20-week sonogram pictures

Ok I finally got around to posting these. Here are the photos from our 20-week ultrasound.






These two are of her profile. You can see the side of her face and her hands.








In this one, you are looking straight down at her. You can see her spine and her forearm.




This is her bitty foot.

And this one is (they tell me) how they know she is a girl... Looks like nothing but white and black specks to me. /shrug

Mira Lee Drake

It's wonderful to know what to call my baby! I find myself drawn much more to my wife's growing belly, becoming more attached to the life that's growing inside now that I have a name to call her.

We didn't do this prior to choosing the name, but it was satisfying to find the meanings of her name being so very very positive: Princess, Merry, Wonderful, Beautiful to look upon, Extraordinary, To be admired, Wonder - there are others but I like these the best :)

Meaning and Roots of the Name Mira:

Name	Gender	Origin	Meaning	Similiar Names
Ameerah	female	Arabic	princess	Amira, Almira, Allihmyir, Almaia, Alimaia, Almaye
Emerald	female	Spanish	a bright green gem	Esmeralda, Esmarelda, Esmaralda, Esmiralda, Esmirelda, Esmerelda
Kasmira	female	Old Slavic	war-like	Kasamira, Kazamira
Meara	female	Gaelic	merry	Mira, Meera
Meera	female	Hindu		Mira
Mira	female	Latin, Spanish; Hebrew	wonder; aim; light of God	Myra, Mirila, Mirella, Mirelle, Mirielle, Myrilla
Mirabelle	female	Latin, Spanish	wonderful; beautiful to look upon	Mirabel, Mrabella, Mirable, Marabel
Miranda	female	Latin	extraordinary, to be admired	Myranda, Meranda, Mira, Randy, Mandy
Palma	female	Old English	palm bearing pilgrim	Palmyra, Palmira, Palmiera

We're going to have a girl.

So yesterday we went in for our 20 week ultrasound. The doctor says we're going to have a little girl. Brian and I are thrilled! I'll post the ultrasound pictures and more details soon... stay tuned.

Alaska 2008

Bout time I figured out how to put up a pic ;)




(Little version clickable -> Big: for printing purposes)

ZOMG It's ALIVE!!!

mood... bugeyed

So, just last night I felt the baby move for the first time. It wasn't anything titanic like "ow! my hand!!" but the sensation of that little moving bump, sliding along the underside of my palm has been sending tingles to my brain for the last day. Subtle twitches, but incessant and amazing.

<--- Gonna be a Daddy!

Does this outfit make me look pregnant?

So it's official: I look pregnant. I met someone for the first time, and she asked me when I was due. I can't say how happy I am to be past the is-she-pregnant-or-just-fat-I-can't-tell stage.