The Baby and the Blanket

I finally completed a new baby blanket that I think is perfectly gender-neutral for the baby.  As much as I dislike crocheting granny squares, this one was fairly easy and looks great now that it's put together!

Baby's new blanket, courtesy of Mama-to-be!

I've been getting several "complaints" about not knowing the baby's sex.  It's amazing to think that many years ago it was the norm to not know a baby's sex before birth.  For me, it's like a little reward (besides the obvious - getting to meet the baby!) when these 9 months of hard work are over.  Even being such a planner, it hasn't bothered me in the least that we don't know.  As long as the baby's healthy, neither Craig nor I care if s/he's a boy or girl. So those of you that are craving the knowledge of whether baby is a boy or girl, guess you'll just have to settle in and wait like us parents-to-be until October!

I have to give another shout-out to my friend Janet, who has been providing us with a plethora of baby supplies (diapers, a bassinet, bibs, etc) as her twins grow out of or are unable to use things.  [The bassinet especially is going to be great, since we don't have room for the baby's crib or pack'n'play in our bedroom while we have visitors staying over and who wants to room with a newborn?]  We are even more excited (and anxious!) with every little item we receive, either as hand-me-downs or as gifts from our registry.  Our wishes are definitely being granted!  We want to thank everyone for their generosity and send out our love!

We had our (last?) ultrasound today.  The ultrasonographer was really good; she gave a running narrative of all the parts of baby's anatomy while she was scanning (like the baby's stomach, bladder, arm & leg bones).  Everything seemed to look good, but we'll get the official ok next week from my doctor.  Hopefully we won't have to go back yet again because baby's position was off - not that we'd mind seeing the baby again!  Baby weighed in at 1 lb & 4 oz, which is about a week ahead of where s/he's supposed to be at this time.  His/her heart rate was 142 beats per minute.

Baby's profile at the 22 week ultrasound.