Gracie Cena

You can't see me!

Gracie has a great nesting ball set. The smallest is a baseball that sings, which goes inside a football, then a soccer ball, and finally a basketball. Momma always takes half of the basketball and peeks at Gracie through the openings. Gracie has started to do the same!

Snuffy Loves Snuffy

Sorry about all the background noise. We had some friends over after the Brewers game, and Gracie started playing with Bret and her stuffed Snuffy. She was giggling so hard, I just had to get the camera out!

Family Zoo

Mama! Let me out!

Engaged

I was looking at the BabyCenter site that was emailed to me for Broster's 18th week, and was entertained by a comment left by another expecting mother. . .

I find that if you are in a place where you are sitting very still for a period of time and paying attention (church, 12 Step meeting, doctors office) you are more likely to feel the baby. Watching TV counts only sometimes, since your mind and other senses are very engaged.

Maybe I'm wrong, but shouldn't your mind be engaged in church, or a 12 step meeting? I kinda thought that was the point.

The Name Game

We don't officially know what Broster's gender is, and we still don't have a girl's name. I have been perusing the baby name web sites and thinking about it here and there. Today I found a site with a link that said "Take the Baby Naming Quiz!" Figuring that it was a quiz to help me determine what is important to me in a name, and help me to find a name I decided to take it. I was wrong. Apparently, I have no idea how to name a child as I only got 2 out of 10 correct. I think the site is run by hippies.

Week 18

I had my ultrasound today. Broster is growing well, and the tech was able to get a lot of measurements. However, because this ultrasound was scheduled for two weeks earlier than Snuffy's developmental ultrasound, they were unable to clearly see Broster's heart. The doc assured me that it does not mean anything is wrong, just that it is early in baby's development and hard to see. I am scheduled for another ultrasound in two weeks to verify everything and hopefully see that heart a bit better. As far as gender goes, they also aren't sure. The tech told me what she thinks it is but also said we would verify gender at the next appointment. So I ask you, friends, do you want to know what they think it is, or wait until we have a more definite answer?

What BabyCenter has to say about Broster this week:

Head to rump, your baby is about 5 1/2 inches long (about the length of a bell pepper) and he weighs almost 7 ounces. He's busy flexing his arms and legs — movements that you'll start noticing more and more in the weeks ahead. His blood vessels are visible through his thin skin, and his ears are now in their final position, although they're still standing out from his head a bit. A protective covering of myelin is beginning to form around his nerves, a process that will continue for a year after he's born. If you're having a girl, her uterus and fallopian tubes are formed and in place. If you're having a boy, his genitals are noticeable now, but he may hide them from you during an ultrasound.

Housing

So I fell in love with a house. . . it is cute and little like we want, well maintained, across the street from a park, close to the grocery store. PERFECT. Oh, and it costs TWICE what we could afford to buy. *sigh.*