simmer down, baby :)

Apparently Behbeh is at the 90th percentile for size. Yes, that's a whopping 8 ounces!! I had to get specially called and informed of this fact by the doctor's office. Geez.

EDIT: I've had some time to mull this over a bit more. The nurse wanted to know whether I am eating a lot of carbs or sugar, or perhaps exclusively drinking fruit juice. Especially since my weight gain was "somewhat more than expected" at the last visit (3 lbs more for the month than they "guesstimated" at one of our starting visits). Geez, 3 extra pounds. I was told I was slightly underweight at the beginning and that weight gain was not going to be an issue.

I was thinking, why is this a problem that my baby seems somewhat big at only 4 months along? As my friend Chris pointed out, a mis-measurement of only one centimeter changes it from the 90th to the 10th percentile, so the baby might not even BE big. However, we know that the baby was very active and wiggly during the ultrasound--is there a problem with having a nice strong, healthy baby?

You can probably tell that I'm feeling a bit persecuted. I happen to NOT be eating a ton of carbs or sugar. I have been distinctly repelled by starches for about three weeks, so I'm pretty much living on protein and fresh veggies. AND both my sisters AND my mom had big babies, so picky, worrying nurses can go SIT ON A TACK.

our beach!

We went to the beach!

"Look, the ocean!" Alex helpfully says. (I find it funny that he's wearing a Pacific t-shirt.)

You can see that there are about a million rocks to throw into the ocean. Alex revealed that he can skip stones like nobody's business. One of them even skipped about twelve times, surfing all the way over a wave before sinking!

We found a plank, so Alex said I had to walk it. No excuses, he said.


We also drove along and found about a million little shops and restaurants along the coast, but I forgot to take pictures of any of those. Oh well--we'll be going back throughout the summer!

ultrasound again

Today is maybe the real last ultrasound. Behbeh Bowling is still a good size and everything is looking like it should. Alex will be scanning the pictures later so we can post them, but for now we have an urgent appointment to go sit on the beach and enjoy the gorgeous day we're having. :)

a response from Cape Cod chips!

This is the entirety of the email I got in response to mine:

"Thank you for letting us know.

I will forward your letter to our marketing department.

Please lt us know if we can be of any more help.

Thank you."

I guess we'll see what happens next....

the Cape Cod chip situation

I just wrote to the customer service department (after finding their weensy "contact us" link hidden at the bottom of their website). I'll post if I hear anything back. :)

AWESOME :)

As of about 15 minutes ago, I am starting training to do a from-home editing job. Woo!! :)

I have to get through all the training before they permanently hire me, but they like me and I like them, and I'm getting a password to the website.... and so on. And I know they're legit because my friend Rachel was working for them before I came along.

preferred name for my growing belly

"Mummie tummy"

Thank you, that is all. :)