Milo!

He has a name! And a gender (obviously) - can you believe it!?


Milo Moses Peterson is the name, giving you the big-eye is his game. He was born 7 pounds, 15 oz. at 8:06 am on May 27. He is already 6 weeks old! He knows so little, but has already learned so much. He can look at people, for one thing! And he seems to smile at things that he likes sometimes now :)

Still hoping to get more pictures and a full account of the birth online soon - you just watch!

Goodness Gracious!

That took a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time!

That's right: it took 5 endless hours of labor... for EACH 'O' in the word long, above! But, guess what we have now!?

Well, it's pretty obvious I think. More about the long involved story of our weekend later on :)

Belly Cast

I just wanted to show everyone something fun we did with our Doula Sara and her friend Stephanie(?), and actually our friend Lee also, who happened to be around at the same time: our Belly Cast! It sounds messy - and it is, but it's lots of fun, especially with a few people. If you're ever pregnant (or have any other phenomenon of the belly for that matter), you ought to do one - you will not be disappointed :)

Home Birth

We recently watched "The Business of Being Born," an interesting and good movie for anybody planning on having a baby :) And I realized after watching it, and talking about it that still not a lot of people really know about/consider home birth. So I thought I'd write a little something about it - since that is our plan :)

Probably the most common question is "Isn't that dangerous?" A lot of people tend to assume that having a baby at home means having it alone without the help of any medical professionals. While that's possible, of course, it's not the usual or recommended way to do it. We're having a midwife (Katie) at the birth, as well as her assistant (to help with birthing stuff), and a doula to help with any other support we might need. We'll have a birthing tub, and birthing ball here, etc. and it will be lots of fun... I'm sure... nothing but fun.

The thing that worries most people is how often, in hospitals, people "need" c-sections, pitosin, epidurals, etc. and that this medical support wouldn't be available at home. In some cases, a c-section may indeed be necessary - but the reality is that most c-sections are not necessary, and the rate of successful home births without c-sections is much higher than that of hospital births. This may be partly because the c-section is less readily available, but mostly because many c-sections are recommended by doctors when they are not necessary, or as a result of an epidural that makes it much more difficult for the mother's body to perform the birth naturally. If a c-section or other medical support is required, it will usually be discovered before the mother goes into labor (at prenatal visits, etc), and if not, as many procrastinating fathers have probably learned, it IS possible to transport a laboring woman to the hospital.

Given that there is a small risk associated with it, the next question most people would have is "Why bother?" What is the benefit of a home birth that would make you want to have one? There are a few reasons that we want to have a home birth. The first one is to avoid all that hullabaloo they put you through at the hospital, obviously! The second, is that our midwife, Katie, is doing all our prenatal visits, and the delivery. She has been very attentive and helpful in everything so far, an always does a great job of helping us understand and talk about everything we might have questions about or want to talk about regarding the baby. Granted, I have never had a baby at a hospital - but from what I've heard, this is quite different from typical OB/GYN visits. She also plans to be there for the duration of the birth and won't try to rush the birth or recommend a c-section if it's taking longer than the hospital has scheduled for it, and/or insurance wants to pay for. In a hospital, if you stay "too long", you may end up with a different doctor you've never met suddenly performing the delivery of your baby.

Of course there are the other, more concrete benefits, like the fact that Breezy can eat... the fact that I can eat. The fact that we are at home, in a comfortable place, with nice lighting, a kitchen, a private bathroom, and all our favorite music and blankies, etc :) The fact that we don't have to get up, pack the baby in a baby seat, get Breezy in the car and drive home the next day, and the fact we will be with people we really trust to have our best interests in mind throughout the whole process, and be there to call, or check up on us afterward. That is probably one of the most important things, and the reason I would recommend to anyone, even if you plan to have your baby in the hospital sometime, that you find a midwife or a doula to meet with and to be there with you at the birth, and afterward.

Also, I'm super excited about the birth, knowing that we're planning it in our home - I feel like I wouldn't be so excited if it were in the hospital - where I'm not used to being, and we feel less in control, and more... sick! It's pretty cool planning it at home. If you have any questions, I'll be HAPPY to answer them - or look them up for you :)

Yay, Baby Shower!

The Baby shower was this weekend! I wasn't there, but when I got back we were a lot more ready for a baby. Also, we were a lot more ready for lunch for the rest of the week - not to mention desert. Wooo! Anyway, now that we have baby stuff, the baby room is looking more alive. For example, here's a picture of something very life-like about it right now:


Breezy also got the crib all ready. I put the bear in it :) The "crib area" is also adorned nicely now with cute framed stitchings, courtesy of our friend Joyce.


There's the baby's new apartment! It moves in in June.

Robot?

So, the other day, Breezy calls me up at work and says, "Joe, do you think the robot needs a baby shirt?"
...

Yes. I do...

Supplies.

So this week we met with our back-up doctor. She was very nice and will probably be the baby's doctor after it is born. Hopefully we won't need her services during the labor and delivery though.

We also had an appointment with Katie on Tuesday. Baby's little heart is still ticking just fine and despite my paranoia about having a 10 pound baby, Katie said that he/she is growing right on schedule and basically I should just chill out. We also got our list of supplies that we need to obtain for our homebirth. There are about a million things on it and it appears that I am going to have to do some shopping. If anyone happens to have any unused leftovers from their own homebirth, we'd love to take your extra supplies off your hands.

Let's see... what else can I say...

Oh yeah, we have a crib now. Joe's brother gifted us this beautiful crib and the boys put it together while I was at work about a week or two ago.


As you can see, it is missing some of it's essential parts (mattress, bedding, baby, etc), but those will all come in due time. Baby's bedroom is still a super-mess, but we're working at it and I am certain that eventually it will be only a mini-mess and that there will be a pathway into the room so that it will at least serve as a semi-functional baby sanctuary.

That's all. Later gator.

Flippy.

Good News! Baby is now head-down! Hopefully it will stay that way for the next 11 weeks or so. It's pretty weird, I can usually feel now where baby's butt is and I can feel when it turns it's head and all that other squirmy stuff. Of course I still get all of the crazy punches and stuff that keep me up at night. Baby is almost as long as it will be at birth. According to my books, baby is about 16-18 inches long right now. So it only has a couple more inches to grow. However, it still only weighs about 3 pounds, so it still needs to fatten up and double that before birth.

I think I have decided where to put the birthing tub in the house. I was nervous about having it downstairs because I thought I might want to be on the same floor as the bathroom, but yesterday Katie and Anne (our midwife and her assistant) assured me that they will probably be making me do a lot of stair-climbing anyway and that if I'd be more comfortable with the pool downstairs then that is probably what I should do. Other things we did / talked about at my appointment yesterday: drew some blood to check my hemoglobin, measured fundal height, checked baby's heart beat, and scheduled our next appointment. From here on our appointments get more frequent. We are now starting every other week visits and in about 6 weeks we will be going every week.

Tonight we start birthing classes with Anne (midwife's assistant and also a doula). She is going to come to our house and teach us everything we need to know. Of course she won't teach us everything tonight, but we'll get a start and then we'll meet with her several more times over the next month or two. I think tonight we will be starting with talking about early labor and stuff and she is also going to give us some bios on some of the doulas that she works with. We are pretty certain that we are going to hire a doula now, but we don't really know any of them very well. So hopefully after tonight we'll at least have a lead on someone whose personality would mesh with our plans/goals.

Other fun news, I'm done with orientation at work, so I'm now only working a 0.8 instead of 1.0... with equates with 2 extra days off per pay period. So hopefully that will give me enough time to get the house cleaned up a little before the baby shower (which is in about 3 weeks!).

Baby gifts, and someplace to put them

Hey! First of all, if anyone is planning on getting any big, awesome gifts for DittleBittle or Mommy for the baby shower, let me know so we don't get two of the same big, awesome gifts - which would kind of diminish the big-awesome-ness of the second one... :)

Speaking of big gifts - we finally started the task of getting a room ready, in which to keep the baby (and all it's big and awesome as well as tiny baby-ish things). It was part of various house-related tasks we did this weekend with the help of my very able mother (he wrote - to postpone calling her "grandma" for as long as possible), including lots of cleaning and painting.

It was a fairly productive weekend for "the family" all things considered.

New Belly Pictures! :)

Yay! Baby must be growing :) Seee?


In other news, Target is having a "buy 2 things for free shipping" baby sale online - in case anybody is considering buying two things from Target.... :)

Target Registry

For those who may be wondering, we are registered at Target. Here is a link to our registry, but you can also print it out at the little kiosk in the store if you want to.


Target Registry

Blanket.

I finally finished baby's quilt last night! It turned out pretty decent, considering that I've never made a blanket before.

The back is the flannel stars

and the front is cotton squares. It's hard to see, but there are periwinkle colored tie-downs to hold the batting in place.

Now I can resume working on the bear suit (which is about 3/4 done already!). I'll post pics of that as soon as it's complete. Maybe I can even find a nearby baby to model it!

Nancy.

At work today, a fellow RN named Nancy predicted to me that the baby will be a boy. She said (and several other nurses testified to her behalf) that she has accurately predicted the sex of every baby that has been born by staff on that floor... which apparently has been about 5 babies in the last two years... as well as accurately predicted the sex of all of her 6 grandchildren. She also stated that she predicted what their names were going to be and that she has a sixth sense about these things. I'm not going to release the name that she predicted we would choose, I'm not sure about it for a first name, but it is one that I like for a middle name. Not only can she predict the sex of current babies-to-be, she can also predict the number of children that one will have and if they will be boys or girls or whatnot. I guess she hasn't been wrong yet. She should open up some kind of business, I bet there are plenty of ladies who would pay to have this information. It seems that her error rate is far less than that of the draino test... and so far it is even better than the error rate of a 20 week ultrasound... but I suppose she'll need a few more predictions before we can scientifically change her psychic abilities from theory to law.

Sickness.

Me and the baby just recovered from a horrid 24 hour stomach bug adventure. Around 2am on Saturday morning I woke up to find that I was pukey and I was also having a lot of contractions. After throwing up a while, I thought that maybe I would feel better and that I probably just ate something that baby didn't like. The contractions kept getting more frequent and more painful and I started getting really bad back pain and I was pretty sure I was going into pre-term labor. I was pretty scared. I called Katie (midwife) who promptly came over to my house and checked me out and assured me that my cervix was still closed and that baby was not going to be joining us any time soon. So I called into work and told them that I was sick and wouldn't be there that evening, and then I settled in for a fun-filled day of sickness. Baby either A)loved it when I was sick; or B)absolutely hated it when I was sick - because baby was going completely NUTS and was just bouncing around like a little chipmunk in there. It was probably the most uncomfortable feeling ever when I was already feeling nauseous and baby kept punching me in the belly. It was moving around so much that even Joe (who doesn't notice much movement) could see my belly jumping around. It was like my stomach was one of those Mexican Jumping Bean things and the baby was the little worm inside that was making it pop around like crazy.

So anyways, on Sunday morning I felt a lot better (not completely better, but decent) and I decided to move on with my life and go to work that afternoon. Work went alright and I survived the night, even though baby still seemed a bit traumatized by the events of the weekend and was still acting like a little fruitloop and causing some mild contractions. Today we feel much better though and are going to go run some errands now. Fun stuff.

Kicks and Bones.

Baby is becoming quite the little circus monkey. It used to have a moderately predictable daily wake/sleep schedule, but seems to have switched to the slightly more chaotic way of life where it no longer needs sleep. It moves around all day. Sometimes it makes such a big movement that I can see my belly jump. It also enjoys hitting my bladder a lot... and my ribs. It LOVES my ribs. Especially on the left side. I saw a chiropractor last week because I pulled a muscle on my scapula and it was horrendous! After pushing around on my belly for a while, she told me that the baby seems to have had a recent growth spurt and is currently enjoying hanging out on the left side (which I kind of figured) and has done the hard work of pushing my ribcage out of balance which has in turn pushed my shoulder-blades out of balance which put my muscles in strain and furthermore led to the muscle spasms which paralyzed me for those 2 or 3 days. So she kind of tried to push the baby out of the left side, but it kept going right back over there, and then she made some adjustments to my spine. She said that the manipulations took very well and that she thinks that I'll be good as new in no time. She also figured that my sciatica is being caused by the fact that my sacrum is not centered and is left-leaning (probably from that accident a few years ago involving me and my couch). So she pushed and cracked and all that jazz and I left feeling much better. I think baby liked it too, as it seemed to have put it to sleep.

On a completely different note: On Monday I got my first "when are you due" from someone I didn't know. It was a man with one glass eye and one eye with advanced macular degeneration. And then yesterday a coworker asked me the same thing. So there is my current tally: two people have noticed that I'm pregnant.

Only 15 weeks left!

Some Cheaper Stuff :)

In case anybody is thinking about getting us anything (like for the baby shower... or whatever) you could also look on craigslist. There's lots of good baby stuff - seeing as how most people only use it for a couple years then have to get rid of it. Here's the duluth one: http://duluth.craigslist.org/bab/


The Duluth one actually has the exact high chair that is on our Target registry! Plus, there would be less packaging waste from Craigslist :)

"DittleBittle" etymology

And now a little bit of intellectual stimulus for the knowledge-hungry:

For anybody who may be wondering the pronunciation for DittleBittle, it is roughly "Didtoe Bidtoe", as in the Breezish phrase from which it is etymologically derived: "Oaow wukadah Didtoe Bidtoe Béyebeh." Which of course, itself, has it's roots planted loosely in the english language.

Bellies!

Here's Breezy's Belly! It's fun to look at them all together, not only because they're all so cute, but also to see how it's changed. It starts on week 6. That's around when she was the smallest. She's definitely starting to show now! (Week 21 is today) Edit: Oops, that's actually week 22 I guess!

For those seeking a wishlist for the virtual baby shower...

Here we go...



Cloth diapers:

*Monkey Doodlez - Micro Doodlez All-in-one diapers. Size small.
http://www.monkeydoodlez.com/store/WsAncillary.asp?ID=3

*BumGenius 3.0 one size pocket diapers.
http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=98&products_id=1282


Bottles and Nuks:


*Green to Grow BPA free bottles.
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/green-to-grow-bpa-free-baby-bottle.html

*Nuby Non-Drip BPA free bottles.
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/bpa-free-non-drip-baby-bottle.html

*Nuby Gel Pacifiers.
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/gel-pacifier.html


Sleeping stuff:

*Co-sleeper. Preferably in a gender-neutral color, seeing as how baby's gender is unknown to us at this point...
http://www.amazon.com/Arms-Reach-Mini-Co-Sleeper-Bassinet/dp/B000HKY1GM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1201921006&sr=8-1

*Co-sleeper sheets:
http://armsreach.com/shop/Co-Sleeper-Sheets-Mini-Co-Sleeper-pr-38.html
http://armsreach.com/shop/Mini-Nature-Perfect-60-Organic-cotton-40-Bamboo-Sheets-NEW-pr-89.html


Clothes:

*These cute little kimono thingies:
http://www.sckoon.com/organiccottonbabyclothing-styles-newborn-basics.html


Wraps and slings:

*Moby Wrap: any colors.
http://www.mobywrap.com/shop/preview_product.php?product_id=1&&category_id=1
Can also be found in many natural baby stores, including:
Linden Hills Co-op (Minneapolis), Peapods natural baby store (St. Paul), and Chunky Monkey diapers (Brooklyn Park)
as well as on many websites.

Other sites with similar wraps (not quite as cheap though):
http://www.theportablebaby.com/wrap.html
http://theslingstation.com/elwowr.html
http://theslingstation.com/storch.html

Appointment.

Nothing terribly new or interesting here. We just got back from our appointment with Katie (our midwife) and everything is looking a-ok. Baby's heartbeat was nice and strong at about 150 bpm or so. Fundal height was right on at about 20cm. I finally have charted some weight gain, about 3 pounds in the last month, so I'm starting to gain "normally" now. I'm now officially back up to my pre-pregnancy weight.

Baby has started moving around a lot and is getting big enough that I can feel him/her flailing about in there. It's pretty weird, like an alien is living inside of me. It's cool though, except for a few times I've gotten some swift kicks in the bladder or cervix, which are VERY uncomfortable.

So, anyways, I'm off to get ready for work. I think I'll bring baby with me, she/he seems to be nocturnal anyways, so I might as well.

Have a happy evening!

100 Pure Accurate.

According to a Chinese gender prediction chart:


Baby Gender Predictor

Well... not me so much... but you know, the baby. I know what you're thinking- Is this correct? Well, I'm sure it's completely accurate. After all, it is the method of prenatal gender determination preferred by most doctors and midwives. You always here about ladies going in to the doctor's office and having them put gel all over her belly and rubbing a wand around on it while asking her what her lunar age is and what month and year conception took place and then seeing that magical chart pop up on the screen with either the words "I'm a Girl" or "I'm a Boy" printed beneath it.

Of course, I'll still do the back-up tests just to make sure... you know, like the one where you hang your wedding ring over your belly and see which way it moves and stuff.

In all seriousness though, we don't know if Dittle is a Dittle Boy or a Dittle Girl... But don't worry, we'll be sure to let you all know in a mere 20 weeks or so. :)

Breezy

So, the baby is already leaving things around the house. I found an open box of pop tarts on the counter the other day. That's right about the level the baby is at. And Breezy doesn't eat pop tarts so, I'm pretty sure they are the Baby's. I can only assume it has developed vast chaos-causing abilities at this point. The last time I saw it, it was only this big: .

But according to all the experts, it's grown by like... 50,000% or something in sheer body mass since then. It's got to be like a little monster with super-human powers and abilities by now.

Here is a photo of the last time we caught it on camera (about 12 weeks ago):

Sly little thing - you may have noticed, as I did, that it is camouflaged, and very hard to distinguish from its surroundings.

So momma and baby also have a job now. Unfortunately, the baby is more of a night-owl, and that makes it more difficult for them to work together during the day and get all the sleep they collectively need. Momma goes to bed early, and with my work/rehearsal schedule that means we see each other about half an hour each day. It's a good thing I have Thursdays off, so I can finally get a break and do some chores and see what's been going on all week - maybe even get some conversation in at some point when Breezy gets home! But at least she is much less worried now that she's employed, which is good for both of them :)

As a celebratory gesture on the baby's part for the new job, momma is getting more pregnant every day... about 24 hours more pregnant each day I would say... which is a good sign. Pictures coming soon hopefully :)

Baby's first job.

So the baby started it's very first job this week. Well, I guess it isn't so much the baby starting, but more like me starting a job and taking baby with me to work every day. It saves a lot of money on day care... which would be hard for me to get right now anyways I guess.

So far my schedule is 7am to 3:30 pm for orientation and it will be full time for about 8 weeks before I will drop down to the .8 I was hired for. I'm not used to these early mornings and long days. By the time I get home I am pretty much ready for bed.

In orientation thus far I have: read hospital policies and procedures, watched presentations on hospital policies and procedures, completed several "worksheets" on policies and procedures, watched videos on hospital equipment, played around with the electronic charting, and eaten. So... as you can probably gather, orientation is not the most exciting thing in the world. Tomorrow I get to go to a WOC seminar (wound care, ostomies, and continence services)... so that should be fun. Honestly, most of the things I'm doing and learning about this week are either A) things I have learned 6 times already, or B) common sense. But I don't really mind. I'm still pretty elated about just having a job, so for now whenever I get bored with training I can just calculate how much money I am making that day and think about how it is more than I made in the entirety of last year. On Friday I will be starting to do some actual work on the units, and honestly I'm pretty nervous about that. People I know who work there have all made sure to tell me their horror stories about bad preceptors, near misses, and of course, how the float staff are treated (which is poorly).

Here is my favorite thing thus far about the facility where I am employed: They have an awesome organic salad bar in the cafeteria and it is cheap. I can get a big salad, a bag of chips, and a carton of milk for only 2 dollars... which I think is pretty good. And it ensures that I eat an additional 3 servings of vegetables each day at work.

Oh, I should also mention that this week I am debuting the maternity wear that I purchased last Sunday. I found some rockin' deals at Old Navy and Motherhood Maternity and with the help of the lovely Anne, was able to choose some delicious items of clothing that fit over my enormo belly. Maternity clothes are actually ridiculously comfortable and I am kind of wondering why I forced myself to tolerate my ill-fitting real-person-clothes for so long. I am, however, having a hard time coming across maternity scrubs for work. At the moment, the scrubs I already own have enough give for them to last probably another month or two. After that I will need to procure some newbies. So if anyone has any royal blue Landau brand maternity scrubs in size medium that they are trying to get rid of..........

OK. So, that is all I have the energy to write about right now. I am going to go lay on the couch and vegetate for the night.

Pants shopping .

I believe that I am in my last couple days of being able to wear my regular pants. I noticed the other day that the pair I was wearing was digging into my belly really bad and after I realized that my shirt was not long and loose enough to wear them unbuttoned, I decided to put them in the pile of clothes that are no longer an option.

So today I decided that I'd try a different pair that happens to have a lower waistband. They worked out fine when I put them on and was walking around the house, but later realized when I finally sat down that they, too, must enter the pile of abandoned clothing. I have one more pair that I am going to attempt this week, then I will be out. My plan is to go to the mall on Sunday and finally do that dreaded maternity clothes shopping that I have been putting off (because until now it has been unnecessary). I would ignore the need and just wear sweats all the time (as I've been doing for much of the last 4 months), but I'm supposed to wear "business casual" attire for the first few days of orientation and I doubt that sweatpants are in that category.

Maybe I'll post a picture of my ridiculously expanding belly one of these days. I swear that there was virtually no belly until about 3 days ago. See, me and the baby had this little deal where the baby was going to wait to grow until I got a job. So after I got the phone call about the job, it seems that baby decided to take this whole growing thing very seriously and is now out of control.

I also am now in need of something else to wear to a wedding tomorrow. My planned outfit is no longer an option and I have no back-up. I may have to make an emergency trip to the mall because I don't really think sweatpants are entirely appropriate wedding wear either. But who knows, maybe I can start a new trend.

Breezy

Baby Things.

Lately I've been researching some baby products that I would like.

First of all, cloth diapers. After hours and hours of looking at reviews and chatting with cloth diaper fanatics, I have decided which diapers I would most like to have for the baby. I'll include links so you can look at these items (and buy them for us, if you feel so inclined :) ).

1. Monkey Doodlez - Micro Doodlez All-in-one diapers. Size small.
http://www.monkeydoodlez.com/store/WsAncillary.asp?ID=3
2. BumGenius 3.0 one size pocket diapers.
http://www.cottonbabies.com/product_info.php?cPath=98&products_id=1282

Why cloth diapers? They are better for the baby- not so much chlorine and bleach soaking into their little systems. Better for the environment- it takes hundreds of years for a plastic diaper to start decomposing. Saves money- the start-up cost is more, but you end up saving thousands because you don't have to keep buying and throwing away diapers. Babies diapered in cloth tend to potty train faster- the cloth does not pull all of the moisture away from baby, which will make baby uncomfortable and therefore not want to poop/pee in it's diaper. And... they are just too dang cute. Fun colors and stuff. Way better than those boring white ones.

The other thing I've been looking at a lot lately is BPA free bottles and pacifiers. BPA is in polycarbonate plastics and releases artificial estrogens that mimic our bodies natural hormones and screw with babies reproductive and endocrine systems. A lot of people do not believe this, but my anatomy and physiology teacher told us about it a few years ago in college and showed us a video where they did experiments on animals and stuff and it really messed with the animal babies... which makes me think that I'd rather play it safe and use BPA free bottles than risk hurting my baby's body systems. Here's an article on this if you are interested: http://thegreenguide.com/reports/product.mhtml?id=55
So here are some of the bottles/pacifiers I found:

1. Nuby Non-Drip BPA free bottles. Cute and cheap!
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/bpa-free-non-drip-baby-bottle.html

2. Green to Grow BPA free bottles. Also very cute, but not quite as cheap.
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/green-to-grow-bpa-free-baby-bottle.html

3. Nuby Gel Pacifiers. These are also pretty cheap and very cute. I personally like the pink/purple combo the best, but seriously, they are all very cute.
http://www.diapersetc.com/products/gel-pacifier.html

I also was just noticing today that Target carries some Medela storage and feeding bottles that are BPA free and I am going to add them to my target gift registry tonight. These are nice because you can freeze breast milk in them and then just warm them up in the bottle and feed baby! Handy. But these are a little more expensive I think. But the freezer storage bottles just seem very handy to me. Here is a link to our Target registry online, but I must admit, I do change it fairly frequently as I do more research and get new recommendations from friends and family. But anyways, here it is: http://www.target.com/gp/registry/registry.html/ref=gp_re_registry/601-8227581-5574504?ie=UTF8&sort=taxonomy&type=babyreg&id=2S2FR2NT8QHBR&msgid=&jsebd=1&message=&pageNum=1&view=owner

So, as you can tell, I spend the majority of my time looking up baby stuff and reading peoples baby blogs and just talking about babies. This has made me very boring to my friends, who do not have babies and are not pregnant. But with my new job starting on Monday, perhaps I will have newer, better stories and things to talk about and people will stop checking their watch and rolling their eyes while I'm talking to them. Also, I'll probably have less time to spend researching all of this stuff. So maybe it's good that I've been using my time this way, seeing as how I may not have the time and energy to do it after I start working.

That's all I've got for tonight.

Breezy

Jumping into the middle

We wanted to start a blog earlier so everyone could keep up with the goings-on but... yadda, yadda, here it is! It's better for you anyway; this way you don't have to deal with the first trimester which, trust me, isn't the most fun part of the pregnancy. So here begin the adventures of DittleBittle (the good months)!
Yes, I have decided to call it DittleBittle. It seems more than natural for Breezy and it's cute enough to make everyone interested in what will happen next with it, I'm sure :) I'll try to update the blog with pictures (of Dittle AND Breezy), a countdown, etc. so that everyone will have access to all the information they could possibly be looking for. More importantly, we'll write about what's happening with us and the baby - movements, midwife visits, alien visitations, anything that might be interesting to hear about.
To catch up briefly: DittleBittle is 17 weeks and 3 days old. So far it's learned ALLLL kinds of things: how to hear, how to breathe, how to yawn, how to suck a thumb (the only one available at this point is it's own... but I'm sure it could adapt if it had the chance, hence the indefinite article). Also, it can make fists and funny faces. Hopefully we'll get to see some of them soon!

EXCITING!