Wind blown from sails

Oh my goodness! We were sooo excited today to go to the doctor to have the 18 week ultrasound where we'd find out whether we'd be parents of a boy or girl. Uh...didn't happen. I was so confused when we arrived at Radiology and they informed us that we didn't have an appointment with them. Then, when we went upstairs we realized that we'd never been scheduled for an ultrasound today. For some reason there were several errors in scheduling and we were mistakenly scheduled for a second "ultra-com" which was unnecessary. As we went in to see Dr. Brown it was all clarified as he explained to us that we just can't have an 18 week ultrasound when we're only 16 weeks along. I guess I had heard "ultra" when scheduling the last appointment and I knew that the next ultrasound was the biggie so I got overly excited and made some assumptions. Nevertheless, we did hear the heartbeat again and the diabetes educator told us we have "quite a little squirmer".
Everything looks great still. We will be heading back to the doctor on September 9th for the real appointment we thought was today. That will be week 19 and by then we should be able to tell 'boy or girl' with more confidence.
Other news on our end--we had a black bear in our backyard this morning. At about 4am we woke up to some banging around in the backyard. He was attempting to get into our yard waste bucket! Pretty exciting stuff.

In the Groove now

We are well into trimester 2 now. I feel pretty good and seem to have a bit more energy. Feeling tired does seem to be my biggest hurdle, though and I still need afternoon naps. I'm hoping in the next week or so I'll get that burst of energy I hear some women get in the second trimester.
I'm ready to get a belly. I feel like my clothes are just getting awkwardly tight and I still don't have that bump that identifies me as pregnant. Of course, I know that once it appears I'll quickly get sick of the maternity clothes, too.
The last week has been busy with finalizing everything for the sale of our house. We will be so relieved to have that monkey off our back! It closes next week and we're looking forward to only paying one mortgage and to possibly being able to afford to get a bbq--something we've sorely missed this summer.
This week we are bird sitting for a friend from school. That has been a fun and interesting experience. We like to see it as our little test for Juan to see how he handles it when something else has our attention--something fragile that we won't let him near! He's done fine and only whimpers a little when we talk to the bird in a 'Juan' voice.
We received a baby gift this week which was a treat. Some of our friends brought back the sweetest set of booties from China Town in San Francisco. They are unbelievably cute! Philip had never seen booties before and said he thought they just wore socks. We've begun collecting a few items we think we'll find useful when baby comes along. We pilfered an outside toy chest from school to put balls in on the patio. Our neighbors have started offering the toys and clothes their 4 and 5 year olds no longer need.
Tonight we're wishing Philip's mom a happy birthday before heading off to bed early again. A week from today we'll have news as to whether she can expect a granddaughter or grandson.