Looking between her legs (which by the way, she did not like). Definitely a girl.
Her little foot
She looks just like me when I was her age!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
It's a....
GIRL!
To be honest, I was kind of expecting a girl. I don't know why, and I don't know if I would even call it a "feeling". I think it's probably because Ella and Maiya lived with us for 4 months and we got used to having little girls in the house.
We are SUPER excited! I've told Greg I'm going to start toughening him up, because I know he is just going to be a big sucker for this little girl and she's going to wrap him around her little finger, just like Ella did!
Everything on the ultrasound looked fabulous. Baby is right on schedule, and is already sucking away at her hands. I was a finger sucker, so I'm guessing she's sucking her fingers and not her thumb. She was very lazy this morning, hardly moving at all. The ultrasound technician kept bouncing my belly to get her to move, but it didn't really work. She obviously couldn't be bothered to accommodate our ultrasound. (I'm thinking she takes after Greg.) They were able to get two very clear pictures of the gender, so they are very certain in their announcement that it's a girl.
The doctor says my placenta is low-lying, but should move as I get bigger. He also said my uterus is tipped forward which makes it difficult to feel the baby move. I guess that's why I haven't felt much movement. On Sunday I felt my first flutters, but it was after I VIOLENTLY sneezed. For anybody who has heard me sneeze, you know that it really does scare small children...in this case, a very, very small child.
No, we haven't thought of any names yet. I might have been able to come up with a few boy names, but when it comes to girl names I am at a complete and utter loss. My student told me yesterday that 51% of parents have name regret after naming their child. So much pressure!
By the way, I was voting it was a girl, and Greg was voting it was a boy, and the loser had to buy the winner cheese fries at Outback. We plan all our bets this way so that either way we get cheese fries.
Looks like it's Outback tonight!
To be honest, I was kind of expecting a girl. I don't know why, and I don't know if I would even call it a "feeling". I think it's probably because Ella and Maiya lived with us for 4 months and we got used to having little girls in the house.
We are SUPER excited! I've told Greg I'm going to start toughening him up, because I know he is just going to be a big sucker for this little girl and she's going to wrap him around her little finger, just like Ella did!
Everything on the ultrasound looked fabulous. Baby is right on schedule, and is already sucking away at her hands. I was a finger sucker, so I'm guessing she's sucking her fingers and not her thumb. She was very lazy this morning, hardly moving at all. The ultrasound technician kept bouncing my belly to get her to move, but it didn't really work. She obviously couldn't be bothered to accommodate our ultrasound. (I'm thinking she takes after Greg.) They were able to get two very clear pictures of the gender, so they are very certain in their announcement that it's a girl.
The doctor says my placenta is low-lying, but should move as I get bigger. He also said my uterus is tipped forward which makes it difficult to feel the baby move. I guess that's why I haven't felt much movement. On Sunday I felt my first flutters, but it was after I VIOLENTLY sneezed. For anybody who has heard me sneeze, you know that it really does scare small children...in this case, a very, very small child.
No, we haven't thought of any names yet. I might have been able to come up with a few boy names, but when it comes to girl names I am at a complete and utter loss. My student told me yesterday that 51% of parents have name regret after naming their child. So much pressure!
By the way, I was voting it was a girl, and Greg was voting it was a boy, and the loser had to buy the winner cheese fries at Outback. We plan all our bets this way so that either way we get cheese fries.
Looks like it's Outback tonight!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Jamming with Stevie Wonder...yes, in person
Yes, it's true...I jammed with Stevie Wonder.
No, really, I did. Look at the pictures. That's Stevie Wonder sitting at the piano with the sunglasses!
I played with the Atlanta Symphony on Sunday for the 90th birthday part of Reverend Lowery. Look him up if you don't recognize his name - MLK's right-hand man in the Civil Rights movement, an amazing man who has literally changed our country.
It was a 4-hour birthday extravaganza!
Also sharing the stage with me and Stevie Wonder were the Attorney General of the United States, Pres. Obama's personal assistant, Soledad O'Brien from CNN, Al Sharpton, Andrew Young, and Martin Luther King III to name a few.
And yes, of course we played "Sir Duke!" It was AWESOME!
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Glamping
Definition of Glamping: Glamorous Camping
Necessities: Oversized tents
with air mattresses
An awesome cook stove with taco soup for dinner
And not pictured: flushing toilets, bugless restrooms, and showers
A supposed 8-man raft that only fit 4 adults, a two-year-old, and a cooler very tightly
Bonus: Chattachoochee River Access
Awesome friends who have all the necessary Glamping Equipment -- Mark, Nicole and little Anna
And a camp site that is just outside of Newnan: Chattachoochee Bend
We highly recommend it!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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