Here’s a little clip in San Diego.  My mom said something about “in the basket”, and Lia started dancing…

Karen had her first ever ultrasound, where for around 10 mins a technician probed every angle she could and identified various parts of the baby. While some parent may unleash as much tears as the Alaskan River at the view of the black and white blur, Karen and I endured the session until the one image that we cared about most arrived…

Boy or girl? You didn’t think I’d make it *that* easy, did you?  🙂  Now let the guessing game begin!

(Click on the image for a larger view. Hint: Pretend the baby is sitting on a glass table, and the picture is taken from the bottom)

We will be having our first ultrasound on Tuesday, when the truth shall be revealed. Which will it be? Boy or girl?

To help you make this ponderous call, here are some answers to old wives’ tales …

• Shiny and full bodied hair or thinner and stringer
• Leg hair growing faster or at the same rate as before
• Nails growing faster or at the same rate
• Severe or no morning sickness
• Craving for sweet or sour
• Tush growing in size or remains unchanged
• Feet colder now or always this way
• Baby heart rate below 139 or above 140
• Craving or no craving for orange juice
• Baby rests high or low
• Tummy shaped like beach ball or watermelon
• More kicks to the left or right
• More kicks high or low
• Dad is or is not gaining weight in sympathy
• See or do not see the pregnancy on Karen’s face

The poll closes on Tuesday at 1pm.  Vote now in the poll to the right of this page!

This is what happens when Lia sleeps in a suboptimal position…

Lia is coordinated enough and alert enough to hang socks back on the rack!

Lia’s starting to develop a sense of melody…

This morning Lia was just roaming around the bedroom while Karen was playing with her computer, when all of a sudden Lia dialed a number and picked up the phone to listen. Karen asked, “Lia who did you call?”

“阿姨” [auntie Kari] answered Lia.

At this point Karen heard a voice at the other end, so she hung up. Then Lia pressed redial, and once again Karen hung it up. This happened one more time before the person on the other hand called back, asking Karen why we called 9-1-1 three times! “Oh it was my 1-year-old daughter”, Karen replied.

“Anything wrong?  No one forced you to say that, right?” asked police.

“No.  Sorry about that!” answered Karen.

Apparently Lia had dialed 9-1-1, her first 9-1-1 call.  Looks like the phone will now be off limits!

After the fever went away, a mild fever developed again, and then red spots appeared on Lia’s body. Auntie Carol recognized this symptom and pointed us to this article on the virus Roseola. It affects children 6 mo-2 years old, is spread by those without symptoms, and usually doesn’t come with any symptoms until when the fever subsides.  It certainly fits with Lia’s symptoms.  Thankfully the fever only lasted 3 days, because it can run a maximum of 7 days!