As with all July 30, I find my thoughts turning to my brother Freddy,
who passed quite suddenly five years ago today. Sometimes the pain of
his loss is so sharp that it steals my breath. Yes, time does indeed
heal, but nothing ever erase the dullness that will always remain or the
frustration from the ultimately fruitless question, what could have
been. Freddy passed exactly one month after my wedding and the last
pictures I have of him were taken at the rehearsal dinner and the
wedding. Here is one of my favorite from the rehearsal dinner.
Gone for now and certainly not forgotten.
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14 weeks, 6 days
Great appointment today at the OB! No ultrasound, but I did hear my darling baby's heartbeat today. The rate of 146. The nurse warned me that she might not be able to find it immediately, so not to freak out, but she found it immediately. She seemed amused and said that we certainly don't seem to have a shy baby. Yet another bit of information that convinces Damien that we are having a boy!
My next appointment is four weeks from tomorrow on August 28th when I go in for my anatomy scan where our darling will be thoroughly checked and we'll find out if we're having a boy or a girl. Just about everybody I have spoken with says that they had dreams of the sex of their babies, but I must admit that I haven't had any such dreams. Or if I have, I don't really remember them!
My insatiable craving for soup continues and the chicken and wild rice soup that I made yesterday really hit the spot! I picked up several soup cookbooks from the library to get some ideas. I'm thinking that I'll make a new soup every week or so. One thing is for sure, I certainly won't be making anymore creamy soups. I really like the brothy soups. (See, I told you that I was obsessed with soup!) Yummy!
I'm off to do some knitting and watch the Olympics. Who knew that Damien and I would be such an Olympic watching family. This will do well to tide me over until football starts in a month or so.
Tonight's knitting project is a continuation of the mitered square, fingering weight project that I started on Saturday using Kauni effecktgarn, colorway EX yarn from that fabulous yarn store we found during our leisurely trek back from New Hampshire. The store was called The Woolery and it was just a delightful store. Here is my current progress. It doesn't look like much now, but it will!
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