*First Baby Picture!

Well, it's mostly a picture of my tummy inside out, but you can see the Baby between the two "+" signs... (Click the picture to enlarge it)



The doctor said everything looked fine. I'm supposed to take it easy for another week, but I don't have to stay in bed anymore. I got a lot of questions answered and I feel very safe.

Lance and Hubie picked up the super big bed today. I can't wait to give it a quick cleaning and have a grown-up bed. Yay!

Ok, after some food, MAYBE I'll do a little homework. I read 2 plays yesterday, but there's still a hell of a lot more reading and writing before thursday!

xoxo

Bedrest Blows

I have to say that while the universe may be trying its damnedest to provide downtime for me to catchup on my homework, I am finding it extremely difficult to do anything but sleep, daydream about the baby, or grump. Why is it that when I'm busy, all I want in the world is time in bed and now that I have that, I just want to get up?!

Spoke with the on-call Dr. from the gyn office. Apparently it's normal for me to still be bleeding, but I have to stay in bed except for grabbing a glass of water or going to the bathroom. She even said no store trips. I'm really excited about the gyn appoint tomorrow with dr. simonson. Lance will get to see the baby and hopefully she will have a more exciting solution than bedrest to whatever my body is doing right now.

The dog is doing a good job keeping me company, hogging the bed and squashing my feet.

I'm having a hard time staying in today- I keep thinking about how many fancy costumes I wanted to make for the kids' recitals in january and how limited my teaching is going to be at circus class. I'm also a little worried about how involved I'm going to be capable to being with developing the script for the middle school drama class. I was really excited about that project and oh boy am i at the mercy of my body and my hormones. Apparently in about one or two months I'll get an energy surge, but until then, there's a lot of brain dead hanging out over here...

One of the pregnancy websites said to start taking pictures of my belly on a monthly basis. That seems both exciting, fun and horrifying at the same time. Why oh why did I gain 35 lbs since the wedding?!!! Ah well. I guess my body was just buckling down making things extra cozy over here for when the baby decided to come.

Blogs are weird because you're pretty much just talking to yourself. I hope that someday the baby will be interested in what it's mom was thinking while it was swimming around in her tummy.

xoxo

What's in a Name?

OK. What do you think of Parker Elizabeth Tarbox Windish (girl) or Parker Elijah Tarbox Windish (boy)? Comments? Alternate Suggestions?

Oh the drama

Last night was exciting, resulting in a lovely check-in with the nice staff at Greenwich CT's hospital. Bottom line, Baby's fine (7 weeks and I got to see a beating heart on the untrasound!) and I'm in bedrest until I check in with my doctor. It turns out my old OBGYN takes my insurance after all, so Lance made me an appointment for monday at 1:45 with Dr. Simonson at Westcare Medical.

Had a nice slumber party at my dear friends' (and former boss) Pinkney and Laura's house last night. They're excited to be the baby's NYC grand-parents. Nice!

Lance is making a yummy dinner, having fought through the rain to bring it all home. We are very lucky over here.

Flakiness Ensues

Well, I was too nauseous to meet Tim for breakfast, which was pretty good since I had already had a plan to meet Theseus for a work breakfast which I had to cancel because I had a physical at Health Services up at school, which I had to cancel because I forgot that last week I said I would help out for a couple of hours at one of my former bookkeeping gigs. I sure am glad I spent so much money on a fancy phone with a calendar to keep my life organized...

Speaking of, 2 new things on the calendar: next tues @ 11am, 1st sonogram to determine how far along this little sucker actually is (and if it's in a tube or something) and then tues @ 1pm, apt. w/ psychopharmacologist specializing in pregnancy to see which is a bigger risk, keeping me on or taking me off my medication. Oh joy.

If anyone was wondering, the first apt with the OBGYN was fine. The staff was super friendly, the doctor very efficent, and it's in an annex building, so the office is small enough to feel safe. I like her just fine, so while I still want to investigate options (especially birthing), it's convenient that she is one of the few brooklyn providers to take my insurance and she is affiliated with the hospital at the end of our block. AND the exam room was a nice shade of light pink. Very important. If anyone is interested, the doctor's website is brooklyndocs.com and her name is Elsie Alvarez, MD.

Moving pretty fast getting prepared over here. Lance & Pahu are going to go get the fancy new bed from craigslist on fri am. I have some friends who are going to loan me maternity and newborn stuff, as well as a lot of advice. Now I just need to stop blogging and talking on the phone/daydreaming about the baby and do my damn homework.

HHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEE
WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKK

1st Dr.'s Appointment

Ok. First OBGYN appointment with new provider, new insurance. Today @ 5:30, Dr. Elsie Alvarez. We can decide if we want to stick with her permanently after we get the initial pre-natal visit over with. I want some blood tests and sonograms!

Well it's confirmed...

Still have to go to the OBgyn and start that whole process, but SUNY Purchase's Health Services Nurse says the baby's on the way... Yahoo!

ACK!!!

the amount of kids in nyc seems to have expanded geometricly overnight. Now I can't look but I see a baby and each time I do, "ACK!!!" is all I can think (but in a good way).

Impluse Buy Much?!

Worst case scenario, we can resell this if we don't end up needing it. But it was only 40 bucks 2 blocks away on craig's list... Total insane early shopping, I know, especially with our front hallway being so clutter-free. But as I told my friend the other day, BUYING something makes it seem real!



Now I just need to get a doctor to do a blood test and confirm that I am in fact pregnant.

Old Website

I moved the old wedding website to fauxreal.org/ctlw, just in case anyone was looking for it. It hasn't been updated since the wedding, but some of the love stories are still nice to read...

Oh! But the WEDDING PICS are online at Howard Pyle Photography
and our Google Web Album. Hope you like them!

Holy shit.

We're having a baby.