Imagination

Baby boy and I hit a milestone today - 20 weeks! I can't believe we're halfway there. It's going so quickly, yet so slowly. I can't wait to meet you, little fella!

Lately, I've been thinking about all the kiddie games in my future and trying to get back in touch with my inner child. Imaginative play is quite popular with little ones, so I've decided to fine tune my imagination skills. I could use a little feedback - can you picture the following scenario?

Imagine that you're driving home from running errands, slightly rushed and grumpy because it's time to eat. The sun is beating down on you through the car causing you to sweat, despite the air conditioning being turned on high. You're stuck behind a pokey old car, grumbling under your breath at its impossibly slow progress. You gaze out the window in frustration and what do you see?? Why, you see a man walking a carabao (water buffalo) on a leash down the side of the busy road. But that's not all...standing on all fours on top of the carabao is a spotted dog. But that's still not all...the spotted dog is wearing a straw sunhat! But that's still not all...sitting comfortably beneath the standing spotted dog is a smaller spotted dog, basking in its shade. No sunhat needed for him! You chuckle, suddenly no longer grumpy, and blink your eyes a few times, expecting the unusual caravan to disappear. Surely it was a figment of your imagination...

So? What's the verdict? Is my imagination up to par with all the little ones out there??

Disclaimer: I may actually have seen this very image on my drive home this afternoon. I surely do love Guam!

Princesses or Superheros?

June 30th was a very important day this year - yes, it was my 28th birthday (yikes, I'm drawing ever nearer to 30!), but more significantly, it was the day we found out whether the next few years of our lives will be filled with princesses or superheros. In other words, is Baby Cornthwaite a girl or a boy?? You never know with ultrasounds these days (think - uncooperative babies...), so the night before the ultrasound Josh and I decided to do our own test. We had been informed by many a well-wisher that tying my wedding ring to a piece of string and dangling it over my belly to see which way it would swing was a sure-fire way to anticipate the ultrasound results.

It seemed as if Josh needed to start brushing up on his Disney princesses!

However, we are thorough folks, so we decided to also try a more objective test. According to our very reliable internet sources, since we conceived in 2010 and I was 27 at the time, our baby would be a boy. Hmm...I thought that maybe I'd better invest in some Spiderman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comics after all...

So, we pondered the uselessness of these old wives' tales all night long and had a stern talk with Baby Cornthwaite about cooperation the following day. And was technology able to work its magic??

Yes! Superheros are in our future!! :)




Baby Boy Cornthwaite at 18 wks 4 days:


Profile shot. Perhaps we have a thumb sucker on our hands...


It's a boy!


And in closing, by popular demand, here's a couple of baby bump pics:




Where is he??


There he is!!

18 weeks 3 days here - almost halfway there!!