The San Jose Sharks lost the playoffs against Anaheim Ducks, so my husband’s fantasy of getting a baby outfit for our boy is dashed for now… James is a little sad. This time I am careful to not let him pick a fight with me.
Archive for April 2009
I saw this commercial a while back and now with a baby on the way and playoff games on just about every night, this is more timely than ever.
I am in serious need of chick flicks!
At 19 weeks, I had my last ultrasound. It was really exciting and we got to see more of the baby this time around, a lot more than at the 12 week ultrasound. At this 18-20 week mid-pregnancy ultrasound they really take a close look at all the baby’s organs, and we got to find out the sex of the baby. James and I had a much better experience this time around because we had a much better technician that explained what we are seeing to us and was more engaging, though I am still a bit disappointed that our ultrasound center doesn’t give us anything but 4 pics in a plain paper printout for “cost reasons.” No video, no thermal paper printout, not even a JPEG… sigh.
So here are the four pics we got from the ultrasound of our baby…
Want to guess which photo the proud papa James decided to post on his cubicle at work?
Here’s a hint:
Today James and I decided to clean up our back patio area a bit and discovered quite a surprise — there is a bird hanging out on top of a shelf on the patio, on the top of our cat Koxinga’s cat carrier. The bird was startled by our presence and flew away, though not too far away as she sat on the wall nervously looking at us. We discovered why: on top of the cat carrier is a bird nest with two eggs in it.
momma bird working on hatching her babies
I was happily surprised by this discovery and commented that apparently I am not the only one trying to hatch a baby in this household. James and I decide that this is a good omen and decided to leave the bird’s nest where we found it. Momma bird then returned to the nest to sit on her eggs. The cats are not quite as calmly happy about this discovery and are very vocal about this.
After looking things up, we identified the bird as a mourning dove. James and I have seen the daddy bird around during their courtship, taunting our kittens with their noisy frolicking. Even though we have not seen him as of late, we know he’s around. The mourning doves are monogamous, have strong pair bonds, and co-parents!
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