Lucky Dad

Daddy Post: Ruby's growing up faster than we can capture, but I think we're giving it a good shot. We had a nice father's day that started with breakfast at our favorite breakfast joint Bumblekiss. Marty also managed to get me a couple of nice shirts from Banana Republic. Without such gifts I would still be wearing clothes from 1995. Thanks for the good tast Mart. After a good nap we walked the waterfront esplanade; stopping for a "Taste of Poland" (i.e. kielbasa & pierogi) and a stroll through the portland "PRIDE" festival. ruby enjoyed the various sights and sounds. Many thanks to my own father as well as all the other great fathers past and present who have been influential in my life.

The Blue Lagoon

Momma Post: Last weekend was beautiful for early June. Matt recently had purchased the inflatable pool and was anxious for the first weekend of good weather. It was pretty amusing watching and participating in the joint sweat equity of blowing up the pool (thankfully we had a pump).

Ruby with great interest watched the pool preparation. Testing the water with our toes, both she and I had to acclimate to the hose water, but before long it was actually pretty comfortable. If I wasn't pregnant, I would have loved a Pina Colada. Ruby thought the hose was great for spraying herself and her parents nearby. Less than 15 minutes, her lips were turning blue and shivering was visible. Regardless, she put up quite the fuss when removing her from the blue lagoon and plopped her into the warm bath upstairs.

A Sister for Ruby

Momma Post: Here I am trying to catch up on blogging. Over a week ago now, we had our second ultrasound where the technician made numerous development measurements and we were able to take a glimpse at the gender. Baby was wiggling and kept putting hands or feet in between its' legs, so viewing was difficult. Towards the end of the session, the technician felt she was able to determine the sex of the baby with not absolute certainty that we're having a girl. We were somewhat hesitant about the news as she kept saying to keep all of our receipts on any baby clothes purchases. Matt and I are about 85 to 90% positive that the baby is a girl.

The pictures above show a very wiggly baby and a closeup of a rather skeletal face. I'm getting used to the fact that babies at 18 weeks don't have those chubby cheeks just yet.

With that said, I'm really thrilled about having two girls. I believe same sex siblings have a special relationship. My mother was very close to her sisters, as is Matt's mom with hers. I like the idea of the girls having a "we're in this together" kind of relationship. Matt always tells me one of the best lessons he learned from his mom was after a fight with one of his brothers Mark and/or John, Joan would tell him that his brothers would always be his best friends, regardless of any spat. I think that's great advice...a lesson to instill early and often.