It's a Girl!!!!

But she's not ours. Nope, this beauty is the lucky daughter of Julie and Gordon - the first of the many of my pregnant friends to give birth. Claire Elizabeth was born on April 6 and is totally sweet and adorable. I may perhaps be a little jealous, but at least I know that if Bodo turns out to be a boy I will still have Claire as my namesake. Claire was my French name in High School and Julie was my very first French partner, so obviously she chose the name because of me- it's especially obvious because we have the same middle name, too!

Don't you think we look good with a girl baby, though? I guess we'll find out soon enough. I'm currently at 36 1/2 weeks, and since Sully showed up one day shy of 37 weeks, I keep wondering if Bodo will be coming in the next few days. I am hoping that will not be the case, though. But I am trying to be more prepared ahead of time, just in case. My bag is mostly packed, the baby clothes are down from the attic, washed and put away, and I've been reading lots of books on natural childbirth and easing labor pain. So even though I don't really want the baby to come just yet, I think we're probably ready.

I go to the doctor for my 37 week check up tomorrow, so we'll see if they have any predictions. I was almost 1 cm dilated last week, but they said that was common in 2nd pregnancies. I'm on an iron supplement now, though, because I am anemic (I guess now I know who to blame for Sully's anemia!). I also measured a little small last week, so they are going to do an ultrasound tomorrow to check on Bodo's growth. Other than that, I am feeling pretty good - a little sluggish and ungainly, but that's sort of normal for me even when I'm not pregnant!

That's it for now! I'll keep you posted on Bodo's development and impending arrival and promise not to post anymore pictures of other people's babies until ours comes.

Some Easter Pictures

I realized recently that another month has passed since my last post. (And I thought I was being so on top of things....) Where on earth does the time go? So I thought I would do just a quick update with some cute pictures from our visit to Sherrard for Easter. Sully had his first farm egg hunt, but was more interested in looking at Grandma's hose and chasing the cat than finding the eggs. It also took about 2 hours before I could get him away from his toys to look for the eggs in the house. But he loved decorating bunny cookies with Grandma and Aunt Sue and he seemed to enjoy coloring eggs. Mostly, though, he had the most fun playing toys and screaming with Uncle Todd. It was a really nice weekend, and we enjoyed being able to spend the holiday with the Willhites and Williamsons.

Here's some of my favorite pictures from the weekend: