Y'know, I'm not that keen on the spiders that seem to love our house. This 3" specimen was up between the rafters. I bravely fought him off with a stick.
Earlier we had a Zooropsis spinimana outside the garage. Even the house spiders are big and brave.
I won't get into the time our bathroom mirror was covered in a fresh batch of spiderlings and their momma.
Ugh.
He was quite cute, though.
... Make me realize that I live in one kind of paradise.
Now I will eat my steak and asparagus and drink my beer. Win!
Pezzi King 2005 Sauvignon Blanc.
I really hate martini glasses. This evening I spilt the better half of a Vesper by hitting the glass when gesticulating, and by having the base of the glass stick to the table (which does not play well with top-heavy glasses).
Ah well, I probably didn't need the extra alcohol!
(The Vesper was the Cliff House's version. I forget the precise ingredients. Their house Manhattan, with Eagle Rare bourbon, is delightful.)
GIRL!!!! (seriously vox, could you have worse pink colors?)
We had our big ultrasound yesterday and found out we're having a girl!
First pictures:
We think that's a foot :0)
Doesn't she look like her Daddy?:
Big Yawn!
We
have video of the experience too which is awesome but I need the
technical genius of my husband to post those. Stay tuned ;-D
Onto the story of the actual ultrasound:
Yesterday was absolutely amazing.
The logistics:
I
had to empty my blatter an hour before getting the u/s and then drink
16 ozs. of clear liquid 30 minutes before and then not pee. I also had
some orange juice to make sure we had an awake baby 
.
The actual ultrasound (u/s)
They
called me in pretty quickly and got started. Shaun got to see the whole
thing while I was laying on the table with the monitor faced away
from me. At the swanky place that I went to for my 12 week u/s they had
a monitor that I could see as well. But, I thought it was kind of neat
that Shaun got to see and experience things that I didn't because the
rest of the pregnancy is about me doing that 
.
His facial expressions were great. We had to be quiet while the tech
was taking all the images and I so wanted him to give me a blow by blow
but he couldn't. Right at the beginning the tech said "Oh of course
you're in a funny posistion. The first baby I did today was in a funny
position and that just seems to set the tone." I got all worried that
we weren't going to see the goods. I was SURE to tell her before we
even started that I wanted to KNOW what kind of baby was in there. (I
know she's a human btw) About 15-20 minutes in her wand got very
painful. She stops and says "You're too full. Could you go to the
bathroom?" I asked "All the way?" she said, "Yes." I wanted to kiss her!
When
I got back, she started again and with no warning said "Well, you're
going to have a girl." I was amazed and the water works totally
started. I didn't get to see the image of her goods but the tech was
positive she was a girl. So girl it is! Then we moved on to the part
where I got to watch. It was so incredibly amazing! She waved at us (as
she has on every u/s), we got to see her sucking, trying to put her
thumb in her mouth, yawning 
and stretching (my absolute favorite), she changed positions in a very
Mom-like (hey that's me!) way and was just so cute! We also got to see
her very healthy spine, legs (they look long-wishful thinking on my
part), and arms. Once I figure out how to post the video I'll post a
link! My friends who saw it said that her profile looks like Shaun and
I have to agree. She's so cute!
After that the tech took some
more measurements and then asked us to wait outside so that the doctor
could look and make sure we got all the pictures we needed. We had and
she sent us on our way with a CD of the experience. They can only give
you the images that she shared with me. All the other stuff goes to the
specialist to review and my doctor. The tech only made the comment
about her spine but didn't seem alarmed at all (and isn't allowed to
say anything) but was very matter-of-factly cheerful throughout the
entire procedure. I go in next week to see my doctor and I'll get the
full results then 
I saw a very active, healthy-looking baby! SO COOL.
Beautiful balmy evenings.
