did...and she kicked! It took a few more good jabs to mom's belly before Robert said "I felt something, what was that?!" Since I can feel the kicks as well on the inside, I knew it was our little miss...
I think he LOVED the kicks, but instead - he blamed it on gas... God love him.
Father's Day was Sunday June 15th. I gave him an alabama onesie, some bama baby booties and a Wii NBA Basketball game. He loved it all.
We reached 24 whole weeks. According to one calendar, today, Friday June 20th, marks a day where if (godforbid) I had the baby, she would have a 50% chance of survival. Not great odds, but wow! what a thought! Actually might have a chance of having a baby! holy cow!
Yesterday was a company sponsored event - at the bowling alley. And yes, me and my 24 1/2 week belly went bowling. Apparently everyone, including our photographer, thought it was HILARIOUS and I think I might be in at least half of the photos. I mean really, what is so funny about a pregnant woman bowling? Our Director asked me if I would be the "beer maid" - and thought that would be equally as funny! NOT!
After bowling, I wanted to check out baby gliders at the baby store that was nearby. (This whole $4/gal for gas thing is forcing us to lump errands together a lot). We stopped by to "look" and ended up walking out with not only a glider on order, but also a bedding set!
Previously, we had decided on the green swirl bedding but then Monday I stopped by at another baby store and found this funky bedding and sort of fell in love with it. Not sure why, but it just really appealled to me. It was even on "sale" but was going to be still very spendy and not practical at all. I mean, there is no using it for a boy next time around and more than likely after a year or so I would look at it and ask myself, "what the h-ll were you thinking?"...but I still loved it.
So while we were browsing around - getting ready to make a BIG purchase, we looked at baby bedding again. We both stumbled on this bedding and both liked it off the bat. We didn't like the bears but the material is great. It has a combination of cable knit material, really soft minky dot white material and crushed velvet. We're going to add light pink accents to it to "girl" it up a bit but it just felt "right". And - the price was $100 less than the other two options.
Next project??? The Dresser....
