Week 14: Daddy's 1st post

Daddy here, for the first time in this book, but I've sure been thinking a lot about you!  :o)  The first trimester is over, so you're only 6 months away, but it seems like a long time away still.  I guess that's a good thing, though - everyone always talks about how quickly the time passes once the baby is born, so now we get to enjoy the pregnancy for longer (or so it seems).

We're at the nurse-midwives office for Mommy's 14-week exam and everything looks great so far.  The ultrasound we had last week was really neat - it's amazing how much you were moving around!  And it really looked like you were sucking your thumb already.  Just like Mommy and Aunt Abbie - they both sucked their thumbs for a long time.

Hey baby - can't wait to meet you!  Your midwife, Gina.


OK, I'm back, and sitting at work now.  I'm "on report", so I sit around the Boulder drivers' room waiting for someone not to show up, or call in sick, or for a bus to break down.  [That's what I'm doing as I type up these entries, too!]  Nothing so far, so I get to write some more to you.  We got to hear your heartbeat again today, and it sounds good and strong - fairly fast too, so we're thinking you might be a girl, but won't know for sure for another month or so.  The Internet quiz that we took thinks you're a girl too, based on (in part) how hairy, or rather how not-hairy, Mommy's legs are at the moment.  :o)  I hope none of this gives you any complexes if you turn out to be a boy!  Probably not, though - I have a feeling you're going to be someone who is fairly confident in yourself.  I sure hope you are, anyway.

Mommy and I were talking about what to do next year for Christmas - it'll be your first Christmas, so I know that Meemaw & Papa will want to see you, as will Aunt Abbie and the other Knobls, but we had also talked to our friend Nancy Lee about going to Hawaii with her too.  Hopefully we'll get to do both, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.  A lot will depend on where we're living then and what my job situation is.  [Looks like we'll probably be staying in Colorado for Christmas 2011.]