Nursery

Well, it doesn't look like she'll arrive on schedule, but her crib skirt arrived on her due date so here's a few pictures on the nursery (sorry for the sideways pictures - correctly saved on the computer, but can't get them to upload correctly on the blog):

Baby Shower at Work

My colleagues at USDA threw me a wonderful shower at work - well, great and fun until they made me taste baby food (see last photo):

I now understand why kids much prefer fruit over vegetables. This was my reaction to the last one, beef vegetable pilaf. Had to spit out that one - it had chunks in it - chunks - so gross

DC Shower

Jennifer, Becky, Shawna and Bekah threw me a great shower in DC with lots of good food and company.  She received so many cute clothes and gifts along with Spanky's favorite - a Razorback cheerleading outfit.

First Pictures

So, here are the first "pictures" of Baby Means.  So far, she's taking after her father with a very large head.  Can't really tell what everything is in these photos, but technician assured us that all the essential parts and organs were present and in the right spots.

9 weeks



13 weeks (this one really looks like an alien to me)

20 weeks:



It's a girl!

That's right - there's a Spanketta on the way - the due date is Februrary 9th.  So, if you're keeping track, this baby's been to six countries, but I'm done traveling for a bit.  I've been really lucky and skipped the nauseousness of the first trimester.  I've been terrible about taking belly pics. - promise to do better - here's one at 24 weeks:

And a headless attempt at 26 weeks - sorry it's so fuzzy: