Preparing for Halloween

Now that the Ultrasound has come and gone and we know we'll have a baby girl in a few months... what is there to update you on??!! Of course I'll continue to add new photos of my growing belly and all the adorable things I'm knitting (just started a "girly" baby blanket with a snowdrop lace pattern in light purple fingering weight yarn). I will also be putting together a wish list for baby online since we will not be registering at a mega-store. I imagine the next big story will be feeling her kick - or more importantly, Robin being able to feel her kick.

In the meantime - I hope everyone has a fabulous Halloween! I'm dressing up as a Pumpkin Witch and lecturing to my students in orange! What a great excuse to wear everything I own that is orange. And A. (baby) can participate too because I am stitching black felt shapes onto the belly of my orange top to make my belly into a jack-o-lantern. I was just going to be a Pumpkin person (have orange hairspray, a brooch, and a sparkly "body art" sticker for my face [nnow neck] to go with the rest of the orange) until I remembered my awesome orange and brown crocheted witch hat. I can't not wear it on Halloween!!

Why "A." you ask? I guess I didn't post that story here. There are two top names chosen for our girl and both begin with A. But we won't choose for certain until we meet her. Until her birth she is A. Marion Furney Bartley. Her middle name was chosen years ago, or at least, the middle name of our first daughter was chosen years ago. Naming a girl was a relatively easy matter for us. It was boy names we were struggling with.

UPDATE: I think we could both feel A. kicking last night. It wasn't strong and I wasn't sure if I was just feeling movement inside or on my hand, but Robin may have felt something too. Very faint yet if it is.