Week 20

A busy week in the second trimester! Unfortunately I had a nasty cold all week, but I took a day off and got some much needed rest. Paul and I toured St. Vincent's maternity center, the hospital where I'm set to delivery (mostly because that's where my OB practice is). The rooms were not as large as I had hoped, and although I'm sure it will be just fine I got the impression it wasn't really designed for women delivering unmedicated.

We had a great time at Stephanie and Josh's engagement party on Saturday. It was nice to spend the evening with family and friends and celebrate the good news of their engagement.

It's a Girl!!!

On the first day of week 19 Paul, my mom, dad, and I headed to my second trimester ultrasound appointment. This was the big day when we got to see our little one and find out if we're having a boy or a girl. When they first brought just me back to the ultrasound room to do the measurements our little one was being modest with her legs crossed, so the technician had me lay on my side to try to get her to move around a bit. I asked her nicely if she would cooperate since it was just family. Luckily when Paul and my parents came in we were able to see that she is indeed a little girl! And the best news was that she is perfectly healthy and growing right on schedule!

After the appointment we headed down the street to Avondale to grab a late lunch and go into some of the adorable & overpriced baby boutiques. In order to share the news we took a photo of Paul holding a little pink dress and texted it to friends and family. Next we went down to the Babies R Us at the Towncenter to begin the registry process. We spent an hour looking at strollers and nothing else! After an hour of playing with strollers we met the Roys for dinner at Bahama Breeze. My parents had to head home after dinner, but Paul and I made a mad dash to BabyGap and then we finally hit the road too.

It was such a great day! It felt like a celebration, with all of the exciting anticipation of Christmas but even better because this present is the best one ever!

Week 17 in Colorado

For the weekend of my 17th week we headed out to Longmont, Colorado for a friend's wedding.

We flew into Denver Saturday afternoon and headed to Longmont, about 45 minutes Northwest of Denver. The groom is a fraternity brother of Paul's, and so it was a bit of a reunion for him and the other four fraternity brothers that came up for the wedding. Saturday night we met up with the bride and groom and other wedding guests at a local brew pub to watch college football (and watch the Gators get whopped by Alabama!).

Before the wedding on Sunday evening, Paul and I drove out to Estes Park and up to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Lucky for us it was Elk season, so we got to see the Elk up close and personal - pretty cool until the huge buck with giant antlers started bellowing at us. With the crazy high altitude we weren't much for trekking on foot, so we mostly drove through the National Park. Amazing how quickly we were winded!

The wedding was Sunday evening, and was our first traditional Jewish wedding. It was a really neat experience and such a pretty location. The boys had a good time and managed not to get into too much trouble. On Monday we explored around Boulder and what I can only imagine is a rare occurrence in Colorado - rain! We got back really late Monday night and were greeted by two very happy dachsies.