H1N1 Adventures

Last night I succeeded in getting my H1N1 Vaccination! It was a fun adventure with our friend Laura traveling from NYC to get her shot too. (Laura had another pregnant friend getting the shot too - so we made quite a trio - especially with Ben as our personal chauffeur).

I have never been prouder to be a DC resident. DC offered free shots to pregnant women and young children at a number of clinics set up in schools around the city. The first site we planned to go to was swamped with people, but the trusty DOH officials there directed us to another site where we were in and out in about 30 minutes or less. The three of us left very grateful to have gotten access to the vaccination. The photo here is the super cool sticker that we were rewarded with for coming to get our shot!

Baby Shower - Part II

A few weeks ago, Baby Girl Champa and I made our last flight together - to Indiana for a baby shower there and to meet my nephew! We had a wonderful whirlwind trip visiting with family and friends in my home town. Below are a few photos from the weekend.

Me and My Mom Before the Shower

Me and my Nephew Gable

Cool Baby Tricks

Jes and I were sitting on the couch the other night watching tv. Jes was resting one of our remote controls on her stomach and the baby started kicking.

- Ben

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!