wishes

hopefully tomorrow we get some good 3d views of ali to share.

and hopefully she's not turned into a grape. or a jersey mikes sub.

Dear Ali,

    I just finished taking a test and since the rest of the class is so slow, I have nothing to do but sit and wait. You're boppin' around all the time now, which (most of the time) is really fun and exciting. Then there are times, like when I'm in class trying to make it until break to use the bathroom, I wonder:

   a) what are you doing in there?
   b) must you engage in that exact behavior at this specific moment? and
   c) if perhaps you are exactly as intelligent as Daddy is sure you are, therefore     fully aware of the effects your clamors have on Mommy.

    You're about six months "old" now and it's amazing how much you've already wiggled your way into the center of our lives. Tomorrow we're getting another ultrasound and are so excited to see our darling daughter once again. You're practically famous Ali! Mommy and Daddy have your adorable likeness flying through cyberspace everywhere, easily accessible to all the friends and family eagerly awaiting your blessed arrival.

      Love,
       Mommy

sounds, both ultra and traditional

so this is one of the greatest things yet. the books and word-of-mouth advice tell us that ali has reached the point where she is very into outside stimulus. she has made peace with her own little world in the depths of ashley's midsection and is looking for action. basically, its time for us to start messing with her.

so we hook up the ipod to my big rappin' headphones, stretch those bad boys as far as they can reach around ali's hovel, and let the tunes blare. and she loves it. she immediately started busting all around and tonight even started kicking (we call it kicking, but could be punching, head butting, etc) right under one of the earpieces. its awesome.

we also shined a few flashlights in there but she didn't seem impressed. as for musical selections, we played several different genres the other night, but she was most into beethoven's seventh. so tonight we went with some baby bach from the baby einstein folks.

on another note, we're going for a bonus ultrasound on thursday. apparently philips is the reigning ultrasound champs these days and their base of global (ultrasound) operations is here in the seattle area. so we get to be one of their models (well, ash and ali do while i watch) and get paid for some ultrasounding and some more pics. we're hoping for some 4d action (the cool ones that don't look like radar images) so stay tuned to see if that materializes.

thanks for everyone's kind words and support. we love you all.

p.s. - oh yea, and they said i should start reading to ali so she gets used to my voice. so for her first book i picked james thurber's my life and hard times.