Brave Words

Kelly experienced her first stranger to ask if she was pregnant. It was a donut shop clerk, of all people!

She ran into the store while I waited in the car. When she got back, she was smiling and told me about the conversation she'd just had inside the store.

Apparently, the clerk asked Kelly she was pregnant (or demanded that she was) and Kelly replied that she was. The woman behind the counter said (in broken English) "I knew you were pregnant, you have the 'glow.'"

We both had a really good laugh at this because Kelly really isn't showing yet. We both know she's bigger, but her belly hasn't rounded out yet. Considering how many large people must walk into that donut shop, we agreed that it was awfully brave of the clerk to start that conversation. Neither of us really knew how to interpret the whole exchange. It really was a new experience.

It's a Baby!

Kelly had her official ultrasound today. We saw the baby's spine, its hands, its feet, its lungs, its kidneys, its head, its stomach, its heart, and it's bladder. We even saw a brief attack of hiccups before it went to sleep.

We didn't see the one thing we both really wanted to: the baby's gender. So, lots of mint green and rubber duck yellow may be in our future. But, if I had to guess, based on the brief glimpses, I think we're having a girl.

During the appointment I just couldn't get over how well defined the baby's spine is. Everything else except the heart was often tough to make out. I had to take the technitian's word that the baby had two kidneys. I told her that was good because grandpa is missing one of his.