The Grays

Pomegranate

Today mom is 17 weeks into her pregnancy. I’m about the size of a Pomegranate (una granada). My skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, I weigh around 5 ounces (about as much as a turnip), and I’m now around 5 inches long from head to bottom.

Mom is probably starting to feel a little bit off balance as her belly grows. I’m also causing her to wake up more frequently during the night, which allows her to remember more of her vivid dreams. She keeps telling Dad about these strange dreams, and he seems amused. Yesterday during the night she even confused Dad with her brother Todd, which they both laughed about before falling back asleep.

My parents are a little goofy, aren’t they?

I’m excited to play with those monsters!

Hooray for Leela!  Our adorable, almost 1-year-old niece has provided us with lots of education and parenting ‘practice’.  Okay, so with her we get to do all of the fun stuff without any of the ‘dirty’, but we certainly have an idea of how things go during the first year.

While in San Diego this past Christmas Bill had fun reading the book “That’s not my dinosaur” to Leela.  Since then we have been sending her videos of us reading her a different book.  Most recently I read “Este no es mi monstruo” to Leela in Spanish (along with the English translation).  Leela is going to be bilingual!

Here is the video:

We asked our parents to send a list of family names, and below is the list from my parents side of the family.

Un Aguacate

Today Mom is 16 weeks into her pregnancy. I am now about the size of an avocado (un aguacate),  measure 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump), and weigh 3 1/2 ounces. My toenails have started growing and my heart is now pumping about 25 quarts of blood each day.

If mom hasn’t already felt me move, she should sometime within the next four weeks. According to babycenter, mom should also be feeling less nausea, fewer mood swings, and will have ‘glowing’ skin that contributes to an overall sense of well-being.

Tomorrow we have dinner plans with Dean and Melissa, who are also expectant parents and both Darden students. Their due date is about two weeks before ours, and it should be fun to compare stories as we go through the stages together.

Dean and Melissa are our only pregnant friends in the area (at least that we know about). We first learned of their expected arrival through a mutual family friend – Dean’s mother and Kristy’s mother share a common longtime friend.

I’m expecting that the dinner will include a comparison of the bumps. Hopefully this won’t make Kristy uneasy, as she has been a little concerned that she isn’t showing more, and hasn’t gained any weight. The doctor says all is fine, which is confirmed by our Internet research.

Today marked the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States – Barack Obama.  It was a proud day for America and the world alike.  Even though Bill and I both decided to vote for the other candidate in the end, we watched the inauguration with full hearts in anticipation of what’s to come.  It was amazing to see Americans come together for such a remarkable event and to think of all of the possibilities ahead, led by this young First Family.  We look forward to welcoming Baby Gray during an exciting time in our nation’s history, a time when all children – black, white and everything in between – can realize their dreams.

Barack Obama being sworn in as 44th President

Only Kristy and I seem to notice the bump. Although, she mentioned catching a couple teachers checking out her abdomen last week. The photo below was taken in Savannah on Sunday.

Hiding the Bump

The artwork was cool, and was plenty large to hide Kristy’s growing midriff.