Accomodating 4lbs and 9oz

Since I had open heart surgery, my new doctor wanted us to get a second ultrasound to double check the baby's heart. In seeing her again I confirmed that she indeed has Nick's giant eyes. I think watching my baby lock eyes with her papa for the first time will truly be one of the most amazing events in my entire life.

We're still deciding on exactly how we want to have the baby, but because of my anxiety, need for mobility, and thoughts on episiotomy we are looking at doing it with a squatting bar, which of course means no pain medication and is only slighty less scary than being in the hospital itself.

I'm really not sure how this will play out; even with a fairly high tolerance for pain, I know my body will tense up every time it hurts, making everything more difficult. I'll be relying on Nick to calm me down and encourage me and I think he'll be amazing. Jennifer and my sister will also be around to remind me why it is I want to squat instead of lay down, and to feed me popsicles and water.

This weekened we decided to put all the baby stuff in my subaru and see how it fit; to our dismay (mostly mine, I'll admit) the car was quickly out of space and getting the car seat in required some special tetris wrist moves that will be far more difficult with 15lbs of baby in it.

Long and the short of it is that much like my hoo-hah, our car is too small to accomodate Nick's baby, so we bought a 2006 Toyota Rav4 to gain some extra space.

I am not sure how my vagina can go from a Subaru Outback Sport to a Toyota Rav4, but women all over are telling me it's not only possible, it's natural.