Spellbound Baby

Photo from our wedding
by Michelle King, MK Photography

As most of you know, we're expecting a baby around April 1st. The midwife due date has moved up to March 31. Maybe we'll have to get a pool started =). The baby and I are both doing great, now that I have recovered from my crazy bought with pneumonia. The illness doesn't seem to have affected Spellbound baby, who's measuring perfectly on schedule.

A few things about Spellbound baby:

First I thought it was a girl. Then we both thought it was a boy. Now I think it's a girl again. Whoever said the mother is 65% right, wasn't counting on me changing my mind =). At this rate, I'm going to be 100% right.

He or she is a wiggle-worm, ninja-kicker. Though I can't feel it yet, the baby was wiggling and kicking a ton when we had an ultrasound two weeks ago. Yesterday the baby kicked the machine the midwife uses to listen to the baby's heartbeat.

If our memory of genetics is as clear as we think it is (no guarantees) our baby will almost certainly have blue eyes, dimples and either positive or negative type O blood.

He or she will also have an awesome name we're not ready to share.

But we will share the sex, if the baby is willing to show us at our next appointment on a very special day, October 30. October 30 is also the anniversary of Joe's sister Jody and her husband Toby, as well as the birthday of their youngest, wrestler-dancer-kindergartner Joe E.

And, because the joke has already been said: Yes, this will be a highly photographed child.