Monday, June 11, 2007
Big Boy!
We had our ultrasound at the hospital this afternoon . . . the technician measured Avery as weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces which is big considering we are just today at our 37th week! We also saw that he is definitely a boy, has hair, and it looks like chubby cheeks (cute!!!!!). We'll see what our regular OB says about his size on Thursday. The technician didn't seem to think that Avery is ENORMOUS, but he called him "good sized."
My ankles look like there are water balloons inside. Bending over is a huge challenge. I no longer walk, I waddle slowly. But we are so excited that our son will be born soon!
We sent off all our paperwork to our lawyer, and we're going to set up a meeting with the social worker. We feel very good about that.
This weekend we were huge church nerds. We went to our church's end-of-the-year party on Friday. It was really fun. We realized that whereas normally we would try to find people we know and like to sit with and talk with, this time, people came up to us to talk and eat with us, which means that we are known and liked! We had a good conversation about the word "church" also. We were remembering that after we joined 4th U, we would NEVER use the word church, because we had negative connotations with that word and felt embarassed to use it. We'd say "4th U" or be very vague . . . like "We're going to Connecticut this weekend for a sort of getaway . . . retreat . . . thingy." and now we just say "we're going to church, we're going on a church retreat" without thinking about it. It's sort of like reclaiming the word for ourselves, but it made me remember that the associations we formerly had with "church" are what a lot of other people also think about, so maybe we need a new word or definition to explain Unitarianism to folks.
On Saturday, we had our infant-care class. It was fun, we got to play with baby dolls and practice changing diapers, changing them, burping them, nursing them, holding them, etc. I don't really feel like we learned anything totally new -- parts of the class reminded me of the episode of the Simpsons when the kids go live with the Flanders (their foster family) and Marge and Homer have to take a family class where they learn things like "Put your garbage in a garbage can people . . . don't just throw it out the window!"
But we had to get out of the city so we got a Zipcar and yesterday afternoon took a spontaneous trip to Connecticut. We stopped at a Target to get some last-minute baby things and a Trader Joe's to stock up on some pantry items so cooking our CSA vegetables will be easier and we won't have to run to the store every time hopefully, AND we ended up in West Haven to go to the beach and eat seafood. It was evening by the time we got there and no one was swimming, but we walked along the beach which was lovely, and then got a lobster roll and crab cakes for dinner which was perfect! Sometimes it is so nice to get out of the city, even just for a little while.
Avery is moving all about. I can't believe how big he is! We saw him squiriming around, blinking, moving his mouth, and waving his hands and feet about in the ultrasound and it was fascinating. I imagine that after he's born we'll be enthralled with his every gesture and facial expression.
My ankles look like there are water balloons inside. Bending over is a huge challenge. I no longer walk, I waddle slowly. But we are so excited that our son will be born soon!
We sent off all our paperwork to our lawyer, and we're going to set up a meeting with the social worker. We feel very good about that.
This weekend we were huge church nerds. We went to our church's end-of-the-year party on Friday. It was really fun. We realized that whereas normally we would try to find people we know and like to sit with and talk with, this time, people came up to us to talk and eat with us, which means that we are known and liked! We had a good conversation about the word "church" also. We were remembering that after we joined 4th U, we would NEVER use the word church, because we had negative connotations with that word and felt embarassed to use it. We'd say "4th U" or be very vague . . . like "We're going to Connecticut this weekend for a sort of getaway . . . retreat . . . thingy." and now we just say "we're going to church, we're going on a church retreat" without thinking about it. It's sort of like reclaiming the word for ourselves, but it made me remember that the associations we formerly had with "church" are what a lot of other people also think about, so maybe we need a new word or definition to explain Unitarianism to folks.
On Saturday, we had our infant-care class. It was fun, we got to play with baby dolls and practice changing diapers, changing them, burping them, nursing them, holding them, etc. I don't really feel like we learned anything totally new -- parts of the class reminded me of the episode of the Simpsons when the kids go live with the Flanders (their foster family) and Marge and Homer have to take a family class where they learn things like "Put your garbage in a garbage can people . . . don't just throw it out the window!"
But we had to get out of the city so we got a Zipcar and yesterday afternoon took a spontaneous trip to Connecticut. We stopped at a Target to get some last-minute baby things and a Trader Joe's to stock up on some pantry items so cooking our CSA vegetables will be easier and we won't have to run to the store every time hopefully, AND we ended up in West Haven to go to the beach and eat seafood. It was evening by the time we got there and no one was swimming, but we walked along the beach which was lovely, and then got a lobster roll and crab cakes for dinner which was perfect! Sometimes it is so nice to get out of the city, even just for a little while.
Avery is moving all about. I can't believe how big he is! We saw him squiriming around, blinking, moving his mouth, and waving his hands and feet about in the ultrasound and it was fascinating. I imagine that after he's born we'll be enthralled with his every gesture and facial expression.
# posted by RebeccaL-O @ 1:29 PM 
