A Guy, Two Girls and a Pup

…a baby! You didn’t think we’d let it slip THAT easily, did you?

Kevin and I had our 19 week ultrasound this morning, and we got our second good look at Bingham the 2nd. (Well, Kevin got his first look, since he wasn’t able to be at the first ultrasound.) It took much longer than we thought it would, owing to the fact that one of our technicians was a student who was practicing, but that just meant we got to watch longer.

With this kind of thing, I think no news is good news — I certainly didn’t see any concerned looks or emergency consultations about such-and-such, so I’d like to take that as a sign that everything’s going great. We got a look at two feet, two hands, the seeming requisite number of fingers and toes… We didn’t get very many great pictures this time — just one scary scan of the face which looks like an alien skull, but I’ll scan it and post it as soon as I can.

Mostly, Kevin and I are having what looks to be a healthy little one, and we can’t wait to meet them!

(And yes, we know what it is. And no, you’re not going to until Labor Day, so to speak… :>)

Tomorrow, assuming our final meetings go well, we’ll wrap up arrangements for a new nanny for Meredith and a new family to share that nanny with. Although we are sad to see Esme go, she is moving on to make a better life for herself and her fiance — can’t fault her for wanting bigger and better things than chasing after Meredith. (Although what could be better?? :>)

Our new nanny’s name is Shelly — she’s a mother 5 times over(!) and a grandmother to 2, so I have to expect that she’s pretty much seen and done it ALL. Certainly more than two little ones can throw at her. Meredith’s new partner-in-crime is named Hank, a little blond cutie whose mom and dad, Saffa and Tim, are very enthusiastic and VERY organized and together. I have every confidence if they say something is so, it’s so. And they have nothing but GREAT things to say about Shelly, so I know that Meredith will be in good hands.

So that’s a load off our minds that we’ll have childcare for Meredith taken care of soon. (I was going to say that we’ll have a replacement for Esme, but we’ll never be able to REPLACE Esme!!) All this means that we’re going to hold off placing Meredith in the daycare up the street for another year or so, but as long as she’s having fun and getting plenty of social interaction with others (which it sounds like she’ll get, plus more if and when we place her in a few little activity classes here and there), there’s plenty of time to get her into a structured program. We’re not worried about it.

Think good thoughts for having everything buttoned up by the end of the week!