I'm not bored

When I tell people I am unemployed and Abe is working so many long hours out here, I often get asked "What do you do all day?" Well- just because I don't work, have a car, or kiddos to take care of yet doesn't mean I am bored! I work on projects! I bake and cook for my hard working man (you wouldn't believe how much you miss that when you don't have a kitchen of your own for a year!) One of these fun projects I have been enjoying is these quiet books for the baby. I found them on etsy. Ordered a few patterns I liked and started to sew...by hand. They are a great way to feel productive when I am sitting in the nice air conditioned apartment all day. This is the first one- almost completed. (The pages need sewn together and bound with rings)

Surprise! It's not a boy.

I will never trust the Chinese Gender Calendar or my psychic abilities again. I was sure we were having a boy. I dreamed about it -multiple times. I hadn't even considered the possibility of it being a girl. When am I going to learn I have NO control in my life?! We are still in shock. I am glad I have 20 weeks to get used to the idea of having a girl first. We wanted both eventually, just thought starting with a boy would be easier and cheaper for some reason...
The good news is: I have begged my mom to save ALL of my little sisters baby clothes- so we have a TON of baby girl clothes and stuff already!! I can buy expensive girl clothes as splurges because I don't need that much! I am SO looking forward to lots of coloring, tea parties, mani-pedi's, and dollies.
I am afraid of all the PINK. I am not a pink fan. Pink is way overdone with little girls in my opinion. And animal prints. And any Disney clothing. Just not my thing!! Also- I need to take a course in fixing little girls hair. Wow- it looks like a daunting task with all the braids and elastics. Don't even get me started on those giant hair bows and flowers!
I have already started shopping for books on how to raise girls. Names are impossible!
Since we couldn't be there in person to tell our families- I ordered gender cakes and had my brother deliver them with a card and DVD of our ultrasound while he is on leave in Idaho. I think the parents got a kick out of it :)

The Belly