One Month

I know I'm long overdue for a post with some pictures of us. They are coming! I promise. But for now these will have to do... Danny and I have been blown away though, by the fact that this baby's due date is only a month away! We've been keeping busy trying to get projects done and get things ready for when he comes! We had another ultrasound this week, which was great. The last one we had was a little nerve-wracking, but it was nice to hear that even though he is still small and a little skinny, he's growing consistently. Some things were still low, so they're still going to watch him closely, but they sounded pretty happy with his growth. It was also the first time we've really gotten to see his face... he likes to hide behind his hands. The ultrasound nurse was nice and printed out a bunch of pictures for us.

Ultrasound pictures are always kind of weird and it's hard to figure out what you are looking at... but it'll be fun to compare them to his face when he's born! The first one is a profile. He had his lips nice and puckered up under his nose. Maybe he will be a Valentines baby!Then this one is of him looking straight on. His forhead is on the right and one of his cheeks is white, close to the middle of the picture. It's fun to get a sneak peek to what he might look like! One of my projects was to get bumper pads and a crib blanket done. Danny helped me tie the blanket (I was very impressed with his skills!) and then we set up the crib. Woo hoo. This is the fun I had with the great sock monkey fabric my mom and I found.

This story is a little random, but my mom and I went to Motherhood Maternity in the outlets in Park City yesterday (I love that store!) and we overheard some very interesting conversations.

One mother had her almost 3 year old daughter with her. As I was trying stuff on I could hear this little girl say "I'm John Smith mom!" Cute right? My brother would go around telling people his name was Jim Craig (Man From Snowy River). It's what kids do! But the I just about fell over in the dressing room listening to the mother's response. "Makenna, I want you to qualify yourself by saying "I'm Makenna pretending to be John Smith. Don't say you are John Smith, say you are imagining to be John Smith." QUALIFY YOURSELF? What 3 year old (or any child for that matter) knows what that means?! What is this world coming to that a kid can't even pretend to be a cartoon character without having to clarify that she's not really that person... of course she's not! It blew me away that someone would talk to a 2 year old like that. Personally, I'm excited to hear what funny things our kids pretend to be!