Leo's Party!
Then, came Katie's surprise birthday party:
This one is classic Katie dancing. Tired and pregnant, I am sorry to have missed this. I am happy, however, for the proof that the dance party that ensued was excellent. Please see my brother-in-law, Alex, and friend, Chris, below. Truly excellent. Happy birthday indeed!!
And then, Mother's Day! Our annual mom/kid photo:
Then, this week, I started my new job. While I haven't started "on the floor" just yet, I honestly feel as though I'm going to love it. I feel like I'm where I am supposed to be. And, although I am probably ten years older than most of the other students I was hired on with, it's a great group of people who certainly don't take this awesome opportunity for granted. Things are good.
We also had our first ultrasound (this post is truly a hodpodge...my own fault...sorry again.) Things went well. The baby is in a transverse position, laying horizontally, and facing my spine. Getting a good picture was rather hard. We got a couple, though! (There was an interesting position required for any possibility of a face shot, but we managed.) At one point, the specialist was called in to look at a "spot" on the baby's brain...a dark black area in the left hemisphere that made my heart sink. However, the specialist confirmed that it was completely normal and nothing to worry about. Still, I left with a feeling of dread, which only now has started to fade. I hate that, thanks to an overwhelming interest in Mother/Baby classes, I have now been formally educated about all of the things that can go wrong in pregnancy. I hate it, but I'll get used to it. Our child-bearing days won't last too much longer, anyway. I guess that's good, as far as the excessive worry goes.
BUT, things seems ok. I went in positive this baby was a girl (this entire pregnancy has been very different), but left the ultrasound positive that it's a boy. We don't know for sure, so I guess we'll see! (Either way, I am really excited about the name, so I am happy that we're covered there. I hate having a great name that we can't use, but I'm happy that both a boy and a girl would have a pretty strong one. Good feeling.) Here are a few pics of our new little one, measuring about a week ahead (they all do), and kind of smiley, though I don't think we got any good pics of the practice smiles.
So, there it is! That's a summation of the last week. I'll try to keep things a little more updated in the future. Promise.
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