Shower Time

Little Girl Champa certainly is lucky, last weekend she and I traveled to Atlanta for a shower in her honor. Although it was a short trip, it was a great time for us to catch up with family and friends. Below are some photos from the event. We have to say a big thank you to Mandy, Diane, Cindy, Iris, and Jenny for throwing the shower and hosting us so graciously.

Introducing

....Gable Stephen Sadovsky! Before anyone gets confused, Gable is our new nephew (as far as we know we are still having a girl and she is still coming in December!). My sister Rachel and her husband Gable welcomed him to the world Saturday night. Everyone is doing very well!




This marks the second time this year that Ben and I are becoming an Aunt and Uncle. In April, Ben's sister Mandy and her husband Justin welcomed Allyson Lillie Meyer.

Rachel's Due Date

Today is my sister Rachel's due date - her little boy isn't here yet, but it seems like he will be arriving very soon! In her honor, I am posting a picture of the two of us from her baby shower last month. In this shot she is about 34 weeks and I am about 21 weeks.

Traveling Baby

This post does not offer any cool A/V effects, just a thought on my part about how much traveling this baby will have done by the time she gets here. I decided to do a little counting and here's what I discovered: Baby Girl Champa and I have traveled (or will have traveled) to at least eight states by the time she arrives (CA, GA, IN, MA, NC, NY, OH, PA), this doesn't include VA or MD, which are sort of a given since we live in DC - so I guess the number is technically ten (it also doesn't count flight connections in Michigan--sticking to the rule that if you didn't leave the airport it doesn't really count as a state you visited); she will have traveled by plane (so many times that I cannot count them all - I will have to remember to get her a frequent flyer number of her own once she's born), train (at least twice), automobile, and of course public transportation (including DC Metro, DC Metrobus, Maryland's MARC Train, and the Boston T); she was with Ben and me when we visited Fenway, and has also been to San Francisco, Philly, Boston, and NYC with me for work. So while she's not yet a world traveler, she is certainly wearing down a path along the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic region of the US pretty well. It looks like she'll have to wait until she's born to start her international travel!

Going Back In Time

So this post will be a bit out of order, the audio is from June 26, 2009 - the 16 week check-up - and the photo is another one from the 20 week ultrasound (it's a foot/leg - in case you can't tell). This video is only getting posted now because we just got a new mac laptop and Ben has been learning how to make movies and do other cool things like add still photos and sound together, etc... So if you are impressed, he's the one who deserves the credit. [If you aren't impressed then your standards for baby blogs might be a little too high.]

It's Official....She's Kicking

For a few weeks now I have been debating about whether I have been feeling her kicking, or whether I am just attributing normal sensations to activity from our little girl. After several weeks and a few hard-felt jabs, I think it can no longer be denied that she is on the move and letting her presence be known. It's pretty exciting, and very strange, I cannot imagine how much crazier it is going to get as she gets bigger, and I get bigger, and her movements start to become even more pronounced.

Ultrasound Shots

Here are some ultrasound pictures from July 24th. The first is one of those freaky 3-D or 4-D ones. I think it is alarming and sort of cute at the same time. Ben's response was that she has my chin - to be precise he said she had my "pointy chin," I asked him if he had meant to say "my heart-shaped face."









The second one is a shot of two legs - really just one with a second in the background (it is conveniently labeled "leg2") - I think it looks to me like two legs side-by-side in essentially a swimming-type motion (for all you Champa-swimming types out there, I don't know what the kicks are called, it just looks to me like they are in motion).









And finally - just a standard profile shot.