Blankets

I hear that kids are so attached to their blankets that one friend had to sew her son's blanket onto a bigger blanket so that he could cover himself fully as the kid kept growing and the favorite blanket wouldnt grow. Another friend had to rush home to get the princess blanket so that the baby could go to sleep away from home. If a blanket can serve as a baby's little home, a mobile tent, so be it. Its easier to that one piece of something that they are used to than the whole house.

A magic blanket in Tim O Brien story.

ultra sound pictures

In your second ultrasound picture, I couldnt figure the up side from down. A friend of mine saw humor in a long appendage so much that she framed it in a blue frame. My colleague an expert reader told me that the mystery was the central bone of the head. Initial pictures look like a skeleton like the 'no smoking' warning.

Very(nearly) pregnant

I cant stand chocolate cake smell now. I stopped drinking tea. I am drinking milk now. The down side is that this way I am having only one cup. But I am making up by eating 2 eggs alternate days. I eat in the evening too. I used to eat at around the same time before, but now there is a dinner too, mostly rotis.
I kept two tops from 8 years ago. A green and a marron one. flowy sleeves with slits towards the wrist. I bought them in Noida. A while ago my friend's mil gave me a colorful top, the only problem with it was that it was very huge and had a rectangle cut. It was like the clothes we made for dolls by just cutting out a neck from a folded rectangle. I didnt think i would ever use it. But now its perfect. A long while ago, another friend gave me a black top with lindian beads and thrread work, red print in the front. She gave it to me because it was small for her and it turned out to be big for me. I kept it anyhow for the pretty top that it is. Now it fits like a T. A friend from NJ gave me a pair of maternity tops and jeans with elastic band that covers the belly. Another friend picked some clothes from a sale to go through another picking by me. She hemmed the jeans for me. I feel comfortable in active wear. So I got myself a pair last week.
I had nausea until third month. It was severe if I didnt eat in time in the morning. Mostly bile. I noted a marked difference in energy levels in the 4th month. I was out shopping for groceries on a saturday until late afternoon and was still on my feet.
Now you have started kicking after I have my lunch.

prompt from 'Writing Motherhood' by Lisa Garrigues.

Clothes

Today we bought you a pair of white shoes. Two sleeveless tops from Old Navy.
We spent so much time in shopping, feel like the day just melted away.

inappropriately dressed - Thinking about memoir exercise.  The author of the book had fry jack.

On a Teachers day in high school, I became a Kindergarten teacher. That day I had to wear a sari as teachers wear saris to school. My attire needed readjusting twice or thrice as the day went along. What a day for the buses to go on a strike. In an unforgiviing attire, I walked home on a dry grass land, holding onto the swaths of the fabric that kept slipping out from the waist.

First kick

Sunday night, I felt your kick for the first time. I wanted your dad to be with me, when you kicked for the first time, so I could make him feel your activity too. After second kick, I was certain of it and made your sleepy dad feel your kick, It was around 2 in the night. I am never up at that time, but this day from an overdose of chickpeas, I had an upset stomach making a 7 time trip to you-will-know-where.
It was a faint kick with gaps.

Second trimester

I feel lot more energetic now.
The ultra sound showed the baby's legs and hands - teeny while the head and the belly were the lion's share of he body. I mistook the neck for the back.

We see your heart pulse

Baby, we saw your heart beat on the ultra sound today. I forgot myself and was in squeals as the sonographer pointed your pulsing heart, budding arms, head and brain. Your heartbeat is at 150 bpm. I then recalled reading about it a long time ago in

We wanted to go to Priya, so your father could try the Dum Biryani, the place being close to the sonography, as luck had it, it turned out to be that they had some difficulty being open, as we were scouting around for food, we had  achoice between Wendy's and Marcellos. Marcellos won.

Your celebration lunch - baked Ziti with marinara and chicken marinara with sphagetti oglio.

Belly music for soothing baby.