No fiber content in this one. This is for family members and friends mostly.
I'm around, but things have been very busy around here. Life is going to get even busier in the next year as we are expecting. That's right, we're finally expecting. This is our first, and we have waited a very very very long time for this little one. My parents were out visiting the last couple of weeks and got to be here for the 20 week ultrasound. That was pretty cool. I have not had a chance to scan in the little one's pics. My husband's favorite is probably the one with the baby's mouth open.
What gender is our little one? Well, the baby was not cooperating completely for us and had her legs crossed. I say "her" because the technician initially said she thought it was a girl and gave us an 85% chance of the baby being a girl, but by the end of the ultrasound, the technician was pretty sure we were having a girl. My husband, well, he's been calling the baby "she" and "her" since the beginning and feels the fact that her mouth was open is a good sign it's a girl. Before anyone gets all hyped up, this is a man who fought for women's rights and currently stands beside me in my own career, so he just jokes about things like that because he knows I get riled up. Boy do I get riled up about comments like that.
I had no clue it would be so interesting being pregnant. Seriously, it is fascinating and I'm loving the whole carrying our baby thing. I can't wait to hold our little one. It's just simply fantastic. I also had no idea how many safety concerns I would have to deal with at work. Since I teach biology, both lectures and labs, I deal with chemicals and microorganisms throughout the semester. I had to sort of tell people a bit earlier than planned due to chemical exposure and concern about others who teach in my lab leaving items or solutions out that I have a problem with. I also had to talk with my chair about scheduling for spring semester labs since there are a couple of labs I should not be teaching due to chemical safety and one lab I wanted done in the first 8 weeks due to standing for 3 hours. Phew. Everyone was very supportive and we got it all worked out. But, being a scientist and pregnant is interesting, to say the least. I did all my nasty chemical work early on in the summer to make sure I wasn't going to be exposed during the pregnancy to the nasty smelly chemicals. Good thing I did too.
Alright, so, what do I look like now? Well, here's a slightly blurry pic my mom took of me. I have a baby bump that is sort of visible and sort of not. Those who know me will probably see it. It's right near my right hand with the butter knife in it.
As I said, it's slightly blurry.
I have been knitting. I also worked with my mom to help sew me a diaper bag, which is totally awesome. Mom did a wonderful job. My parents painted the baby's room with me following behind and helping with the trim. The room is taking shape and color. I'll have pics soon so my parents can see the curtains that mom helped pick out fabric for. They have to be sewn first. I'll have more pics soon and may move this over to our main website since this isn't fiber content.
Happy fibering and happy holidays everyone!
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