Baby Pictures, My Facebook Pregnancy Announcement, a Blog Award (Yay!), and a Funny Story
Lots I've wanted to talk about this week and haven't gotten around to...
Baby Pictures!
I haven't posted pictures yet from my ultrasound last week...wanted to share...
Here's our girl...face down and you can see part of her spine.
And here's our boy, on his back looking up.
My Facebook Pregnancy Announcement
I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook, and have actually been really bad about posting anything there for months, maybe years. I've been so preoccupied with my fertility struggles, and just didn't feel like that was the best arena for all that to play out, you know?
But I did post news of my pregnancy this week. And it was fun...I have friends and acquaintances all over the place...people I don't necessarily talk to on a regular basis...it was so cool to get so many messages of congratulations and well wishes. I'm glad I posted something. I'm also glad I waited until I was this far along. (Last pregnancy, my husband had posted that we were expecting the day before we found out the baby had died. Ugh...)
A Blog Award
Sweet Chantelle over at Creating a Rainbow gave me a blog award! Thanks, Chantelle...means a lot. :) If you don't know about her blog, you should go check it out...she and I actually both had miscarriages at almost the same time last spring, same point in our pregnancy, same diagnosis (Turner syndrome). She's been trying soooooo hard to get pregnant again...I'm sure a lot of you can relate. She's about to enter another two week wait....I hope sooooooo much that this is her month!
The rules of the award (which means "dear" or "dearest" in German) are:
- Paste the award on you blog
- Thank the giver and link back
- Give the award to 5 other bloggers (<200 followers)
- Hope they spread the love
And so I send this award to:
- Bodega Bliss--My super stylish California blogger friend...things have kind of sucked in her world lately...stop by and show her some love...
- Calmly Chaotic--Mother of newborn twins who makes it all look oh-so-easy (she's also got such fabulous style...love it...)
- Eggs in a Row--TTC and just got a BFN...so sorry, Eggs! Please stop by and show her some love. Her blog is funny, funny, funny...totally cracks me up...
- Poor Lucky Me--About to have a baby after losing her firstborn. This girl is soooooo honest, and boy, can she ever write!
- Tortoise Baby--12 weeks pregnant...she used my same clinic and doctor. And she lives in Mississippi which I think is so cool (and which I soon may be calling home...or not...who knows...everything is so up in the air...)
A Funny Story
I had my annual eye exam today, making me think of the following story:
People who know me IRL know how much I hate, hate, hate WalMart. I hate how it kills small-town businesses, how homogenous everything is, how lost and overwhelmed I feel by the sheer size of the place when I step inside. Weirdly, I LOVE Target, which is essentially the same thing, but there doesn't have to be any rhyme or reason to what I love and hate, right?
I wear contacts, and a few years ago, I went to order new ones through 1.800.CONTACTS.
"You're prescription's expired," they said. "But we can set you up with an appointment in your town."
"Great," I said.
And so where do they send me? WalMart. I was so mad. I almost cancelled the appointment, but the convenience of having it already scheduled won out. And so I went. And you know what? It was awesome. The doctor was great, the eye clinic was small and personal, the service was good...I'm so glad I got sent there.
Have to laugh at myself.
And be glad I can change my mind on things.
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Thanks so much for spending some time here this week! :)
XOXO