Furry Baby

With all the posts on the pregnancy and baby, thought that we need a few of the furry kid - plus, I just downloaded about 2 years of pictures from my phone and wanted to share.

Not sure he has enough sticks:

Cone of Shame:

One of his favorite resting spots:

Guarding the house:

Relaxing on the couch - such a tough life:

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.

Most Fundraisingest Stache

Thank you to everyone who donated to Mustaches for Kids this year.  Spanky raised over $8,600 to take home the "Most Fundraisingest Stache" and helped the group raise over $55,000 for National Children's Medical Center. 

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:

Nashville

We went to Nashville for the Arkansas/Vandy game - managed to get in an Avett brothers concert and saw lots of family and friends. I only managed to get one picture of Spanky displaying his game-day outfit and new "binoculars" that conveniently hold 16 ounces of an adult beverage: