I totally felt the baby move on Friday night while Colin & I were watching a West Wing.
I said, "Whoa, I just felt the baby move!" and he asked if he could feel it. Unfortunately, it was just that one big movement, and then nothing else... and I'm not sure he could've felt it from the outside anyway. I think she might just be too small yet, and hidden under too much padding. :)
I wish I could fully explain what the sensation was like... Kind of a 'ga-lump' or a 'ka-thump' way down low and deep inside my belly. And then it didn't happen again until this morning, a little more subtly.
It probably has been happening more than I can tell, because I'm having a weird thing with my veins being compressed in my belly... whenever I've been feeling anything, I've put my hand down and felt that it's just my own pulse. But this was different... it wasn't anywhere near the outside of my belly, it was way down inside! Totally weird!
The name hunt continues, but I'll devote a separate post to that issue sometime soon!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
The wait is over! Now we know....
... that we're having a little girl!!
Colin was a champ at the ultrasound today... He really had a tough time living through it, but he stuck it out. Yes, we're all still worried about his ability to make it through labor & delivery, but... we're working through it. Luckily, Gramma, Jess, Jhonen, and Aunt Karen also were able to be there to help him survive.
It was a really cool setup: the room had a big flat screen TV up on the wall so everyone could see everything really well, really big. It was so amazing to see that first flash of the outline of a real baby... a big head, a heart beating, 2 arms and 2 legs. And a really adorable profile:
Not to mention, what looks like her mom's long, skinny feet (or foot, that you can see in this photo):
The nurse said that she looks like she's a little bit ahead of the game in terms of size, (maybe 5 days or so), and everything looks perfect. There wasn't anything she was concerned about at all. She got a great shot of her entire spine:
When she asked us if we wanted to know if it was a boy or girl, we said "absolutely"... but she wasn't able to tell right away. We didn't get a big "aha" moment. She was being a good little modest girl and keeping her knees together, and for a while the nurse kept saying, "Well, it looks like a girl... there's not really anything there... never know, though, could be hiding something in the shadows..." And kept going back and saying, "Yep, kinda looks like it's probably a girl..." without much certainty at all - it was making me crazy!! Finally, at the end, we got a good look, and she was decidedly certain about there NOT being anything hiding in the shadows, and gave us permission to celebrate. :) This isn't the most flattering angle for any young lady, but... the arrow and the caption say it all:
I know I'm really prone to be weepy these days, but... it hit me when I stopped in Borders today on the way home after the doctor: I came across a book called "Daddy's Little Girl" and I almost lost it. I saw the same thing happen with Jess in relation to Ben, too, so I know I'm not alone here... There's just something about the idea of my little girl having Colin as her daddy that makes me so so happy and grateful. It could be that I never had a good relationship with my dad, but I think that it's more than just that... He's going to be above and beyond amazing, and we're all going to grow into our new lives and new experiences so much as time goes on.
The fact that he's so nervous about it all strangely makes me feel better: there's no sense at all that he doesn't care or is nonchalant about it at all... He knows exactly what it means to take this leap into parenthood, and I can't help but be proud of him and, even when it seems like it's not possible, to love him even more.
--
Aunt Karen (Colin's sis) sent a priceless email when I told her it was a girl:
SQUEEE! I kept refreshing your blog like a million times today waiting for an update. If I didn't hear by 9 tonight I was totally gonna call you. :p
*does a happy dance*
Yay Baby Girl Campbell!
Colin was a champ at the ultrasound today... He really had a tough time living through it, but he stuck it out. Yes, we're all still worried about his ability to make it through labor & delivery, but... we're working through it. Luckily, Gramma, Jess, Jhonen, and Aunt Karen also were able to be there to help him survive.
It was a really cool setup: the room had a big flat screen TV up on the wall so everyone could see everything really well, really big. It was so amazing to see that first flash of the outline of a real baby... a big head, a heart beating, 2 arms and 2 legs. And a really adorable profile:
Not to mention, what looks like her mom's long, skinny feet (or foot, that you can see in this photo):
The nurse said that she looks like she's a little bit ahead of the game in terms of size, (maybe 5 days or so), and everything looks perfect. There wasn't anything she was concerned about at all. She got a great shot of her entire spine:
When she asked us if we wanted to know if it was a boy or girl, we said "absolutely"... but she wasn't able to tell right away. We didn't get a big "aha" moment. She was being a good little modest girl and keeping her knees together, and for a while the nurse kept saying, "Well, it looks like a girl... there's not really anything there... never know, though, could be hiding something in the shadows..." And kept going back and saying, "Yep, kinda looks like it's probably a girl..." without much certainty at all - it was making me crazy!! Finally, at the end, we got a good look, and she was decidedly certain about there NOT being anything hiding in the shadows, and gave us permission to celebrate. :) This isn't the most flattering angle for any young lady, but... the arrow and the caption say it all:
I know I'm really prone to be weepy these days, but... it hit me when I stopped in Borders today on the way home after the doctor: I came across a book called "Daddy's Little Girl" and I almost lost it. I saw the same thing happen with Jess in relation to Ben, too, so I know I'm not alone here... There's just something about the idea of my little girl having Colin as her daddy that makes me so so happy and grateful. It could be that I never had a good relationship with my dad, but I think that it's more than just that... He's going to be above and beyond amazing, and we're all going to grow into our new lives and new experiences so much as time goes on.
The fact that he's so nervous about it all strangely makes me feel better: there's no sense at all that he doesn't care or is nonchalant about it at all... He knows exactly what it means to take this leap into parenthood, and I can't help but be proud of him and, even when it seems like it's not possible, to love him even more.
--
Aunt Karen (Colin's sis) sent a priceless email when I told her it was a girl:
SQUEEE! I kept refreshing your blog like a million times today waiting for an update. If I didn't hear by 9 tonight I was totally gonna call you. :p
*does a happy dance*
Yay Baby Girl Campbell!
Monday, November 10, 2008
The latest!
Well... it looks like we'll be sticking around in the U.S. for a bit longer! We're looking forward to watching President Obama be inaugurated in January!
I've been so busy. So so busy. We've had lots of orders to fill this week, along with working on documentation of our current business and planning for opening new shops, fixing up our bookkeeping system, upgrading our Point of Sale, and trying to keep upbeat!
I think my biggest issue right now is probably just irritability; things get under my skin really quickly and I tend to overreact or react too quickly to something that isn't all that bad. Amazingly, I don't think I'm taking it out on Colin too badly. If anything, I'm just annoying him with wanting to hang out with him more than usual if we're both free -- which is so rare. But, more often than not, I can't really tell him what I'd like him to do instead of playing games without me, and so, more often than not, that's what he ends up doing. :)
That said, as long as it's not Monday or Tuesday night (which are nights he's committed, right now, to playing games with people), I always know he's willing to do whatever I'd like. He's such a good sport.
I got a call from my doctor's office saying that there's not really much new news that came back from the biopsy... The good thing is that there's nothing he's willing to do about my condition right now, and from what he said before, he may re-do the colpo in a couple of months, and then take care of the abnormal cells a few months after the baby's born.
Only one more week till the ultrasound, and this one is sure to fly: I'll be going to the National Ice Cream Retailers Association annual convention in Tampa for 3 or 4 days this week! :) Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
I've been so busy. So so busy. We've had lots of orders to fill this week, along with working on documentation of our current business and planning for opening new shops, fixing up our bookkeeping system, upgrading our Point of Sale, and trying to keep upbeat!
I think my biggest issue right now is probably just irritability; things get under my skin really quickly and I tend to overreact or react too quickly to something that isn't all that bad. Amazingly, I don't think I'm taking it out on Colin too badly. If anything, I'm just annoying him with wanting to hang out with him more than usual if we're both free -- which is so rare. But, more often than not, I can't really tell him what I'd like him to do instead of playing games without me, and so, more often than not, that's what he ends up doing. :)
That said, as long as it's not Monday or Tuesday night (which are nights he's committed, right now, to playing games with people), I always know he's willing to do whatever I'd like. He's such a good sport.
I got a call from my doctor's office saying that there's not really much new news that came back from the biopsy... The good thing is that there's nothing he's willing to do about my condition right now, and from what he said before, he may re-do the colpo in a couple of months, and then take care of the abnormal cells a few months after the baby's born.
Only one more week till the ultrasound, and this one is sure to fly: I'll be going to the National Ice Cream Retailers Association annual convention in Tampa for 3 or 4 days this week! :) Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Nothing much new!
I imagined that I'd have a lot more to say along the road here, but unfortunately there's not a whole lot to report!
I've been feeling pretty good, aside from the worry from those test results coming back.
I'm finding that my body is far more communicative than it has ever been before... When I walk too far, when I don't eat enough, when I need to sleep, I feel it much more than usual. Colin, as always, is right there with me: He always seems to know when I need his help.
This week, we're headed toward the biggest presidential election that I've seen in my lifetime. Although I've always voted since I've been able to, I can easily say that I've never cared about the outcome like I do this time. I lived in Chicago during Obama's run for Senate, so I was there at the start of his national career and saw the excitement surrounding him. We joked back then that he would be the perfect president, but there was absolutely no way that we imagined that our country would possibly come so close, so soon, to electing a minority candidate as president. I simply never believed that enough people could get past race to really make it happen. I feel like we'll see, summed up perfectly, the true colors of our country come Tuesday night.
I've always imagined that once I had a child I would want to leave the U.S. and live in other countries. The months I lived in England, I realized what a large world we live in -- and that America is not the center of it. Everyone on this earth has an equal share in its beauty, its resources, and every culture has something to offer. I really can't help but feel that this lesson is the most important one that I could ever teach as a parent. I believe it's so important to be proud of your home... to have faith in your country and your government... and by what I have seen of the US in the past decade, I was beginning to worry that I would not be able to say anything good about our country at all. That I wouldn't be able to stay here and be proud to be an American.
Colin's able to get a job very easily in several other countries that would be amazing to spend some time in: Sweden, England, Australia, and Canada... But if Barack Obama is elected president, and the democrats win control of Congress, I will at least feel compelled to wait a little longer to see if they are able to bring about real change in the way our country works -- and see whether that change is for the better; not only economically-speaking in terms of a visible boost of the middle class and an improvement of our educational system, but also elevating our country's reputation in the world again. We might actually be able to see whether liberal policies make a tangible difference in our lives like they say they will. It would be a very compelling social experiment, at the very least. Obama seems like someone who could, at the very least, rally American citizens to serve their country in a more real way in terms of community service. If he doesn't manage to accomplish anything else he wants to, at the very least, his incredible ability to speak directly and smartly to Americans, compelling them to action, could very well be just what we need.
Even Colin is "fired up" and learning about politics this time around... Something I NEVER thought I would see. :)
After the election, though... only 2 more weeks till my first ultrasound! I can't wait to find out if we can find out if it's a boy or a girl!
I've been feeling pretty good, aside from the worry from those test results coming back.
I'm finding that my body is far more communicative than it has ever been before... When I walk too far, when I don't eat enough, when I need to sleep, I feel it much more than usual. Colin, as always, is right there with me: He always seems to know when I need his help.
This week, we're headed toward the biggest presidential election that I've seen in my lifetime. Although I've always voted since I've been able to, I can easily say that I've never cared about the outcome like I do this time. I lived in Chicago during Obama's run for Senate, so I was there at the start of his national career and saw the excitement surrounding him. We joked back then that he would be the perfect president, but there was absolutely no way that we imagined that our country would possibly come so close, so soon, to electing a minority candidate as president. I simply never believed that enough people could get past race to really make it happen. I feel like we'll see, summed up perfectly, the true colors of our country come Tuesday night.
I've always imagined that once I had a child I would want to leave the U.S. and live in other countries. The months I lived in England, I realized what a large world we live in -- and that America is not the center of it. Everyone on this earth has an equal share in its beauty, its resources, and every culture has something to offer. I really can't help but feel that this lesson is the most important one that I could ever teach as a parent. I believe it's so important to be proud of your home... to have faith in your country and your government... and by what I have seen of the US in the past decade, I was beginning to worry that I would not be able to say anything good about our country at all. That I wouldn't be able to stay here and be proud to be an American.
Colin's able to get a job very easily in several other countries that would be amazing to spend some time in: Sweden, England, Australia, and Canada... But if Barack Obama is elected president, and the democrats win control of Congress, I will at least feel compelled to wait a little longer to see if they are able to bring about real change in the way our country works -- and see whether that change is for the better; not only economically-speaking in terms of a visible boost of the middle class and an improvement of our educational system, but also elevating our country's reputation in the world again. We might actually be able to see whether liberal policies make a tangible difference in our lives like they say they will. It would be a very compelling social experiment, at the very least. Obama seems like someone who could, at the very least, rally American citizens to serve their country in a more real way in terms of community service. If he doesn't manage to accomplish anything else he wants to, at the very least, his incredible ability to speak directly and smartly to Americans, compelling them to action, could very well be just what we need.
Even Colin is "fired up" and learning about politics this time around... Something I NEVER thought I would see. :)
After the election, though... only 2 more weeks till my first ultrasound! I can't wait to find out if we can find out if it's a boy or a girl!
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