Obama Rally 10/30/08

We never actually got to see Barack Obama, but we could hear him loud and clear. We'll tell Lucia when she's older that she was there when Obama came to town to make his final case for presidency. Here's the proof...
Obama at Mizzou from comoprozac on Vimeo.

Update

Well, nothing new has happened here. Lucia is growing...getting longer that is. We're struggling to get her to take a bottle so that R has a chance to rest. In the meantime, here's a picture of Lucia with her Pappy...

Lucia Caroline Dingo-Early

Lucia (pronounced Loo-shah) Carline Dingo-Early was born at 10:51 AM on September 11, 2008. We started the labor at home (about 27 hours worth) before finishing up at Columbia Regional Hospital. You can read the birth story here.

In the meantime, watch her first music video...

Lucia1 from comoprozac on Vimeo.

The Nursery

The nursery is coming along. Here are a few pics to show the progress...

Ultrasound!

Here are the pics from this morning's ultrasound...which was ultracool! The kid was mostly in a position with its knees against the forehead. We joked that it was a yoga position of some sort, just like its momma.

The first image is of the kids face. R thinks it looks like me. What do you think?The next is a split-screen of the feet. One can see each foot pretty clearly on each side.
The third is an image of the kid with its hand to its mouth.Hopefully the next set of images will be little clearer and in full color. Expect those pictures around early September.

Offspring Update

We have a visit with the ultrasound machine Monday morning. So, there will probably be pictures of the fetus on this blog very shortly. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, we are now officially registered at Target and Babies-R-Us. It's mostly necessities, but it's a start. We also have an idea for the nursery (which Mom will be helping out with soon). It's taken from ReadyMade magazine and pictured below. (That's not our kid or our room.)

Fetus Update

We are now registered at Target, but many of the basics have not been added. The crib and glider/rocker have been spoken for. I will post a picture of what we plan to do with the nursery in the near future.

R and I visited the doctor yesterday. The heart's still beating. The doctor had me feel R's uterus. It's the size of a cantalope. Hard to imagine.

I'll try to update more often. We have the first ultrasound in two weeks.

R's Grandmother Passed this Week

Early Monday, R's grandmother, Helen, passed away. Helen had a stroke recently and her health has been steadily deteriorating ever since. After staying in the hospital for several days, she returned home only to return to the hospital. Last week, Helen was moved to assisted living.

I know not everyone knew her very well. I think that the only place any of you would have met her was at our wedding. The picture below is one of my favorite from that day. It showed how much she loved her grandchildren (especially when raising R's cousins).

Tomorrow, we're heading to Detroit for the funeral that will be held sometime this weekend.

Hats off to you!

Just thought I'd share a picture of some of the hats I've been working on in the past week hoping that there will be some people in Worthington interested at the market this Saturday. Zac and Rebecca, the baby will have a hat for every occasion! I'll even take special requests!

Back to Florida

I promised pix of the trip - I selected a few to entertain you.

• First is in Tarpon Springs at the "Sponge Docks". It is extrememly touristy where the Greeks are peddling sponges of all shapes and sizes, olive oil products (which I did buy), lots of junk, cigars, and the best part of all, delicious food (the baklava was heavenly).
• Next is one of the native birds we saw along the gulf coast - I think it is an ibis.
• This is a pic of Karen and Joe in their temporary home in front of the palm with the stuffed monkeys, their landlord's attempt at decorating?
• We went to the Olde Schoolhouse Restaurant in Palm Harbor, which is owned by my high school friend Patti Smith. The food was really good and the prices were even better!
• Apparently Effingham is not the only place with a giant cross - here is one of the 2 we saw driving on 75 through Tennessee - frightening!
• And ending with another pic of the Sponge Docks because I have no idea how to edit this part of the blog! At least I did get the pix posted!

I'm going to be a grandma!!

I am so excited about being a grandmother!! I may have to move to Missouri... just kidding, Zac, - didn't mean to scare you:) I'm starting to knit now - but nothing in pink or blue, I promise!

Heartbeats

I think we're official. R and I went to see the doctor today for her first prenatal appointment. Not knowing what to expect, we entered a little uneasy but prepared to ask plenty of questions.

Nothing too enlightening was exposed while "interviewing" the doctor. We like her a lot. I think she will allow us to make this birth as natural as possible. This is a good thing.

What we really didn't expect was to gain any concrete evidence that we really are pregnant. The doctor rubbed this monitor that made a bunch of static-y noise over R's abdomen. Then, we heard it: a heartbeat.

That's when it became real for me. (Of course, it's been real for R for the last 10.57 weeks.)

We got our flu shots and returned to work, but I won't soon forget those heartbeats.

Florida

Pix of the trip coming soon - too busy knitting right now, but I promise to get back to this!

Yea Hillary!

I still haven't decided between Hillary and Obama, but I'm glad Hillary did well in NH after the Iowa debacle! Plan on reading Obama's book next week which should help me decide between the two. I don't think we can go wrong with either. I think it might be the female thing that gives H the edge with me!

I quit!

News Flash - I decided to quit my job at school teaching 6th grade gifted kids - phew - I feel so relieved that I don't have to go back!

Happy New Year!!