what do you think baby bling is?

we had our appointment yesterday for the 3-d ultrasound. just as we were about to head into the city i got a phone call from the clinic, they called to inform me that they were running behind and wanted to push my appointment back 30mins. i said "ok," hung-up and was glad that they had the decency to call. this left me with high hopes for the appointment. not only did they seem courteous, but the reason they were so far behind is that the babies weren't cooperating and each appointment took longer than expected to get good pictures, translation, they knew the importance of getting good pictures, they didn't just take your money, slap some goo on your stomach and send you home with a bunch of pictures of knee caps. so we got to south san francisco at 530 to see some pictures of our baby ling. at 608 we were still waiting for them to finish up with the people before us. i think it was about 630 when they finally called us in. so i hopped up on the table (ok, so i used the step stool and kind of flopped on it) and waited to see the pictures of our little bling. he started with the 2-d pictures, the same ones that they do at the dr's office, to check the placement and see if i was going to have to move around so we could get some good shots. we saw the grainy, fuzzy little profile of our baby. he zoomed in on the head and switched to 3-d. i was pretty cool. then, he went back to 2-d to tell us the gender of the baby. he said we came at a good time to tell the sex, the baby isn't too big or too small. so i rolled over so he could get a good angle. so he poked around for a little bit and was able to get a good shot to tell us what the gender is. it was so weird to hear... now we know what bling is! it's so strange to know now.
so then he took some more pictures, but baby bling started to turn. so i had to get up on my knees and elbows and wait for baby bling to turn around. it was very uncomfortable. but, as you can see, we got some good pictures of our little baby bling!
it's getting so close, it's terrifying! i cant believe we are going to have a baby in our house soon. bruno spent last weekend painting the baby's room. he is redoing the closet now and it looks really good. we are moving furniture back in there today.

second chance

we have an appointment on saturday to try and find out if we have a bling-O or a bling-A. let's hope it cooperates!

cankles

i am so glad that when we were in london we decided that cankles were a sign of royalty, i am so swollen i should be empress of the earth now! apparently just sitting at my desk causes ever ounce of fluid within my body (that isnt in my increasingly small bladder) to flow directly to my ankles. its really disgusting. my little toes seem to peek out from underneath my giant fat balloon foot. ive tried drinking massive amounts of water, but it doesnt help. it probably is counter-acted by the fact that the baby likes salty food. what am i to do?

craziest science experiment ever

i can now see the baby move from the outside. my belly jumps every time the baby moves. its odd how much things can change over a short period of time. when i went to san diego last weekend lisa could barely feel it. now i can actually see it moving. OMG!!!! freaking out! it is gonna be here so soon and we are so not prepared!!!!!

copy of blog posted 5/29

oh my god it moves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think im feeling it move. it is so weird and creepy. it feels like a little muscle twitch or spasm. i think its just messing with me and flicking me. it made it really hard to concentrate on work. i just hope it is more like the creature in space balls than alien, we could use a little song and dance during the day.

copy of blog posted 5/18

it's a prude, a prude i tell you!!!
Current mood: surprised

we had our ultrasound on wednesday. we were all ready to find out if it was a menina or menino, a hot dog or a hamburger, an Elvis or a priscilla. but the only thing that we found out is that its a prude. it had its little knees pinched together the entire time. how could i, of all people, be raising a child that is a prude? one that is afraid to show the goods? how is this even posible???? but it has two kidneys, a functioning bladder, 4 ventricle heart, developing brain, 2 arms, 2 legs and a full spine. but idea if it has a va-jay-jay or a winkle!

im finally getting off my butt

i thought it would be cool working the night shift here, but it is really hard to go to sleep immediately when i get home from work, and even harder to get moving when i wake up. i always blamed it on not being a "morning" person, but i guess that doesn't apply now because i should be sleeping from about 4am to noon. i guess im just and inert person (objects at rest like to stay at rest!). but i am going to over come my inertia right now! i have 1 hour 15mins before our driver will be here to pick us up to go to work. i am going to get dressed and go for a walk and see what i can find. im going to go in the opposite direction than i went the 1st time. wish me luck in seeing all kinds of totally amazing things!!!