Sunday.

The Conservatory Garden & a story about an inconclusive ultrasound.

I went to the Conservatory Garden at Central Park late last week with friends Julia & Emma. It was a grey & slightly drizzly day, & the light was just beautiful. After discovering it last year, I searched for & quickly found my favorite bench in the park - & snapped another photo. One + one does equal everything, I think - & soon enough, 1+1 = 3 for our family.

(Still sort of crazy.) 

On that note - We had a very inconclusive ultrasound recently. Dr. Teaiwa was nice enough to give me an "extra" ultrasound just in case, to see if she could get a gender on Baby a few (4!) weeks early. But as luck would have it, Baby just wouldn't cooperate & decided to spend 20 minutes doing modest gymnastics instead.

Given my track record of patience, I immediately called an ultrasound clinic in Queens (this isn't Utah, & we don't have strip malls) & booked an appointment for a rogue ultrasound. Next week. Next week! I've been counting down every single day, getting more & more excited as the date approaches. It's still sort of surreal that I'm even this pregnant in the first place, but even more surreal that Baby will no longer be an "it". I think it will make pregnancy a bit more tangible for me, more real, more emotional. Because besides a little bump on my tummy & a little flutter every now & then (those are new - & I love them!), I just can't really wrap my head around this idea that I'M MAKING A HUMAN.

(You know, not tangible I guess besides the 17 weeks of nausea I've experienced. I won't jinx myself & say that I'm feeling better even though I'm feeling much better this week, but I see the light! I do. And in the meantime, I'm still loving the things that have been staples to my diet since January - clementines, orange juice, grapes & English muffins. And shoot - lettuce, tomatoes & soup all still remain on my DO NOT EAT! list.)

So. A boy! Or a girl! A real person in there. I used to think that I knew which one it was, & plenty of people have shared their own opinions with me, but now I know that I have absolutely, positively no idea. I just don't have a clue. None at all. All I know is that I'm excited either way. I just want to meet our baby, because really - I know lots of wonderful little girls, & so many sweet little boys. I've loved to spend so much time with them this year, & to photograph them (thank you, friends). And I just honestly couldn't be disappointed either way.

Can't wait.

Evelyn's family.

Central Park is one of the most perfect places to be in the fall, I think - especially for family photos. I had a hard time choosing my favorite(s!!).

I have such pretty friends - & Emma? She sort of kills me, because she's got that whole pretty plus incredibly brilliant / talented thing going on.