Jorie's four-month check-up was yesterday. In four months, nine days, she's more than doubled her birth weight and is now a whopping 15 lbs 13 oz. That puts her in the 85th percentile for weight. At 26 inches (to the extent this measurement is accurate) she's in the 95th percentile for height. Her head diameter clocks in at 50th percentile, making ( Read more... )

We had horn sectional scheduled for tonight. I was really looking forward to it. We had finally gotten some new music for band, I was hoping to squeeze in one or two horn quartets for variety's sake -- we hadn't played any chamber music in a while -- and all for once all four of us were going to be able to make it. Things didn't turn out quite as ( Read more... )

( Baby stuff for those who want to skip it )

I went in for an ultrasound today. Everything looked normal: correct number of limbs, organs, etc. The only thing the tech couldn't see were the baby's lips and nostrils. She said we may need to come back for a follow-up ultrasound to see them when the baby's more developed. The baby was moving around a lot, kicking, waving her arms, and opening ( Read more... )

Today I started to wonder if I looked pregnant. This would be distressing if I weren't actually pregnant. Up until now, any baby bump has been camoflauged by my natural paunch, but I think I'm now getting to the point where I look pregnant rather than just overweight. Matt seems to think so, at least. I don't know if I would appear the same way to ( Read more... )