Laowai

I’m getting closer and closer to March 1st. Here are some thoughts and phtos on this exciting and strange time.

– My fingers are like sausages

– This is our bed – can you guess which side is mine?

– Three of my cousins (or cousin in-laws) are pregnant right now. Ashley, Kelly and Meghan. So many babies all the sudden in The Dice family!

– At my recent appointment my doctor felt that the baby’s head was down and commented that we have a “smart baby because she knows where the exit is”

– We went to a live broadcast of a Met opera performance (I Puritani) at a movie theatre a couple weekends ago and Brian was extra pleased because baby was kicking like crazy. Brian held his hand on my belly and watched the performance with a big grin on his face.

– I embroidered some little bees on a couple onsies. I can’t wait to sew some little jumpers in the future.

– Here are some photos of our little nursery. It’s only a small portion of the small room that is also our office. There’s not much to the little nursery area. Dad is making a wooden tray that will sit on the top of the crib to hold the diaper changing station. I made the crib bumper with little giraffes on the fabric. And we bought a little dresser with 5 drawers – I hope it will hold most of her clothes and diapers. I don’t think baby will mind sharing her space with our computers. I look forward to decorating a toddler room someday when we move.

– Our Chinese friend Annie calls the baby “Jingsheng”. It means from Beijing. I think we’ll call Annie “Aunt Annie”.

– One more photo – this is a little chair that was Dad’s – I painted it and put new fabric on the seat. The bear is from Grandma J. I can’t wait to see baby sitting in her seat.

– I’m really enjoying all the kicking baby does. She seems to get really busy every evening around 10:00 or 10:30. Sitting on the couch with my hands on my belly is my new favorite past time. When Brian sees me with my big belly exposed he calls me a little budha.