Two-thirds of the way there!

Yesterday (Thursday) we had our 27-week appointment, the one where they make you drink the sugary glucose drink to see if you have what Wilford Brimley calls "dia-BEET-us." All is well, Kid A is measuring right on target, and we're now heading into the 3rd trimester!

Also in the last week, we registered for the classes we're going to take -- there are like a dozen you can do, but we're only taking three: Newborn Care, Breastfeeding, and Labor Preparation. All that bizness is in August, as is the baby shower our friends are throwing us locally -- we specified only one main rule: NO GAMES. And I mean it, if someone tries to get one of those stupid shower games going, I will leave, no matter how much of a grump and a spoilsport that makes me look like.

Speaking of showers ... we've got our shopping list ready, thanks to some friends of mine who have recently had babies, and will be registering soon, we swear. Other stuff keeps getting in the way, but we know we need to do that soon.

OK, gotta go -- the foot pressing steadily against my rib says howdy to all y'all.

Baby Scans

Scans of the baby are here!

Welcome, family & friends!

Hello, everybody! With us on the left coast, and y'all all over the place, we thought we'd use this blog to share all the latest news and updates on Kid A.

As most of you know, he or she is scheduled to make his or her appearance on September 25, 2007. Today, the bean is 24 weeks along -- that's more than halfway, but with a good bit of time left to go.

We're trying to figure out where to put the crib and other paraphernalia soon to be donated by Paul & Amy (thanks a million, you two!), deciding when to buy another car, and making sundry other arrangements and plans -- it's amazing how much ag a seven-pound human can stir up, doncha know.

Someday soon, we're going to register for whatever we don't get handed down from family & friends -- most likely at Target and/or Babies R Us, depending on what we wind up needing, so if anyone's asking you, tell them THANK YOU!! and we will get to that part soon, we promise.

Meanwhile, check in on us every now and then -- posting will be more frequent (if shorter!) when we get closer to D-Day, and of course there will be photos and other good stuff when we have anything like that for ya.

Please post comments whenever you want -- we'll see them all, we promise. But it's no good asking for shots of LLM's midsection -- that ain't gonna happen. Nothin to see here, folks, move it along ...