Wants. 8-21-11

Left the White Coat ceremony without dessert last night. So, I came home and had a chocolate peanut butter sandwich. I just posted about a dream I had. Still having lots of strange dreams. Last night was more obvious. We were ordering dinner at a restaurant, one of the courses was shrimp and steak, and I was in the process of ordering another. Someone at the table had a huge lamb shank (?) and of course Boop wanted one, and I ordered it as my next course. Like my dream, I had shrimp and steak hibachi on Friday night with friends, but I was seriously full! <well, after that, I did eat fried bananas and 2 pieces of peach cake, but I would not have had room for a massive piece of lamb...> Maybe I was craving iron?

My aunt M called me late one evening a few weeks ago. She was telling me that she and my aunt D wanted to have a baby shower for me, so excited. I had just taken some meds and was trying hard to concentrate, added to that I wasn't yet 4 months pregnant; so it was a bit hard for me to talk about. My mom called last week and told me that two of my dad's cousins were planning to throw me a shower at my old church <it's fundamentalist; so there you go ;)>. She explained to them, as I explained to my aunt, that I was not planning to register... People must think I'm from another planet <and this wouldn't be the only reason!>. I just figure that this is my first baby, and most folks know better than I would about what a baby needs. And more importantly, I'm not coming with my hands out. I just look forward to seeing everyone and having so many welcoming faces to celebrate my Boop.

And I'm just as anxious as anyone about the baby's gender. It's still quite early in the pregnancy. They just approved the new blood test to detect the sex at 7 weeks, but I'm so close to my 20 wk ultrasound, that it's not worth the trouble. And there really isn't any medical reason to know, in my case. We do think it's a boy though, based on size and activity level. Although, as a friend pointed out, Boop could just be a really big, active girl! Well, at least my wallet has had a few months break from all the things that I see that I want. I'm already eyeing the diapers, which I guess I could buy now, but I'm trying to hold off as long as possible! As soon as I find out Boop's sex, my mom will probably buy enough outfits to clothe the babies of a moderate-sized African nation. Just as long as I don't lose the baby amidst all of the stuff!