Belly pics, Skype, and Babies R Us

I finally forced Ben to take a Belly picture today.  I had been putting it off, but I figured we would want these pictures down the road, so Ben took a few on my iPhone today.  Here they are:

  

Ben and I called my parents today using Skype for the first time.  It was really cool - I know most of you have been using video Skype for quite a while, but this was a major event for us.  It was almost like we were in the same room!  I know Skype will be very helpful over the coming months and years since my parents live in Texas. We invite anyone to skype with us to see the baby this summer!

Also, today and Ben went to Babies R Us for the first time by ourselves.  I think we're getting a handle on all the various products we need to get over the next few months.  The newest idea came from our neighbor, Ann, who has a 2 year old and 4 month old.  She said that instead of getting a bassinet, she just used her "Pack and Play" as a bassinet and now it's great for other things too.  And, we're looking at getting a 3-wheeler stroller like a B.O.B. and getting an attachment so the car seat will fit in it, rather than getting a full stroller.  We would welcome anyone's advice on things that have worked for them!  

Ultrasound pictures

Hi Everyone!  I thought I'd share some of the ultrasound pictures.  This is always a fun event to see what is going on inside.  I don't know if we'll do any more of these before the birth - these were routine visits to check on the health of Belly (she got flying colors!).

This first one is at around 12 weeks.  You can see her little hand touching her chin.

 The rest of these are at 19 weeks.  This first one is a great profile shot.

Looking straight at the camera!

 Another little hand near the face.

 Toes!  Get those Dylla feet going!

 "OK, enough already... this is getting so old..."

First Post!

Welcome to the Blog of Belly Dylla!  At our wedding, our good friend called Ben and I "Belly" (Kelly and Ben) in his best man speech.  It was funny then, but now we have a legitimate reason to use the name, as my own belly is getting bigger by the day!  So until the baby is born, she shall be named "Belly" on this blog.

Why start a blog now?  Well, you can thank my mom.  The other day, my mom sent me an email asking if Ben and I could start to create some videos of our journey with pregnancy.  That seemed like a good idea, given that she's a million miles away in Texas, and then I realized other people might want to know a little about Belly too, so why not share the pictures and videos with all of our family and friends?  Facebook won't cut it, as I have so many work-related folks as friends, and I'm sure they don't want to see some of the pictures I'll post over the coming weeks and months.

So... here we go!

We took this picture just this past weekend at our good friends (Naomi and Jonathan Haney's) new home in Redwood City, CA.  They have a beautiful 18 month old girl named Claire and the Haney's had a lot of good advice to share with us.  Tips included which stroller and car seat to buy (Grecco is the way to go for car seats) and what not to bother spending a lot of money on, as you can get many things at second hand shops.  The best was when Ben tried on the Baby Bjorn and we tested it out with Ms. Piggy.  Ben is definitely ready to go!