Baby Fling Fun-Fact: “The Uncle Fleet”
Uncles Casey, Matt, TJ, and Michael make up a fairly impressive Fleet-o-Uncles with a grand total of 26’7″ and 935 pounds of uncle… averaging out to a 6’5″ 240lb pile of familial intimidation. Baby Fling better be A. a boy who can hold his own in family games of flag football or B. a girl with no desire to date until she’s 47.
So let’s see… where were we? Oh yeah, Beijing! And in pants without elastic waistbands! No more my friends, no more…
In his/her 19th week of tummy-life Baby Fling has now reached the approximate size of Jake’s hand… fingertip to wrist. As you can see from the pics, she/he looks like a full-on mini munchkin at this point (complete with double-chin -my favorite part!), and he/she has succeeded in pushing me thiiiis close to wearing nothing but “grow-as-you-go” clothing.
We had the big mama sonogram earlier this week where they take measurements, check to make sure all the body parts are there etc. And yes… some significant body parts were there (or kind of not there, as the case may be), but we still don’t know what the case is! Per the docs instructions we turned our heads away from the machine at a certain point, and it’s a good thing we did or else our surprise would have been ruined by our little spread-eagle offspring. Apparently we’ve got an exhibitionist on our hands… this kid is definitely not shy. Wonder where he/she gets that?…
We’re still looking at right around Valentine’s Day for a due date, and nooooooo we’re not gonna find out the sex. I know, it drives me crazy when other people do that too. Sorry! However… since I find it somewhat disturbing to refer to our little one as “it”, I’ll be bouncing back and forth between girl and boy pronouns from here on out. One day the Flinglet will be a “he”, and next time I’ll go with “she”. Don’t let it throw you, just use the opportunity to try each on for size! And don’t be shy about placing your bets… I love to hear all the crazy (ahem… thoughtful) theories on how you can tell it’s one or the other.
I’ll be writing about this whole babe-tastic process pretty regularly from here on out, so if you’ve ever been through this amazing 9 month adventure ( although it’s really 10 months -they lie to you your whole life and then you find this out when the deal’s already sealed!!) in any capacity (as a mom, dad, bro, sis, friend, casual observer etc), I would luuuuv to hear your stories and input. And so would everyone else! -Misery loves company… and laughter 🙂 So definitely click on to peruse and (hopefully) enjoy. And if you’re so inclined, leave a comment for us all to read!
