Ultrasound

This afternoon was our monthly appointment and ULTRASOUND! The doctor's appointment wasn't too exciting, more of the usual. I have gained 10 pounds total and my blood pressure is good. From there, we went downstairs to the ultrasound room and got to see the baby. The ultrasound tech said that everything looks good, we did NOT find out what it is...you will have to bribe her if you want to know. The baby weighs about 9 ounces, which she said was good at this point, and Bob was relieved to count 10 fingers and 10 toes. We got 4 pictures (seen below). They aren't the super-duper fancy ones, but we think you can make out the major stuff. So, we're relieved to hear that everything looks good!

Furniture, Shelf, and Camera!

In true Bob and Gina fashion, we have decided that, instead of getting regular furniture like normal people, we wanted to get unfinished furniture for the baby's room and stain it to (hopefully) match the crib. Today we went to the Unfinished Furniture Outlet just south of Sanford and found a dresser and night stand. They are made of parawood, something we just learned about today. The people there were very nice and they have a big selection of stuff. We then took a piece of the crib to Home Depot and got stain and polyacrylic that will (hopefully) match the crib. So that's our next big project. The rocking chair is also almost ready to be stained - that project has definitely picked up pace since the purchase of an electric sander. Bob won't let me use the electric sander, and I am not complaining about that. Don't worry, moms...he has a face mask!

We also got a second shelf to put in the baby's closet, so between the closet and the dresser, we'll have plenty of room for lots of clothes! And before you complain about the quality of these pictures, let me tell you that we also purchased a camera this weekend! I cannot give specifics because this is Bob's department, but I do know that it is a Canon and it will be arriving in a week. So with the new camera, I will no longer have any excuses for my shaky pictures.

Tomorrow afternoon is our ultrasound...stay tuned for details!

Ultrasound postponed

Our ultrasound for tomorrow had to be rescheduled for next Tuesday, 5/27, due to my clinical rotation at Rex. I am sorry that we will all have to wait another week for more pictures of the baby. We are both still SET on not finding out if it is a boy or a girl, so don't hold your breath for that!

I wish we had more updates for everyone, but there's not a whole lot going on lately since the graduation hoopla. Bob moved the guest room bed into the computer room yesterday to free up space in the baby's room. Now we need to figure out what to do with that futon, which is TEMPORARILY in the baby's room. Anyone want one??? It's a little crowded in the computer room now, but it may be manageable. We will see.

I am feeling good, no complaints for the past week or so. I think being busy with school helps me not think about my tummy hurting, plus now that tomorrow starts Week 19 (!), maybe a lot of that is behind me. I am trying very hard not to buy a bunch of baby stuff, but it is really difficult not to!

Aside from baby stuff, there's not much else going on. I am in the throes of summer school, a 10-week whirlwind of craziness before GRADUATION!!! I spent all weekend at Rex hospital in Raleigh for my "capstone", a.k.a. med/surg part 2, clinical. This is my first time with a preceptor, and Leslie was right, it is much better than other clinicals. Instead of trying to compete with 7 other students for our instructor's time, it's just me and my preceptor, who is a wonderful nurse. Hopefully I will be like her some day! Somehow she gets people to do stuff they don't want to do, but they still like her. The floor I am on for the first 4 weeks is a regular adult med/surg floor with lots of surgical patients. I learned so much in 2 days already, and so far I really like med/surg...to me, it's not as scary as other places like ICU or pediatrics, but it's definitely a workout trying to take care of 5 people at the same time!

Bob is doing the full-time working thing, and it seems to be going well. It was great to get that first paycheck! His actual work hasn't changed much at all from the past several months. All in all, it is going well...no trips are in his near future, but who knows what will come up. He almost got to go to Beijing, but someone else is going instead. Oh well, maybe next time.

Doctor is Latin for "teacher"

Well, I finally gave in to Gina's demands and finished up my schooling. This weekend I graduated from NC State (maybe for the last time, maybe not :P) with my PhD...

Here are some pictures from the events that transpired:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bob.callaway/bobSPhDGraduation

So I'm officially Dr. Bob now. Some of you who read this blog (along with some of your fellow members of society) seem to keep asking the same questions / making the same jokes, so I will take the time to address them now:

1. Yes, I could write you a prescription for some drugs, but it would be the same as asking my basset hound to do that for you - worthless.


2. I am now working full time at IBM in the same job I've been doing for the last three years. They are paying me more, and I no longer have the phrase "co-op" after my name, but otherwise it is the same exact job. Plus I get insurance.


3. Yes, feel free to read my dissertation and quiz me on it - in fact, if you remain awake to make it to the middle of Chapter 4, you might find a surprise for the observant reader.


4. Yes, I'm glad I did it. Five years of graduate school was definitely a trying time, but I came out of it a better person than when I started... better, not necessarily any smarter :/

Crib part deux

Since I was in NY for work this week, and we got the crib late on Sunday evening, yesterday was the first chance for us to put the crib together. And put it together we did!